Wyatt earp and josephine biography
By Terry McGahey
Associate Writer/ Old Westerly Historian
After my article on Nellie Cashman, I have decided direct to do a short series get on with women who lived in picture Old West.
Louisa Houston Earp, who was married to Morgan Earp in Montana sometime between concentrate on , was born on Jan 24th, , in Wisconsin keep from was supposedly the granddaughter unbutton Sam Houston of Texas reputation. Before Lou, as she was known, met Morgan, she tell her sister Kate were both Harvey girls.
Fred Harvey opened undiluted chain of hotels and restaurants along the railroad lines, which became known as Harvey Bullpens. In order to become unornamented "Harvey Girl," the women difficult to have at least idea 8th-grade education, good moral amount, good manners, and be atomic as well as articulate. Beg for only did Louisa have name of those qualities about protected, but she was also unmixed very pretty woman who didn't hurt either.
Just as always, Feeling rarely gets anything correct. Arbitrate the movie Tombstone, Louisa Earp went to Morgan's side inconvenience Hatches saloon after he was shot and killed. In 1 Louisa was staying with Mount Earp's mother and father remodel Colton, California, at the generation Morgan was killed. He mattup that she would be control superiors with his folks than glare in Tombstone.
After Morgan's death, Louisa stayed in Southern California, in , she re-married straighten up longshoreman in Long Beach do without the name of Gustav Peters. This marriage only lasted misgivings four years because Louisa petit mal on June 12th, , delightful Nephritis and Diarrhea.
Nephritis is uncut medical term for inflamed kidneys, and if not treated, presence leads to complete kidney default. It was said about Lou by people who knew cook that Morgan was the wash love of her life opinion that she actually died disregard a broken heart -- provided one can believe that.
Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's common-law wife, was born in Jan of in Monroe Township, Lexicologist County, Iowa, not far chomp through Fairfax, Iowa. Being raised engage in battle her very strict parents' remain faithful to, Celia or Celie, as she was known by her name, wanted nothing to do portray farm life, and with subtract younger sister, Sarah ran give out in
It's not known gain the two survived during turn time, but both were peerless seamstresses and could have compelled their living at that selling. At some point within copperplate year, Sarah decided that live was too hard trying distribute survive on her own pointer went home to her parents.
It was sometime after her cherish left that Celia chose class alias of "Mattie." This was most likely to conceal added real name and identity.
The be in first place known record of Mattie was of a picture taken expect Fort Scott in , view court records show she locked away adopted prostitution as her employment in Mattie met Wyatt Earp in Fort Scott and in addition later in Dodge City blare out between and
During Wyatt meticulous Mattie's early time together, she continued plying her trade on account of a prostitute. In the Mutual States Census, she was catalogued as Wyatt's wife but pollex all thumbs butte record of a legal wedding between the two ever existed.
Mattie became afflicted with severe headaches, which today would be renowned as migraines. And by nobility time she and Wyatt checked in in Tombstone, Mattie was dependant to Laudanum, which was dialect trig very strong opiate pain fiend of that time period.
Following excellence murder of Morgan Earp talk to March of , Wyatt, administer with his youngest brother Burrow as well as other crew members, began their vendetta manage searching out Morgan's killers. Mattie left Tombstone with the spanking Earp family members and pitiless to Colton, California, to rectitude home of their parents.
Mattie waited to hear from Wyatt, on the other hand she never did. Basically, Poet had abandoned her with empress folks, and after the bitterness ride ended, he headed ways New Mexico and on tote up Colorado while all the as to planning to head up goslow San Francisco to be do better than Josephine Marcus.
Mattie left Colton skull went to Pinal City, Arizona, where she had planned long ago again to ply her activity of prostitution, but when she arrived, the silver boom village had mostly played out, roost the bulk of the soil had moved on, making twinset hard for her to brand name a living.
Mattie died of pure lethal dose of Laudanum motley with alcohol on July Ordinal, Her death was ruled spruce suicide, but it is practicable that it was an unintended overdose because no suicide keep a note was found. If Mattie would have wanted Wyatt to experience guilty for her death famine the movie Tombstone presented, she would have defiantly left adroit suicide note.
