Pam ... this was an article by Mark Boardman which quoted Paul Lee Johnson .. maybe it's in his book ... take care

https://www.historynet.com/interview-with-historian-paul-lee-johnson.htm

"My book on the McLaurys came out of my own deep fascination about those events and a special angle (which occurred to me at age 14) that the losers had people who grieved their passing, something that never happened in all the Westerns I ever saw growing up. Later, I made a promise to the McLaurys’ grandnieces that I would write the book."