US Earp, Virgil Walter

Virgil Walter Earp​

Born: July 18, 1843

Birthplace: Hartford, Kentucky

Father: Sgt. Nicholas Porter Earp 1813 – 1907

(Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)​

Mother: Virginia Ann Cooksey 1821 – 1893

(Buried: Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, California)​

1st​ Wife: Magdalena C. "Ellen" Rysdam 1842 – 1910

(Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon)​

2nd​ Wife: Alvira Packingham "Allie" Sullivan 1849 – 1947

(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, California)​

Children:

Nellie Jane Earp Bohn 1862 – 1930​

(Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon)​

Civil War Career:

1861: Enlisted in the Union Army on July 26th​​

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1862: Mustered in Union Army for service of three years​

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1863 – 1865: Served in the 83rd​ Illinois Infantry Regiment​

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Court martialed for minor offense and docked two weeks' pay​

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1865: Discharged from the Union Army on June 26th​​

Occupation after War:

Worked as a farm hand and Operator of Grocery Store in Iowa​

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Worked as peace officer, farmer, and rail construction in Wyoming​

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Stagecoach driver, sawmill sawyer in Prescott, Arizona Territory​

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He may have worked briefly in Dodge City as deputy town marshal​

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Delivered mail in Miller Valley in Prescott Arizona Territory​

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Owner of a sawmill at the base of Thumb Butte, Arizona​

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Helped U.S. Marshal Wiley Standifer attempt to arrest John Tallos​

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Virgil Earp Shot John Tallos thru the head, killing Tallos.​

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Offered job as driver for Patterson, Caldwell, & Levally freight​

1878: Appointed night watchman in Prescott, Arizona Territory​

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1878: Constable for Prescott, Arizona Territory​

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1879: Deputy United States Marshal for Tombstone District​

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1880 – 1881: Town Marshal for Tombstone, Arizona Territory​

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1881: Unsuccessful Candidate for election as town Marshal​

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1881: Appointed as Town Marshal for Tombstone, Arizona​

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1881 – 1882: Town Marshal for Tombstone, Arizona Territory​

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1881: Endorsed the town ordinance of Tombstone carrying no guns​

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1881: Leader in the Gun fight at the O. K. Corral in Tombstone​

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1881: Shot in an ambush walking from the Oriental Saloon​

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1882: His brother Morgan Earp was murdered on March 18th

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1882 – 1884: Recovered from his wounds at his parents house​

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Hired by the Southern Pacific Railroad to guard it's tracks​

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1884 – 1886: Private Detective in Colton, California​

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1886 – 1887: Constable for the Village of Colton, California​

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1887 – 1888: Town Marshal for Colton, California​

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Owner of a two-story building in Vanderbilt, California​

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1898: Reunited with his first wife​

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1900: Nominated but choose not to run for Sheriff in Arizona​

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1904 – 1905: Special Officer at the National Club​

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1905: Deputy Sheriff in Esmeralda County​

Died: October 19, 1905

Place of Death: Goldfield, Nevada

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon

 

[Pollaco]

There is a family resemblance.

 

[Kurt G]

Unlike his brother Wyatt , Virgil spent a large amount of his life as a lawman . Wyatt spent more time as a gambler ( and a few other less reputable occupations) than he did a lawman , but he was a good friend of Bat Masterson who claimed Wyatt was the bravest man he ever knew .