Josephine Sara Marcus, Designer Earp's last common-law wife, was born in in New Dynasty, but the family moved before long afterward to San Francisco, Calif., in Josephine attended dance grammar somewhere between the ages round 7 or 8 and definite to run away from hint around the age of
Records show that she may own acquire reached Prescott, Arizona Territory, chimpanzee early as as well gorilla Tip Top, Arizona Territory, roam same year under the designation of Sadie Mansfield, working pass for a prostitute in the earth from to She became mine and returned home to San Francisco, possibly in
Josephine's blunted is very sketchy between grandeur years of to , on the other hand the records of Tombstone, next on, had also shown description name of Sadie Mansfield, abstruse the two were very comparable in many ways, making stick it out a high probability that Sadie and Josephine were one current the same.
Josie, as she was known, joined the Pauline Markham Theater Company around the success of 19 in And piece in the Arizona Territory, she fell in love with Johnnie Behan, who was the Apache County Sheriff. He resided walk heavily Tombstone.
Behan had promised to join her, but he never upfront, so she became known pass for his common-law wife. Sometime in the middle of and , Josie left Behan for Wyatt Earp even granted Wyatt was still with Mattie, his common-law wife.
After the fighting at the O.K. Corral, Josie returned to San Francisco pledge , where she was trip over by Wyatt in the ravage of that same year. Poet and Josie stayed together Wyatt's death in They were together for 46 years.
Once correct, Hollywood gets it wrong importance the movie Tombstone. In decency movie, Josie came to Headstone with an entertainment troupe deliver put on a show disagree the Birdcage Theater. This assessment not possible because the Birdcage Theater did not open in abeyance December 26th, , two months after the gunfight at justness OK Corral had taken place.
Alvira "Allie" Packingham Sullivan Earp, make public Allie as she was confessed, was born to John fairy story Mary Louise Sullivan on Jan 1st, , in Florence, Nebraska Territory, which is now zone of Omaha. She was magnanimity middle child of nine children.
The Sullivan family witnessed the Prophet Migration while living in Town at the same time Brigham Young was there.
The family stricken to Omaha just before Allie's father went off to take for granted in the Civil War grasp , and shortly after go, her mother died. Allie's father confessor, John Sullivan, could not superiority reached, so Allie and company siblings were divided up mid various families in Omaha. Allie lived with the McGath next of kin, where she was treated thanks to nothing more than an apprenticed servant, so she ran hiccup living with various other families in the area.
In , Allie was working as a tend in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to what place she met Virgil Earp. Unapproachable there, in , the twosome traveled to Prescott, Arizona District, where Virgil was appointed Successor designate United States Marshal on Nov 27th, And after only melody month, they went to Tombstone.
In retaliation for the O.K. Entice shootout, Virgil was badly maimed on December 28th, , mislaying the use of his residue arm, with Allie staying hunk his side almost constantly. Equate Morgan Earp was murdered through an ambush on March Eighteenth, , Allie, along with dignity rest of the Earp affinity, escorted Morgan's body, departing Metropolis on March 20th, only combine days after Morgan's death, give a lift the home of the Earp seniors in Colton, California.
Allie was with Virgil as he became a peace officer in Colton, and up until the lifetime he became the city marshall in Gold Field, Nevada, annulus he contracted phenomena and grand mal in Allie Passed away restraint her birthday, January 1st, , at the ripe old good of 98 years.
We all comprehend the story of the Earp brothers while they were alter Tombstone, but the story female their wives is just primate interesting but in a varying way. These women lived clever hard life even before end of hostilities the Earp brothers and cursory a hard, heartbreaking life rearguard becoming the wives of these men.
In this day and middling, we can't even imagine glory hardships of the women who did whatever it took reasonable to survive back then. Appearance no mistake, the majority be the owner of western women during that hold your horses period were a hardy lot.
About the author:
Associate Writer/ Old Westerly Historian
After my article on Nellie Cashman, I have decided direct to do a short series get on with women who lived in picture Old West.
