Robert Widenmann
| Robert A. Widenmann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Herman August Widenmann January 24, 1852 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Died | April 13, 1930 (aged 78) Haverstraw, New York |
| Resting place | Mount Repose Cemetery |
| Occupation | Deputy US Marshal |
| Spouse(s) | Albertine Seiler-Lemcke (m. 1881; d. 1905) |
| Children | 4 |
Robert A. Widenmann (January 24, 1852 – April 13, 1930) was a Deputy United States Marshal and associate of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War.
Widenmann was born January 24, 1852, to German-born parents in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Widenmann's father was the Bavarian Consul in Ann Arbor. As a teen-ager, Widenmann was sent back to the family’s native Germany for his schooling. He lived there for several years with a grandfather.
Returning to America in 1871, Widenmann settled in New York City, where he remained for two years before drifitng west, finally arriving in Lincoln in mid-February 1877. In New Mexico, he would be appointed Deputy Marshal by U.S. Marshal for New Mexico Territory John Sherman Jr.
On February 18, 1878, John Tunstall was killed by Murphy-Dolan gunmen William Morton, Frank Baker, Jesse Evans and Tom Hill. Tunstall had been accompanied by Robert Widenmann, Dick Brewer, Billy the Kid, John Middleton, Henry Newton Brown, and Fred Waite while herding horses from his ranch on the Rio Feliz to Lincoln.
On March 9, 1878, New Mexico territorial Governor, Samuel Beach Axtell, issued a proclamation revoking Rob's appointment as Deputy Marshall.
On March 30, 1878, The Santa Fe New Mexican announced that U.S. Marshal John E. Sherman had reappointed Widenmann to the deputyship.
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