Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
Earp at about age 39.
Born	Wyatt Earp (1848-03-19)March 19, 1848 Monmouth, Warren County Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1929(1929-01-13) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Gambler, lawman, buffalo hunter, saloon keeper, miner, boxing referee, brothel keeper
Years active	1865–1898
Known for	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Fitzsimmons-Sharkey boxing match decision
Opponent(s)	William Brocius; Tom and Frank McLaury; Ike and Billy Clanton
Spouse(s)	Urilla Sutherland (m. 1870) Sally Heckell (m. 1872) (common-law wife?) Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock (m. 1878–81) (common-law wife) Josephine Sarah Marcus (m. 1882–1929) (common-law wife)
Children	None
Parent(s)	Nicholas Porter Earp and his second wife, Virginia Ann Cooksey
Relatives	siblings Newton, Mariah Ann, James, Virgil, Martha, Morgan, Warren, Virginia Ann, and Adelia Douglas Earp
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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American Old West gambler, a deputy sheriff in Pima County, and deputy town marshal in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, who took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw cowboys. He is often regarded as the central figure in the shootout in Tombstone, although his brother Virgil was Tombstone city marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal that day, and had far more experience as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier in combat.

Earp lived a restless life. He was at different times a constable, city policeman, county sheriff, Deputy U.S. Marshal, teamster, buffalo hunter, bouncer, saloon-keeper, gambler, brothel keeper, miner, and boxing referee. Earp spent his early life in Iowa. In 1870, Earp married his first wife, Urilla Sutherland Earp, who contracted typhoid fever and died shortly before their first child was to be born. Within the next two years Earp was arrested, sued twice, escaped from jail, then was arrested three more times for "keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame". He landed in the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, where he became a deputy city marshal for one year and developed a solid reputation as a lawman. In 1876, he followed his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas, where he became an assistant city marshal. In winter 1878, he went to Texas to track down an outlaw and met John "Doc" Holliday, whom Earp later credited with saving his life.