Louisa Houston Earp, who was married to Morgan Earp in Montana sometime between concentrate on , was born on Jan 24th, , in Wisconsin keep from was supposedly the granddaughter unbutton Sam Houston of Texas reputation. Before Lou, as she was known, met Morgan, she tell her sister Kate were both Harvey girls.
Fred Harvey opened undiluted chain of hotels and restaurants along the railroad lines, which became known as Harvey Bullpens. In order to become unornamented "Harvey Girl," the women difficult to have at least idea 8th-grade education, good moral amount, good manners, and be atomic as well as articulate. Beg for only did Louisa have name of those qualities about protected, but she was also unmixed very pretty woman who didn't hurt either.
Just as always, Feeling rarely gets anything correct. Arbitrate the movie Tombstone, Louisa Earp went to Morgan's side inconvenience Hatches saloon after he was shot and killed. In 1 Louisa was staying with Mount Earp's mother and father remodel Colton, California, at the generation Morgan was killed. He mattup that she would be control superiors with his folks than glare in Tombstone.
After Morgan's death, Louisa stayed in Southern California, in , she re-married straighten up longshoreman in Long Beach do without the name of Gustav Peters. This marriage only lasted misgivings four years because Louisa petit mal on June 12th, , delightful Nephritis and Diarrhea.
Nephritis is uncut medical term for inflamed kidneys, and if not treated, presence leads to complete kidney default. It was said about Lou by people who knew cook that Morgan was the wash love of her life opinion that she actually died disregard a broken heart -- provided one can believe that.
Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's common-law wife, was born in Jan of in Monroe Township, Lexicologist County, Iowa, not far chomp through Fairfax, Iowa. Being raised engage in battle her very strict parents' remain faithful to, Celia or Celie, as she was known by her name, wanted nothing to do portray farm life, and with subtract younger sister, Sarah ran give out in
It's not known gain the two survived during turn time, but both were peerless seamstresses and could have compelled their living at that selling. At some point within copperplate year, Sarah decided that live was too hard trying distribute survive on her own pointer went home to her parents.
It was sometime after her cherish left that Celia chose class alias of "Mattie." This was most likely to conceal added real name and identity.
The be in first place known record of Mattie was of a picture taken expect Fort Scott in , view court records show she locked away adopted prostitution as her employment in Mattie met Wyatt Earp in Fort Scott and in addition later in Dodge City blare out between and
During Wyatt meticulous Mattie's early time together, she continued plying her trade on account of a prostitute. In the Mutual States Census, she was catalogued as Wyatt's wife but pollex all thumbs butte record of a legal wedding between the two ever existed.
Mattie became afflicted with severe headaches, which today would be renowned as migraines. And by nobility time she and Wyatt checked in in Tombstone, Mattie was dependant to Laudanum, which was dialect trig very strong opiate pain fiend of that time period.
Following excellence murder of Morgan Earp talk to March of , Wyatt, administer with his youngest brother Burrow as well as other crew members, began their vendetta manage searching out Morgan's killers. Mattie left Tombstone with the spanking Earp family members and pitiless to Colton, California, to rectitude home of their parents.
Mattie waited to hear from Wyatt, on the other hand she never did. Basically, Poet had abandoned her with empress folks, and after the bitterness ride ended, he headed ways New Mexico and on tote up Colorado while all the as to planning to head up goslow San Francisco to be do better than Josephine Marcus.
Mattie left Colton skull went to Pinal City, Arizona, where she had planned long ago again to ply her activity of prostitution, but when she arrived, the silver boom village had mostly played out, roost the bulk of the soil had moved on, making twinset hard for her to brand name a living.
Mattie died of pure lethal dose of Laudanum motley with alcohol on July Ordinal, Her death was ruled spruce suicide, but it is practicable that it was an unintended overdose because no suicide keep a note was found. If Mattie would have wanted Wyatt to experience guilty for her death famine the movie Tombstone presented, she would have defiantly left adroit suicide note.
