Can You Help Francis Henry Maynard, Cowboys and Cowgirls Project and Collaborative Profile of the Week?

Question

The Cowboys and Cowgirls Project and the Collaborative Profile of the Week Present
Francis Henry Maynard

Francis Henry Maynard (1853-1926) is best known for his poem "Cowboys Lament" aka "The Streets of Laredo." Listen to a recording on Youtube.

1. Was Frank really a cowboy?
2. What did he do? Where did he live?
3. The profile has no connections. He must have parents. Did he marry and have children?
4. Find a Grave has a photo of his tombstone. The photographer seems amenable to non-commercial use. Would someone contact him and see if he is willing to let us use the photo here?
5. Regarding the song "Streets of Laredo", where did the music come from?

Contributing to the Collaborative Profile is easy. Pick something you'd like to research or do. Post an answer here first so we don't duplicate efforts and to keep the G2G post "fresh." Then post what you've found to the profile itself. Write some sentences in the bio about your research and add an inline source. Or at the end of the sentence/paragraph, you can just put the source in (Parenthesis) and someone will fix it later.

Cowboys and Cowgirls Project

Cowboys and Cowgirls tend cattle and horses on ranches in North America, typically on horseback. Historically, they developed a culture all their own and helped to settle the American West. The Cowboys and Cowgirls Project is a sub-project of the Westward Ho! Project with a mission of highlighting those men and women.

Thank You.

 

Answer 1

Frank's parents are Horace Maynard and Georgiana Taylor Metcalf, both born in Ohio.  They don't appear to be on wikiTree (after searching) so I'll create their profiles and add their sources and children (per the census info).

Comments

Thank you, most excellent, Kathy

Answer 2

I've checked wikimedia commons and googled images (for reuse) to see if there are images of Frank or of the Poem/song/album cover that we could use. There are none.

On the good side: Alison Andrus added census links for Francis.