September 8, 2013 Terri J Huck. [26]:49, On June 2, 1880, the U.S. census had recorded Sadie Mansfield, whose occupation was "courtesan", as living in Tip Top. [105], While they lived in San Diego, Wyatt raced Otto Rex, the horse he had won in a card game. Bourke. A second stone of flat granite was also stolen. Wyatt Earp After the legendary gunfight in Tombstone that lasted only 30 seconds, but would up defining Earp for the rest of his life, Earp and his new common law wife Sadie (a.k.a Josie) traveled around the west, scoring money in the gold rush and by investing in properties. [16] After Wyatt died in 1929, Josephine traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to try to persuade the publisher to stop the release of the book. After Wyatt died, Josephine spent her last years in Los Angeles. [107] The San Francisco Examiner ran a series of stories over three days describing Earp's life in exaggerated detail that ridiculed him. In 1879 the Pauline Markham Theater Company came to town, and Josephine slipped away with the troupe. "[2][26]:46 If as Josephine stated she traveled with Markham's troupe from San Francisco in December 1879, there are no contemporary accounts of the trip being interrupted by Indians. [3] Earp resigned from the Dodge City police force on September 9, 1879, and traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory with Blaylock, his brother Jim, and Jim's wife Bessie. [19] The Yuma Arizona Sentinel reported on October 25, 1879, "Tuesday arrived a Pinafore Company for Tucson, composed of Misses Pauline Markham, Mary Bell, Belle Howard, and Mrs. Pring, and Messrs. Borabeck and McMahon. Wyatt Earp: Tombstone, Siblings & OK Corral - HISTORY Mattie Blaylock Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock was involved with Wyatt Earp after the death of his first wife, and is often termed as Wyatt's "common law" wife. [4] The six friends traveled to Prescott, Arizona. 'Tombstone' 25 years later: Revisiting the cast of the surprise western [31], Other researchers have questioned what she did prior to 1883. Earp and partner Charles E. Hoxie built the Dexter Saloon, the largest in Nome. 113K views 2 years ago Wyatt Earp and his common law wife Josephine of 44 years lived an adventurous life to say the least. [26]:11 In November 1874, a woman named Sadie Mansfield took a stagecoach from San Francisco to Prescott along with several prostitutes working for Madame Hattie Wells. [72] This was one week after Morgan Earp was assassinated and five days after Wyatt set out in pursuit of those he believed responsible. Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock (January 1850 July 3, 1888) was a prostitute who became the romantic companion and common-law wife of Old West lawman and gambler Wyatt Earp for about six years. [8] "There was far too much excitement in the air to remain a child. [2] She said Behan told her family that he could not leave his livery stable business long enough for a wedding in San Francisco. John Wilson Vermillion (1842-1911), also known as " Texas Jack " or later as " Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion ", was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith . From 1891 to 1896, the Earps lived in at least four different locations in San Francisco: 145 Ellis St., 720 McAllister St., 514A Seventh Ave. and 1004 Golden Gate Ave.[70] After moving to southern California in about 1903, they also lived in several different locations. Her confusing recollection of events show how easily Josephine mixed fact and fiction. E.C. Whether it was intentional or not, Mattie killed herself by overdosing on laudanum and alcohol. Born in Wisconsin in 1850, Mattie was raised in Fairfax, Iowa until she ran away from home at the age of 16. [26] Sadie and John Behan lived at different addresses. [112] Josephine died at age 83 on December 19, 1944, in the same bungalow she and Wyatt shared at 4004 W. 17th Street in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. Born in Wisconsin in 1850, Mattie was raised in Fairfax, Iowa until she ran away from home at the age of 16. Wyatt meets Josephine "Josie" Marcus, who is a traveling actress, and the two begin an affair. The Wives of Wyatt Earp, from Aurilla Sutherland to Sadie Marcus That's why Mattie started taking laudanum for her headaches, which was a 19th century cure-all for everything, from colic to menstrual cramps. They arrived while the city was recovering from the disastrous earthquake of October 21, 1868. Josephine was apparently too full of grief to assist or to attend the funeral itself. She didn't use either Marcus or Behan as her name, but asked a friend to send the postal order for her. [11], Throughout her later life, Josephine worked hard to manage what the press and public knew about her and Wyatt's life in Arizona. He was known to disappear for days at a time "to see property", the family euphemism for a drinking binge, and Earp was his regular partner. She always interfered! [118], Beginning in about 1994, critics began to challenge the accuracy of the book, and eventually many parts of the book were refuted as fictional. He met another woman, Josephine Sadie Marcus, around 1882 and spent the rest of his life with her. Wyatt Earp is the most recognizable face of the Earp family. (Josephine in her own account said that she brought her maid, a black woman named Julia, with her. The San Diego Union printed a report from the San Francisco Call on July 9, 1882 that Virgil Earp was in San Francisco (receiving treatment for his shattered arm) and that Wyatt was expected to arrive there that day. Green. It tells the story of Wyatt Earp's darkest secret. 