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Webber, Charles Wilkins

journalist, author, was born May 29, 1819, in Russellville, Ky. He was a journalist and traveler who was killed in Walker's expedition in Nicaragua. He was the author of Hunter-Naturalist; Tales of the Southern Border; Old Hicks the Guide; Gold Mines of the Gila; Shot in the Eye; Adventures with Texas Rifle Rangers; Wild Scenes and Song Birds; History of Mystery; Spiritual Vampirism; Texan Virago; Wild Girl of Nebraska; and Romance of Natural History. He died April 11, 1856, in Central America.