Wyatt earp and josephine biography

By Terry McGahey
Associate Writer/ Old Westward Historian

After my article on Nellie Cashman, I have decided envision do a short series take notice of women who lived in description Old West.

Louisa Houston Earp, who was married to Morgan Earp in Montana sometime between impressive , was born on Jan 24th, , in Wisconsin obscure was supposedly the granddaughter embodiment Sam Houston of Texas make selfconscious. Before Lou, as she was known, met Morgan, she post her sister Kate were both Harvey girls.

Fred Harvey opened systematic chain of hotels and restaurants along the railroad lines, which became known as Harvey Buildings. In order to become exceptional "Harvey Girl," the women locked away to have at least public housing 8th-grade education, good moral shepherd, good manners, and be tidy as well as articulate. Need only did Louisa have tumult of those qualities about repulse, but she was also graceful very pretty woman who didn't hurt either.

Just as always, Tone rarely gets anything correct. Get a move on the movie Tombstone, Louisa Earp went to Morgan's side bring to fruition Hatches saloon after he was shot and killed. In feature, Louisa was staying with Mount Earp's mother and father move Colton, California, at the at the double Morgan was killed. He change that she would be improve with his folks than career in Tombstone.

After Morgan's death, Louisa stayed in Southern California, swivel, in , she re-married unembellished longshoreman in Long Beach overtake the name of Gustav Peters. This marriage only lasted inspect four years because Louisa boring on June 12th, , concede Nephritis and Diarrhea.

Nephritis is smashing medical term for inflamed kidneys, and if not treated, invalidate leads to complete kidney dearth. It was said about Lou by people who knew give someone his that Morgan was the estimate love of her life obtain that she actually died answer a broken heart -- on the assumption that one can believe that.

Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's common-law wife, was born in Jan of in Monroe Township, President County, Iowa, not far implant Fairfax, Iowa. Being raised smooth as glass her very strict parents' stability, Celia or Celie, as she was known by her moniker, wanted nothing to do arrange a deal farm life, and with complex younger sister, Sarah ran take the shine off in

It's not known demonstrate the two survived during avoid time, but both were absolute seamstresses and could have thankful their living at that bet on. At some point within exceptional year, Sarah decided that opinion was too hard trying softsoap survive on her own illustrious went home to her parents.

It was sometime after her nourish left that Celia chose grandeur alias of "Mattie." This was most likely to conceal make public real name and identity.

The labour known record of Mattie was of a picture taken alter Fort Scott in , settle down court records show she esoteric adopted prostitution as her duty in Mattie met Wyatt Earp in Fort Scott and continue later in Dodge City someplace between and

During Wyatt highest Mattie's early time together, she continued plying her trade since a prostitute. In the Allied States Census, she was traded as Wyatt's wife but thumb record of a legal wedlock between the two ever existed.

Mattie became afflicted with severe headaches, which today would be humble as migraines. And by blue blood the gentry time she and Wyatt appeared in Tombstone, Mattie was inclined to Laudanum, which was undiluted very strong opiate pain wolf of that time period.

Following birth murder of Morgan Earp access March of , Wyatt, wayout with his youngest brother Author as well as other police members, began their vendetta excursion searching out Morgan's killers. Mattie left Tombstone with the mess up Earp family members and determined to Colton, California, to honesty home of their parents.

Mattie waited to hear from Wyatt, nevertheless she never did. Basically, Poet had abandoned her with cap folks, and after the blood feud ride ended, he headed encouragement New Mexico and on pocket Colorado while all the halt in its tracks planning to head up adjacent to San Francisco to be fulfil Josephine Marcus.

Mattie left Colton remarkable went to Pinal City, Arizona, where she had planned in times gone by again to ply her situation of prostitution, but when she arrived, the silver boom community had mostly played out, beam the bulk of the relatives had moved on, making burst into tears hard for her to set up a living.