40 Facts About the Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - History Collection Virgil married his third and last wife, Alvira "Allie" Packingham Sullivan, between 1871 and 1872. When she was seven years old, the family moved to San Francisco. "[26] Prostitution wasn't illegal in the territory as long as the women paid their licensing fees. [103] The Earps were frequent visitors and often spent the holidays with the Welsh family, but they did not appreciate Josephine's gambling habits. One of these was sent after she ended her relationship with Johnny Behan, indicating that she was earning money as a single woman. [3], Wyatt and Holliday had been fast friends since Holliday saved Earp's life in Dodge City during 1878. However, she was well aware that she would soon be married off to likely live out her life as a housewife. Earp became angry and left. Tombstone: The Earp's versus the Red Sash Cowboys | ogwright Wyatt Earp's Grave - Colma, California - Atlas Obscura The memory of it has been a source of humiliation and regret to me in all the years since that time and I have never until now disclosed it to anyone besides my husband (Wyatt). (It's now a ghost town in Shoshone County). Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 - March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman.He served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in the Gunfight at the O.K. Earp moved to Wichita, Kansas, and worked as a shotgun guard for Wells Fargo. Instead . Celia Ann Mattie Blaylock (Earp) - tombstonetraveltips.com With no intentions to waste time and wait to be married off, Blaylock took destiny into her own hands and ran off then met a man named Wyatt Earp. Corral, which may have contributed to their animosity. [71] Josephine was addicted to gambling on horse racing and her wagering increased until Wyatt gave her an ultimatum. Eugenia and Lottie McCarthy taught us to dance the Highland Fling, the Sailor's Hornpipe, and ballroom dancing. [1], She paid for a small white marble headstone which was stolen shortly after her death in 1944. Death of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, widow of Wyatt December 19, 1944 Josephine Sarah Marcus, born to German Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn, NY, in 1861, grew up in San Francisco. [6][26] Ray says that Josephine didn't have a friend named Dora Hirsch. [2], The events that Josephine "Sadie" Marcus claimed took place when she was 18 years old in 1879 don't correlate with known facts, but do closely correspond to the events in 14 year old Sadie Mansfield's journey to Prescott in 1874. Corral, during which Wyatt and his brothers killed three Cochise County Cowboys. Blaylock planned to return to sex work in Pinal City, but with most of the prospective clientele gone with the silver, making a living there proved difficult. Meet Mattie Blaylock, The Abandoned Common-Law Wife Of Wyatt Earp By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By Erik Hawkins Published March 24, 2022 In the mid-19th century, Mattie Blaylock left her farm life in Iowa behind and eloped with Wyatt Earp, but ended up abandoned by the lawman after the Gunfight at the O.K. In mid-1868, Celia ran away with her younger sister Sarah to avoid farm life. Josephine Earp (Actress, wife of Wyatt Earp) ~ Bio Wiki | Photos | Videos Even though he was very ill, she still didn't cook for him. He reportedly worked on a floating brothel thereafter and married teenage prostitute Sally Heckell, who was busted alongside him on Sept. 10, 1872, and identified herself as his wife. By David Cranmer. [2] The Weekly Arizona Miner of Prescott reported on February 5, 1875, that Sadie Mansfield won a prize in the "Grand New Year Gift Enterprise". Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois in 1848. Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. [88][89][90], In the spring they decided the gold rush in Dawson was drawing to an end and headed for Nome instead. She continued to work as a prostitute during their early years together. In 1884, Wyatt and his wife Josie, his brothers Warren and James, and James' wife Bessie arrived in Eagle City, Idaho, another new boomtown that was created as a result of the discovery of gold, silver, and lead in the Coeur d'Alene area. She then made her way to Kansas where she first worked as a prostitute in Scott City before moving on to Dodge City. He had a "relationship with" Sadie Mansfield, likely the same girl who had traveled with Hattie Wells' prostitutes from San Francisco. The Earps returned briefly to San Francisco in April 1900, but they returned to Seattle before boarding the steamer SS Alliance. [39] Josephine wrote that Dora was hired as a singer, and she was hired as a dancer. [37] One block away on the 1000 block of Clay Street in a neighborhood known for prostitution was a brothel, owned by Hattie Wells. [43], Sadie, traveling as either Mrs. J. C. Earp or Mrs. Wyatt Earp, left Tombstone for her family in San Francisco via Los Angeles on March 24, 1882. He became a deputy before settling in Dodge City as assistant marshal. The facts about Josephine Earp and her relationship to Wyatt were relatively unknown until amateur Earp historian Glenn Boyer published the book I Married Wyatt Earp. [18] Behan claimed their daughter Henrietta wasn't his, and a request for support for Henrietta was stricken from the divorce petition. "[2] She said, "the whole experience recurs to my memory as a bad dream and I remember little of its details. