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George Earp
(1864-1960) - The first cousin to Wyatt Earp, George came to Dodge City,
Kansas from
Missouri about 1879, just about the time Wyatt was ready to head southwest
to Tombstone,
Arizona.
George first worked as a cowboy but by 1885 he surveying the townsite of
Old Ulysses, some 80 miles to the west. He soon became the new town's
first promoter, businessman, and peace officer. According to legend, he was just as
"free with his gun” as
Wyatt and
his bunch. Somewhere along the line, he moved on and by 1893 was serving
as a U.S. Deputy Marshal and later was working for the Internal Revenue
Service. He died in Joplin, Missouri on December 21, 1960.
Earp Brothers
Though the
Earps traveled
widely from
Illinois to
California,
they kept in touch, at a time when communication was difficult.
Nicholas Porter
Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey had six children including James C.,
Virgil W,
Wyatt B.,
Morgan, Warren B., Virginia and Adelia. All four boys would
act as lawmen at some point in their lives.
James C. Earp
(1841-1926) - The oldest brother of the
Earps, James was badly wounded in the arm during the
Civil War in 1861,
but this did not hinder him from later serving as a
lawman.
After the war, he went with his family to
California,
before traveling to Montana, back to Missouri, and to
Kansas.
he married Nellie Ketchum from Illinois in April, 1873 and the following
year, the pair were living in Wichita,
Kansas.
In 1876, he headed to
Dodge City,
Kansas,
where he became a deputy sheriff under Charlie Bassett for a brief time.
He then began to roam through Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, working in
saloons or as stage and wagon driver. In 1879, he
moved with his brothers to
Tombstone,
Arizona but was not involved
in the Tombstone troublds or the events of the
O.K. Corral. When
Morgan was killed, he traveled with
Virgil and the Earp women to Colton,
California for
Morgan's burial. In 1883-84, he was mining in Shoshone County,
Idaho
before settling permanently in
California in 1890. James Earp
died on January 25, 1926 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, in
San
Bernardino,
California.
 Morgan Earp (1851-1882)
– Born in Iowa on April 24, 1851, he moved with his family to
San
Bernardino,
California
in 1864. He
joined brother
Wyatt
in Dodge
City,
Kansas where he married Luisa Houston. The pair soon moved to
Butte,
Montana, where he served as marshal. By 1879, he had headed to
Arizona, where he was
appointed as a sheriff in Pima County. The next year, he was in
Tombstone
with the rest of his brothers and went to work for
Virgil as a police officer.
In the battle with
the
Clantons at
the
O.K. Corral
on October 26, 1881, he was shot in the side by
Tom McLaury.
Doc Holliday instantly countered, blowing
McLaury away with blasts from both barrels of his shotgun. Morgan survived the wounds, but on March 18, 1882,
Ike Clanton and four henchmen took revenge. While Earp was playing
pool at Campbell and Hatch's
Saloon in
Tombstone,
Clanton and four of his
henchmen shot and killed him.
Morgan’s body was brought back to
California where he is buried
at Hermosa Cemetery in Colton,
California
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Warren Earp (1855-1900) - The
younger brother of
Wyatt,
Virgil,
and
Morgan Earp, Warren was born in Pella, Iowa on March 9, 1855. Warren
joined his brothers in
Tombstone,
Arizona
in 1881 and worked for
Virgil
as a deputy. However, he was not involved in the
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,
some saying he wasn't even in
Tombstone
at the time. Afterwards, however; he participated in the revenge taken by
the
Earps against those that had killed
Morgan and tried to kill
Virgil.
He was with his brother
Wyatt
and
Doc Holliday
when
Frank Stillwell was killed in Tucson on March 20, 1882. Though he and
the others were indicted for the murder, they were not convicted. After the whole
Tombstone
episode was finally over, Warren left
Arizona
but returned in 1891 where he worked as a mail stage driver on the road
between Willcox and Fort Grant. On July 6, 1900, he argued with a man
named Johnnie Boyett in Brown's Saloon in Willcox. The two had a history
of not liking each other due to their mutual affection for the same woman.
As the argument progressed, Boyett shot and killed Warren.
Warren
Earp was buried in Willcox, at the Pioneer Cemetery.
Boyett was never charged with a crime.
Hiram Eastwood -
U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in
the Southern District Court of
Indian Territory at Paris,
Texas. In
1893, outlaw Bill Luttrell tried to kill Eastwood because he blamed
him for the capture and hanging of his brother, Charles. However,
Eastwood received a warning that Lutrell was gunning for him. While
Eastwood was tending to his horse in Oakland, Oklahoma, he spied the
outlaw approaching and grabbed his rifle. The two came face to face
outside the stable and both men fired three shots simultaneously. Lutrell was obviously not a good shot, as Eastwood was unharmed but
the would-be killer took shots in his heart, lung and neck. The
Paris,
Texas court found that the killing was in self defense.
