Roy Bean

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Roy Bean was a colorful 19th-century American saloonkeeper and self-styled frontier judge in Texas, famously known as the "Law West of the Pecos."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk hero
frontier judge
human
saloonkeeper
basedIn Langtry, Texas NERFINISHED
burialPlace Langtry, Texas NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus legendary figure of the American West
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1825-02-24
dateOfDeath 1903-03-16
employer Pecos County, Texas NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish American
familyName Bean NERFINISHED
father Phantly Bean NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork frontier justice
givenName Phantly NERFINISHED
Roy NERFINISHED
hasHeritage Irish descent
hasPart courtroom in his saloon
inspiredBy Lillie Langtry NERFINISHED
militaryConflict Mexican–American War NERFINISHED
mother Anna Gore NERFINISHED
nickname Judge Roy Bean NERFINISHED
Law West of the Pecos NERFINISHED
notableFor being called the Law West of the Pecos
colorful and eccentric rulings
holding court in his saloon
serving as a self-styled judge in western Texas
notableWork colorful court decisions recorded in frontier lore
occupation judge
justice of the peace
saloonkeeper
operated Jersey Lilly saloon NERFINISHED
participatedIn American Old West NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Mason County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
United States of America
placeOfDeath Langtry, Texas NERFINISHED
United States of America
positionHeld justice of the peace for Pecos County, Texas
justice of the peace for Val Verde County, Texas
residence Langtry, Texas NERFINISHED
Texas
United States of America
sexOrGender male
sibling Joshua Bean NERFINISHED
Samuel Bean NERFINISHED
spouse Virginia Chavez NERFINISHED

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Bean hasNotableBearer Roy Bean
The Westerner character Roy Bean
this entity surface form: Judge Roy Bean