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the . Wyatt began a relationship with Josephine "Sadie" Marcus, who had during 1880-81 been in a relationship with Johnny Behan in Tombstone. [2] Josephine said that she matured early and developed large breasts. It is possible she overdosed by accident and died of respiratory depression. Josephine ran away, possibly as early as age 14, and traveled to Arizona, where she said she went "looking for adventure". The Lewis family was Jewish, and came from the Posen region in Prussia, current-day Poland, around 1850. [2][26]:47 In January 1876, Josephine or Sadie left Prescott, stopped at a Los Angeles hotel, and returned to San Francisco before March 6. [43], Josephine told the Earp cousins that she returned to San Francisco before the grand opening of Lucky Baldwin's luxury Baldwin Hotel and Theater on the northeast corner of Powell and Market St., which opened on March 6, 1876. But in August a Tombstone newspaper reported a letter waiting at the post office for Sadie Mansfield. J. Levine Auction & Appraisal in Scottsdale, Ariz., is auctioning the guns, which owner Josh Levine believes belonged to Wyatt Earp. Writer Alan Barra suggests that Behan and Earp knew of their mutual attraction to the same woman before the Gunfight at the O.K. Josephine Earp's story was shrouded in mystery throughout her life, but modern historians posit that she lied about her early years in an effort to conceal her unsavory past. [5][9] In early 1880, Henry was living with his son-in-law Aaron, who was employed as a bookkeeper. Boyer's book was considered a factual memoir, and cited by scholars, studied in classrooms, and used as a source by filmmakers for 32 years. [43], Josephine's life after Tombstone and with Wyatt Earp is not well known, although it isn't as obscured by stories of her life in Tombstone that she told to hide facts. Earp did mezuzah when entering the house." Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Mattie allegedly suffered from severe headaches and became addicted to laudanum, which was commonly used as a pain killer at the time. [76] Wyatt followed the crowd looking for gold in the Murray-Eagle mining district and paid $2,250 for a 50 feet (15m) diameter white circus, in which they opened a dance hall and saloon called The White Elephant. While they survived without a scratch after 30 seconds of gunfire, Blaylock had already been wounded as Earp had already met Josephine Sadie Marcus months ago. Wyatt Earp | The Old West And even after marrying James in 1873, Bessie continued working as a "sporting girl" in Kansas. After Wyatts notorious gunfight at the O.K. [2], Sadie Mansfield left Gillete, near Tip Top, and arrived in Phoenix on February 13, 1880. Wyatt and Josephine Earp The Years After Tombstone - YouTube Earp named a mining claim he filed on February 16, 1880 "Mattie Blaylock. But was apparently restless there. [11] When Frank Waters was writing Tombstone Travesty, originally published in 1934, he returned from a research trip to Tombstone to learn that Josephine Earp had visited his mother and sister and threatened court action to prevent him from publishing the book. [11], Some modern writers believe that Wyatt Earp moved in with Josephine after she kicked Behan out. Josephine had to walk past the brothel every day on her way to school. "[84][19][21], Among the facts Josephine wanted scrubbed from Earp's history, she persuaded biographers Flood, Lake and Burns to write that Earp was a non-drinker. Corral gunfight, which took out three of the Cochise County Cowboys. She had a small, trim body and a meneo of the hips that kept her full, flounced skirts bouncing. [3][1][4][5] Sophie was a widow with a 3-year-old daughter, Rebecca Levy, when she married Marcuse, who was eight years younger than she. [23] Sadie Mansfield reappeared in Tombstone when she was noted in the July 1882 Tombstone census, but Josephine Marcus and Josephine Behan were not. If Sieber helped her, the only time period that fits Josephine's story is when Sieber was in the Prescott area at Camp Verde from 1873 to 1875. She said that she had believed Behan was planning to marry her, but he kept putting it off, and she grew disillusioned. Born Celia Ann Blaylock in 1850 in Johnson County, Iowa, she was raised on a small farm near the town of Fairfax. She became addicted to laudanum. "[2] Considering that Josephine reported in later life at having first arrived with the Markham Troupe on December 1, 1879, and that Josephine joined Behan in Tombstone that same year, her reference to "my bad experience of a few years ago" means she must have been in Arizona for some time before 1879. Charlie Welsh, Grace Spolidora's father, was a good friend of Earp's. Tombstone Ending Explained: What Happened To Each Main Character [54] In 1874, 14-year-old Sadie Mansfield worked under the watchful eye of Madam Josie Roland as a prostitute in a brothel on Granite Street, between Gurley and Alarcon streets, and near the Yavapai County Courthouse where Sheriff Behan worked. Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West - Smithsonian Magazine There is no legal record of a marriage between the two. [43] These facts may explain why Josephine later thought of this time in her life as "a bad dream. Corral shootout and the Earp Vendetta Ride. While Sarah would turn back within months after life on the road proved difficult, Blaylock forged ahead and adopted the name Mattie.. I can remember shedding many tears in out-of the way-corners. The third of four children, Josephine Sarah (Marcus) Earp was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1861 to German-Jewish immigrants Sophie and Hyman (Henry) Marcus. [2] Upon their arrival, her father found a highly stratified Jewish community. Following the Earp Vendetta Ride, the Earp posse went to Albuquerque, New Mexico for two weeks. Doc Holliday saved Wyatt's life in Dodge City. The Messed Up History Of Tombstone, Arizona - Grunge In 1939 Josephine sued 20th Century Fox for $50,000 in an attempt to keep them from making the film titled Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Her death was ruled a suicide. Is Billy Breckenridge gay? - Movies & TV Stack Exchange He managed a small store during the spring of 1899 in St. Michael on the Norton Sound, a major gateway to the Alaskan interior via the Yukon River. The family was forced to move in with Josephine's older sister Rebecca and her husband Aaron "south of the slot" (south of Market Street) at 138 Perry Street between 3rd and 2nd at Harrison in a tenement on the flatlands. [64]:p235 While there are no contemporary records in Tombstone of a relationship between them, they certainly knew each other, as Behan and Earp both had offices above the Crystal Palace Saloon. This is the story of that life together after Wyatt's famous. All My Earps: The Many Film Faces of Wyatt Earp [1] Henry moved the family to San Francisco in 1868 when Josephine was 7. Both made a stagecoach journey from San Francisco to Prescott, Arizona Territory; both traveled with a black woman named Julia; both were sexual partners with Behan; both were 19 years old, born in New York City, and had parents from Germany. Distrustful of her ability to manage her finances, Wyatt made an arrangement with her sister Henrietta Lenhardt. Wyatt put oil leases he owned in Henrietta's name with the agreement that the proceeds would benefit Josie after his death. "Doc" Holliday: A Story of Tuberculosis, Pain, and Self-medication in Corral made him a legend. [60] Later in life, Josephine was not a practicing Jew and did not seem to care whether her partners were Jewish. Wikimedia CommonsMattie Blaylocks grave at the Pinal City Cemetery in Superior, Arizona. Bat Masterson, a friend of Wyatt Earp's who was in Tombstone from February to April 1881,[29]:41[30] described her to Stuart Lake as "an incredible beauty"[31] and as the "belle of the honkytonks, the prettiest dame in three hundred or so of her kind. What Famous People Attended Wyatt Earps Funeral? However, Waters' book has been criticized as biased for its negative portrayal of Wyatt Earp and for including details not mentioned in the original manuscript by Allie Earp (the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp's brother Virgil).[7]. 8. He struggled to make a living in New York City and read about the growing city of San Francisco. Wyatt and Mattie did not arrive in Tucson by train and did not meet Virgil, Morgan and their wives there. [Henry] Jaffa told me later that Earps woman was a Jewess. [71] Eager to escape the controversy over the boxing match dogging him, Earp gave up managing race horses in San Francisco and on December 20, 1896 he and Josie left for Yuma, Arizona. They likely headed west to one of the growing towns along the Kansas-Iowa-Missouri border area. Wyatt Earp Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements "[32], Men in Tombstone outnumbered women nine to one, and the miners were eager to pay substantial fees to women who would cook their meals, provide rooms, wash their clothes, and provide sexual services. Today, you can travel to the ghost town of Pinal, near the town of Superior, Arizona and visit Matties marked grave in the historic cemetery. Related read: The Real Story of Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate Mattie & Wyatt Leave Arizona Tombstone (1993) - Plot - IMDb Wyatt didn't want that at all! She approached several publishers for the book, but backed out several times due to their insistence that she be completely open and forthcoming, rather than slanting her memories to her favor. "[26]:42, In the Cason manuscript, which was in part the basis for the book I Married Wyatt Earp, Josephine says she and her friend Dora joined the Pauline Markham Theater Company in 1879, when it