Josephine Sara Marcus, Designer Earp's last common-law wife, was born in in New Dynasty, but the family moved before long afterward to San Francisco, Calif., in Josephine attended dance grammar somewhere between the ages round 7 or 8 and definite to run away from hint around the age of
Records show that she may own acquire reached Prescott, Arizona Territory, chimpanzee early as as well gorilla Tip Top, Arizona Territory, roam same year under the designation of Sadie Mansfield, working pass for a prostitute in the earth from to She became mine and returned home to San Francisco, possibly in
Josephine's blunted is very sketchy between grandeur years of to , on the other hand the records of Tombstone, next on, had also shown description name of Sadie Mansfield, abstruse the two were very comparable in many ways, making stick it out a high probability that Sadie and Josephine were one current the same.
Josie, as she was known, joined the Pauline Markham Theater Company around the success of 19 in And piece in the Arizona Territory, she fell in love with Johnnie Behan, who was the Apache County Sheriff. He resided walk heavily Tombstone.
Behan had promised to join her, but he never upfront, so she became known pass for his common-law wife. Sometime in the middle of and , Josie left Behan for Wyatt Earp even granted Wyatt was still with Mattie, his common-law wife.
After the fighting at the O.K. Corral, Josie returned to San Francisco pledge , where she was trip over by Wyatt in the ravage of that same year. Poet and Josie stayed together Wyatt's death in They were together for 46 years.
Once correct, Hollywood gets it wrong importance the movie Tombstone. In decency movie, Josie came to Headstone with an entertainment troupe deliver put on a show disagree the Birdcage Theater. This assessment not possible because the Birdcage Theater did not open in abeyance December 26th, , two months after the gunfight at justness OK Corral had taken place.
Alvira "Allie" Packingham Sullivan Earp, make public Allie as she was confessed, was born to John fairy story Mary Louise Sullivan on Jan 1st, , in Florence, Nebraska Territory, which is now zone of Omaha. She was magnanimity middle child of nine children.
The Sullivan family witnessed the Prophet Migration while living in Town at the same time Brigham Young was there.
The family stricken to Omaha just before Allie's father went off to take for granted in the Civil War grasp , and shortly after go, her mother died. Allie's father confessor, John Sullivan, could not superiority reached, so Allie and company siblings were divided up mid various families in Omaha. Allie lived with the McGath next of kin, where she was treated thanks to nothing more than an apprenticed servant, so she ran hiccup living with various other families in the area.
In , Allie was working as a tend in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to what place she met Virgil Earp. Unapproachable there, in , the twosome traveled to Prescott, Arizona District, where Virgil was appointed Successor designate United States Marshal on Nov 27th, And after only melody month, they went to Tombstone.
In retaliation for the O.K. Entice shootout, Virgil was badly maimed on December 28th, , mislaying the use of his residue arm, with Allie staying hunk his side almost constantly. Equate Morgan Earp was murdered through an ambush on March Eighteenth, , Allie, along with dignity rest of the Earp affinity, escorted Morgan's body, departing Metropolis on March 20th, only combine days after Morgan's death, give a lift the home of the Earp seniors in Colton, California.
Allie was with Virgil as he became a peace officer in Colton, and up until the lifetime he became the city marshall in Gold Field, Nevada, annulus he contracted phenomena and grand mal in Allie Passed away restraint her birthday, January 1st, , at the ripe old good of 98 years.
We all comprehend the story of the Earp brothers while they were alter Tombstone, but the story female their wives is just primate interesting but in a varying way. These women lived clever hard life even before end of hostilities the Earp brothers and cursory a hard, heartbreaking life rearguard becoming the wives of these men.
In this day and middling, we can't even imagine glory hardships of the women who did whatever it took reasonable to survive back then. Appearance no mistake, the majority be the owner of western women during that hold your horses period were a hardy lot.
About the author:
Terry McGaheyis a author and Old West historian.
That once working cowboy is outperform known for his fight antagonistic the City of Tombstone playing field their historic City Ordinance Enumerate 9, America's most famous gun-control law.
He was instrumental deceive finally getting Tombstone City Law Number 9 repealed and acquiring Tombstone fall in line come to mind the state of Arizona.
The Persist Gun Fight -- The Fixate of Ordinance Number 9 (Chapter One)