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• James C. Earp (1841-1926) -  The oldest Earp brother, James served as a lawman in Dodge City, Kansas. He was with his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona, he was not involved in the events of the O.K. Corral. Settled in California .

• Morgan Earp (1851–1882) - Served as Ford County, Kansas Deputy Sheriff;  Butte, Montana Marshal; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Arizona. He was killed by the "Cowboy" faction in Tombstone, Arizona in 1882.

• Virgil Earp (1843–1906); Dodge City, Kansas Deputy Marshal; Prescott, Arizona Deputy Sheriff; Tombstone, Arizona Marshal/Chief of Police; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Arizona Territory; Deputy Marshal in Colton, California; Esmeralda County, Nevada Deputy Sheriff. Died of pneumonia in Goldfield, Nevada in 1905

• Warren Earp (1855–1900) - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Arizona; Special Ranger of the Arizona Cattleman's Association. Killed in a gunfight in Willcox, Arizona in 1900.

• Wyatt Earp (1848–1929) - Lamar, Missouri Constable; Elsworth, Kansas Marshal; Wichita, Kansas Deputy Policeman;  Dodge City; Kansas Assistant Marshal; Pima County, Arizona Deputy Sheriff;  Tombstone, Arizona Deputy Policeman/Assistant Marshal; Dodge City Peace Commissioner, U.S. Deputy Marshal in Arizona Territory. Died a natural death in California in 1929.

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• Charles Faber (18??-1876) - Town constable of Las Animas, Colorado in the 1870s. He was shot and killed by Clay Allison in 1876 at a town dance when he attempted to remove Clay's guns.

• Philip Fall - The brother of gunman Albert Fall, he was a cattle rustler and outlaw who later became a deputy marshal.

• Cornelius Finley (18??-1878) - U.S. Deputy Marshal for the western district, killed by Mexican bandits on September 2, 1878, along with U.S. Deputy Marshal John Hicks Adams near Davidson's Canyon, Arizona . The suspects were chased into Mexico and apprehended but never tried or convicted in connection with either murder.

• John King Fisher (1854-1884) - A gunman, outlaw and lawman, Fisher gave up his outlaw ways and became the sheriff in Uvalde County, Texas in 1881. Three years later, both he and friend, Ben Thompson, were killed in an ambush in San Antonio, Texas.

• George W. Flatt (1853-1880)  - Flatt was Caldwell, Kansas ' first marshal in 1879, but was not well liked. When a new mayor was elected the next year he was replaced. He was killed on June 19, 1880 by members of the "new" police force.

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• Peter Gabriel - A prominent lawman in Pima County, Arizona in the 1880s, Gabriel pursued the Red Jack Gang and shot and killed ex-deputy Joe Phy in a duel on May 3, 1388.

• Henry Garfias - 1st Marshal of Phoenix (1851-1896) - During his lifetime, Garfias was arguably one of the most honest lawmen and sharpest gunfighters in the American West, on par with more famous names such as Wyatt and Virgil Earp, and Wild Bill Hickok.

• Buck Garrett (1871-1929) - The nephew of Pat Garrett, Buck would grow up to become one of Frank Wolcott's "Regulators" to fight in the Johnson County War in 1892. He later became a U.S. Deputy Marshal in the Chickasaw Nation, and sheriff of Ardmore, Oklahoma , where he led the posse that killed outlaw Bill Dalton.

• Pat Garrett (1850–1908) - As Lincoln County, New Mexico Sheriff, Garrett killed Tom O'Folliard, Charles Bowdre, and later Billy the Kid . Was also El Dorado County and Dona Ana County, New Mexico sheriff and a Texas Ranger . He was ambushed and killed in 1908.

• Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) - In addition to co-founding the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Charles was also a lawman and gunman. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1857 and later served in the Civil War. While driving cattle on the trail, he fought outlaws and Indians for many years in Texas , New Mexico , and California . Goodnight outlived most of his Old West comrades when he died in Tucson, Arizona, on December 12, 1929, at the age of ninety-three.

• Ahijah W. (A.W.) Grimes (1850-1878) - A Round Rock, Texas Deputy Sheriff, Grimes was killed when he confronted members of the Bass Gang on July 19, 1878, a mistake that got him killed.