William "Dad" F. Egan (1832-1924) - Born in Kentucky
in 1832, Egan was raised in Missouri. By 1859, he was living and ranching in Texas just
a few miles west of Denton. He served in the Confederate
Cavalry during the Civil War. When the conflict was over, Egan
married and was elected sheriff of Denton County, Texas. While
serving, he also continued to operate his ranch and hired on a
young Sam Bass to assist him in caring for the livestock and
other odd jobs on the ranch. Bass soon made friends with
Egan's son, Armstrong, and the two bought a racehorse which
they ran until William put a stop to his son's participation
and ownership. When Bass began to turn wayward, Sheriff Egan
remained friends with the young man. However, when it was
clear that Bass' activities were clearly illegal, Egan fully
cooperated with Texas Rangers and other lawmen in the pursuit
of the outlaw. Bass was killed in Round Rock, Texas in 1878.
Shortly afterwards, Egan left his sheriff's position but
continued to hold public office several times throughout the
years. He died in 1924.
Jess
Elliott (18??-1892) - A Cherokee Indian, Elliott
served as a Deputy Sheriff of Rogers County, Oklahoma. On
November 3, 1892, Elliott got into a fight in a Catoosa,
Oklahoma saloon with Bob Talton, who was on probation for
horse theft. Both men had been drinking and when the dispute
got out of hand, Talton was thrown out of the saloon and
Elliott was forcibly held inside, giving time for Talton to
get away. However, Talton concealed himself outside the saloon
and when Elliott came out, Talton attacked him and cut his
throat. Talton was later arrested, convicted of the murder and
sentenced to death. He was hanged in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on
July 31, 1896.
Jackson W. Ellis -
U.S. Deputy Marshal
commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1885. At the same
time, he also served as an Indian Policeman in the Choctaw Nation. Just
a few months after being sworn into duty, Ellis was in a gunfight with a
man named Bud Trainer in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Trainer was killed and
Ellis exonerated as the shooting was found to be in self defense. In
September, 1887 when Ellis tried to arrest a man named Dick Vann, who
had killed
U.S. Deputy Marshal
Sam Sixkiller, gunplay erupted once again, leaving Vann dead in the
dirt. Around the same time, another murderer named Harry Finn, who had
killed his father in Missouri, had fled to Oklahoma. When Ellis
confronted the killer, the guns blazed again, and true to form, Ellis
left the fugitive dead.
On another occasion,
while Ellis was riding on a train bound from Kansas City to Galveston,
Texas, four train robbers attempted to rob the mail and express cars.
However, Ellis, along with Train guard, Jack Frazier, fought off the
bandits forcing them to flee. Though the train robbers managed to make off
without about $1,000, this was only a fraction of the cash held in the two
cars. By 1890, Ellis was practicing law as well as acting as a law
officer. After 16 years working in the Indian Police, he finally resigned
his duties as a lawman in 1902.
William "Bill” Ellis
-
U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned on October 30, 1889 in the Western
District at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas. On May 16, 1890, when Ellis attempted to
arrest a whiskey pedder named R. A. Beck, a shoot-out ensued and Beck was
killed. In November, 1892, Ellis was one of the sixteen deputy marshals
summoned to capture the notorious Cherokee outlaw, Ned Christie. Christie,
however, resisted arrest and was killed. In 1897, Deputy Marshal Ellis
was appointed by Marshal J. P. Grady to work in the Central District of
Indian Territory. After Ellis retired from his lawman duties, he moved
near Antlers, Choctaw Nation where he established the X-T Bar Ranch which
he operated until 1920.
Joseph W. Evans (1851-1902)
- A Wells Fargo Special Agent and U.S. Deputy Marshal in
Arizona.
Evans was born at Fayetteville, North, Carolina, but made his
way west when he grew up. In 1872, he had landed in Phoenix,
Arizona,
where worked as an express man for the
Arizona
Stage Company. Working his way up, he became a general
supervisor in 1877. Later he served as a special agent for
Wells Fargo until he was appointed a U.S. Deputy Marshal in
1880 by
Crawley Dake
in 1880. Evans was present in Tombstone,
Arizona
during the Gunfight at the O.K. corral in October, 1881 and
friends with the Earps, he allegedly helped them to escape
Tucson, after they killed Frank Stilwell. After leaving his
position as a lawman, Evans made his living in real estate and
became a prominent businessman in Phoenix. He lived there
until his death on May 28, 1902.
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