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Facts and Events
| Name |
Morgan Seth Earp |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
24 Apr 1851 |
Pella, Marion County, Iowa |
| Census[1] |
1860 |
Marion County, Iowa |
| Census? |
1870 |
(not yet located) |
| Census[2] |
1880 |
Temescal, San Bernardino County, California |
| Death? |
18 Mar 1882 |
Tombstone, Arizona |
| Obituary[3] |
20 Mar 1882 |
Tombstone, Arizona |
| Burial? |
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Hermosa Memorial Gardens, Colton, San Bernadino County, California |
| Reference Number? |
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Q709373? |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
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. Corral on October 26, 1881. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. The lawmen killed Cowboys Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Billy's older brother, Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding they had been performing their duty.
Friends of the slain outlaws retaliated, and on December 29, Cowboys ambushed Virgil, leaving him maimed. Two and a half months later, on March 18, 1882, they ambushed Morgan, shooting him at night through the window of a door while he was playing billiards and killed him. The Cowboys suspected in both shootings were let off on technicalities or lack of evidence.[1] Wyatt Earp felt he could not rely on the criminal justice system and decided to take matters into his own hands. He concluded the only way to get justice for his murdered brother was to avenge his death.[1] Wyatt assembled a that included their brother Warren Earp and set out on a vendetta to kill those they felt were responsible.
Morgan married Louisa Alice Houston sometime in the 1870s. They lived in Montana before joining his brothers in Tombstone. Louisa was staying with his parents in California when Morgan was murdered.
References
- ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
1860 U.S. Census, Pella, Marion County, Iowa (Roll M653 335), p. 230; Dwelling 1671, Family 1572.
Earp Nicolas P. 45 [abt 1815] M North Carolina Farmer (re=$800; pe=$200)
Earp Virginia A. 38 [abt 1822] F Kentucky
Earp James C. 19 [abt 1841] M Kentucky Farmer [attended school]
Earp Virgil W. 17 [abt 1843] M Kentucky Farmer [attended school]
Earp Wyatt S. 12 [abt 1848] M Illinois [attended school]
Earp Morgan L. 9 [abt 1851] M Iowa [attended school]
Earp Warren 5 [abt 1855] M Iowa
Earp Virginia A. 2 [abt 1858] F Illinois
Davis Lucinda 17 [abt 1843] F Kentucky [attended school]
- ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
1880 U.S. Census, Temescal, San Bernardino County, California (Roll 72), ED 63, p. 462A; Dwelling
Earp N. P. W M 67 [abt 1813] Farmer Married Kentucky Virginia Virginia
Earp Virginia W F 59 [abt 1821] Wife Housekeeping Married North Carolina Maryland Virginia
Earp Morgan W M 29 [abt 1851] Son Farmer Married Iowa Kentucky North Carolina
Earp Warren B. W M 25 [abt 1855] Son Farmer Single Iowa Kentucky North Carolina
Earp Louisa W F 25 [abt 1855] Dau/law Housekeeping Married Wisconsin Illinois Illinois
Carter Minnie W F 14 [abt 1866] "Visiter" Single Utah Terr. Illinois Indiana
- ↑ Tombstone epitaph, national edition: the historical monthly journal of the old west. (Tombstone, Arizona: Tombstone Epitaph, 1880-)
20 Mar 1882.
At 10:30 Sat. night, while engaged in playing a game of billiards in Campbell & Hatch's Billiard Parlor, . . . Morgan Earp was shot through the body with his back to the glass door in the rear of the room. . . . The assassin . . . took aim for about the middle of his person, shooting through the upper portion of the whitened glass. The bullet entered the right side of the abdomen, passing through the spinal column, completely shattering it, emerging on the left side passing the length of the room and lodging in the thigh of Geo. A. B. Berry, who was standing by the stove, inflicting a painful flesh wound. Instantly after the first shot a second was fired . . . which passed across the room and lodged in the wall near the ceiling over the head of Wyatt Earp, who was sitting, a spectator of the game.
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