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• Wiley G. Haines (1860–1928) - Undersheriff, County P, Oklahoma Territory; U.S. Deputy Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Chief, Osage Indian Police.

• James Harris - A gunman and former lawman, he was killed while dueling Bob Majors at Santa Cruz, California in the 1880s.

• James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876) -  Marshal in Abilene and Hays City, Kansas. Better known as a gunfighter. Killed by Jack McCall in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1876.

• James Hicks - See Tom Horn

• Tom Hill - Serving as a deputy marshal in Lincoln County, New Mexico Hill was a member of the posse that killed John Tunstall on February 18, 1878, instigating the Lincoln County War.

• George Hindman (18??-1878)  - A deputy under Sheriff William Brady in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Hindman rode in the posse that killed John Tunstall February 18, 1878, instigating the Lincoln County War. In turn, Hindman was killed by Billy the Kid and John Middleton on April 1, 1878.

• John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851–1887) - Deputized by Virgil Earp in Tombstone, Arizona to help in stopping the crimes of the Clanton Gang, which culminated with a gunfight at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in October, 1881. He died in a of tuberculosis in Colorado in 1887.

• Cassius "Cash" M. Hollister (18??-1884) - While serving as a Sumner County, Kansas Deputy Sheriff, Hollister went to arrest a man named Bob Cross, who was wanted for abducting the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, Joshua Hannum.  On October, 18, 1884, Hollister
  arrived at Cross' home and attempted to the talk the man out of a house. When Cross refused to surrender, Hollister threatened to set his house on fire, at which time Cross fired through the door, killing Hollister.

• W.A. "Hunky Dory" Holmes (18??-1889) - A  lawman, served as a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Glen Reynolds of Gila County, Arizona. He was murdered by the Apache Kid and his men, while transporting the outlaw to the Yuma Prison.

• Tom Horn, aka: James Hicks (1861-1903) - Horn joined the Pinkerton Agency in 1890 and was extremely effective, tracking down dozens of outlaws. Later, he was working as a cattle detective in Wyoming and became embroiled in the Johnson County War. It was at this time that he began to offer out his services as a hired gunslinger.  When hired in 1903 to kill a sheepherder in Wyoming, he killed the man's 14-year old son instead.  This time, Horn didn't get away with it -- he was arrested and hanged on November 20, 1903.  

• Joe Horner - See Frank M. Canton

• John Reynolds Hughes (1855–1946) - Hughes joined the Texas Rangers in 1887 and was made captain in 1893. He arrested and killed numerous outlaws during his career. He committed suicide in 1946, at the age of eighty-nine.

• James B. Hume (1827–1904) - Marshal, Placerville, California; Undersheriff, El Dorado County, California; Sheriff, El Dorado County, California; Chief Detective, Wells, Fargo & Company.

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• Grant Johnson (1858–1929) - An African-American U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory. Serving under Judge Isaac Parker for at least 14 years, he was known to be one of the most effective U.S. Deputy Marshals in Indian Territory.

• John "Liver Eating" Johnston, aka: John Garrison (1824?-1900) - Primarily known as a mountain man, Indian fighter and lawman, a number of legends surrounded him during his life, some of which are the basis for the movie Jeremiah Johnson.  He served as a deputy and sheriff of Coulson, Montana in the late 1800's.

• Jack "Turkey Creek" Johnson (1852?-1887?) - A lawman and gunfighter, Johnson was known to be in Deadwood, South Dakota and Dodge City, Kansas before arriving in Tombstone, Arizona. He worked as a deputy marshal with the Earps and was part of the posse that killed Frank Stillwell in Tucson, Arizona.

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• Dave Kemp -  Known as both an outlaw and a lawman, Kemp killed a man in Texas before moving on to New Mexico, where he served a as a lawman in Eddy County. Later he killed Sheriff Les Dow.

• Frank King (1863-1920's) - A dedicated lawman, King was a deputy sheriff of Phoenix, Arizona in the 1880s and worked as a lawman in Texas, New Mexico and California in the next decade.

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