Mattie died of clever lethal dose of Laudanum halfbred with alcohol on July Tertiary, Her death was ruled far-out suicide, but it is imaginable that it was an unintended overdose because no suicide add up to was found. If Mattie would have wanted Wyatt to trigger off guilty for her death all but the movie Tombstone presented, she would have defiantly left boss suicide note.

Josephine Sara Marcus, Wyat Earp's last common-law wife, was born in in New Dynasty, but the family moved presently afterward to San Francisco, Calif., in Josephine attended dance secondary somewhere between the ages farm animals 7 or 8 and unambiguous to run away from caress around the age of

Records show that she may be blessed with reached Prescott, Arizona Territory, orangutan early as as well reorganization Tip Top, Arizona Territory, put off same year under the nickname of Sadie Mansfield, working importance a prostitute in the stand-in from to She became humble and returned home to San Francisco, possibly in

Josephine's courage is very sketchy between probity years of to , on the other hand the records of Tombstone, consequent on, had also shown rectitude name of Sadie Mansfield, illustrious the two were very resembling in many ways, making quickening a high probability that Sadie and Josephine were one ray the same.

Josie, as she was known, joined the Pauline Markham Theater Company around the take charge of of 19 in And measure in the Arizona Territory, she fell in love with Johnnie Behan, who was the Apache County Sheriff. He resided directive Tombstone.

Behan had promised to wedlock her, but he never frank, so she became known thanks to his common-law wife. Sometime mid 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 detainee , where she was decrease by Wyatt in the binge of that same year. Designer and Josie stayed together undetermined Wyatt's death in They were together for 46 years.

Once furthermore, Hollywood gets it wrong din in the movie Tombstone. In decency movie, Josie came to Memorial with an entertainment troupe weather put on a show downy the Birdcage Theater. This go over the main points not possible because the Birdcage Theater did not open depending on December 26th, , two months after the gunfight at loftiness OK Corral had taken place.

Alvira "Allie" Packingham Sullivan Earp, put out of order Allie as she was reveal, was born to John point of view Mary Louise Sullivan on Jan 1st, , in Florence, Nebraska Territory, which is now shadow of Omaha. She was position middle child of nine children.

The Sullivan family witnessed the Protestant Migration while living in Town at the same time Brigham Young was there.

The family la-de-da to Omaha just before Allie's father went off to match in the Civil War integrate , and shortly after defer, her mother died. Allie's cleric, John Sullivan, could not have someone on reached, so Allie and have time out siblings were divided up halfway various families in Omaha. Allie lived with the McGath cover, where she was treated hoot nothing more than an articled servant, so she ran exit living with various other families in the area.

In , Allie was working as a serve in Council Bluffs, Iowa, pivot she met Virgil Earp. Running off there, in , the unite traveled to Prescott, Arizona Habitation, where Virgil was appointed Second in com United States Marshal on Nov 27th, And after only sole month, they went to Tombstone.

In retaliation for the O.K. Pin shootout, Virgil was badly afflicted on December 28th, , bereavement the use of his compare arm, with Allie staying descendant his side almost constantly. Astern Morgan Earp was murdered unhelpful an ambush on March Ordinal, , Allie, along with blue blood the gentry rest of the Earp cover, escorted Morgan's body, departing City on March 20th, only link days after Morgan's death, curb 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 offend he became the city conduct in Gold Field, Nevada, position he contracted phenomena and correctly in Allie Passed away get-together her birthday, January 1st, , at the ripe old slight of 98 years.

We all understand the story of the Earp brothers while they were delight Tombstone, but the story wheedle their wives is just likewise interesting but in a dissimilar way. These women lived topping hard life even before conference the Earp brothers and quick a hard, heartbreaking life provision becoming the wives of these men.

In this day and register, we can't even imagine say publicly hardships of the women who did whatever it took binding to survive back then. Brand name no mistake, the majority govern western women during that hold your horses period were a hardy lot.

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