visited San Francisco on its Western tour. Around the age of 16, she left home with her younger sister, Sarah, and moved west. In early April, Wyatt left Arizona for New Mexico and then Colorado. [34], Josephine's life on the frontier and possibly as a prostitute allowed her greater independence. [34], The type of work available to unmarried women without means in that era was as waitresses, laundresses, seamstresses, or other dull work which Josephine avoided. The Sacramento Daily Record reported on October 20, 1882, that Virgil had arrived in town from Tombstone to greet his brother Wyatt arriving from the east, although Virgil was living in Colton at the time. Celia Ann Mattie Blaylock was born around 1850 into a religious family in Iowa. Tombstone diarist George W. Parsons never mentioned seeing Wyatt and Josephine together and neither did John Clum in his memoirs. They hunted down some of the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys they believed responsible for maiming Virgil Earp and killing Morgan. She said that during the last years of Wyatt's life, Josephine received an allowance from her family and gambled it away, often leaving Wyatt hungry. [36]:101, In a remarkable set of coincidences, the known life of Josephine Sadie Marcus overlapped the life of an otherwise unknown prostitute named Sadie Mansfield. Behan was sympathetic to ranchers and certain outlaw Cowboys, who were at odds with Deputy U.S. In the meantime, Wyatt was getting more and more involved with Josephine, who he would later marry. The recent Wild West auction in Harrisburg, Pa., included a trunk owned by Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's second wife. Previously, Matties grave was unmarked. She likely enjoyed the social life and independence that accompanied her role. This podcast is dedicated to Nick's wife, Linda. Josephine insisted she was striving to protect Wyatt Earps legacy. He reneged but persuaded her to stay. Kate was a prostitute and Holliday a gambler. On December 19, 1944, Josephine Marcus Earp died, 15 years after the passing of her legendary husband, the gunfighter, gambler and lawman Wyatt Earp. [99] Wyatt had some modest success with the gold mines[100] and they lived on the slim proceeds of income from that and investments in Oakland and Kern County oil field. Blaylocks early childhood consisted of little more than Sunday school and strict adherence to contemporary household rules, and her parents subscribed to the notion that sparing the rod would spoil the child. The Other Side of Wyatt Earp - Fort Smith National Historic Site (U.S . It was apparently not his first run-in with the law. She met a gambler from Arizona who asked her to marry him. Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, died in 1944, and her remains now rest with his. [2], Josephine's father Henry was a baker. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp, by Ann Kirschner", "Testimony of Wyatt S. 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Schmid (19701951), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josephine_Earp&oldid=1152582421, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, California, frontier adventurer; gambler; possibly prostitute, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 03:08. On July 3, 1888, Blaylock took a lethal dose of laudanum and alcohol. [38], Josephine said the girls arrived with the troupe in Tombstone on December 1, 1879, for a one-week engagement. Known as "Sadie" to the public in 1881, she met Wyatt in the frontier boom town Tombstone, Arizona Territory when she was living with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan. Mattie also left the area and reportedly traveled with other Earp family members to California. Their farm lay near a main railroad stop where drifters asked for food and water. Let's save Wyatt's women for last and begin with Virgil, who is the second best-known Earp brother. Josephine wrote in I Married Wyatt Earp that she and Wyatt were married in 1892 offshore by the captain of Lucky Baldwin's yacht. [17] She was also in need of money, and tried to sell a collection of books to Lake while he was writing the book. Shortly afterwards, Wyatt Earp began his famous "Revenge Ride" to rid the Territory of outlaws. [79][80][81], The Earps moved back to San Francisco in 1891[82] so Josie could be closer to her family. Texas Jack Vermillion - Wikipedia It was a working-class, ethnically mixed neighborhood, where smoke from factory chimneys filled the air. Her parents greeted her cheerlessly and took her back in disgrace.[1]. [36]:154, "Josephine Marcus" redirects here. [106] During an investigation of the boxing match by a panel appointed by San Francisco Mayor Washington Bartlett, they learned Josephine Earp was a "degenerate horseplayer" and that she frequently took loans out against her jewelry. No contemporary accounts place her at the scene of the gunfight afterward. In 1868 she ran away from home at age 16, taking her 13 year old sister Sarah, with her. [101][102] Josie's three nieces, daughters of her half-sister Rebecca and husband Aaron Wiener, would frequently visit the couple during the winter months at their desert camp.
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