Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848 - 1929)

Born 19 Mar 1848 in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Aurilla (Sutherland) Earp — married 10 Jan 1870 (to before 1870) in Lamar, MissourI, USA

Died 13 Jan 1929 at age 80 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (Wyatt Earp) was an American gambler, deputy sheriff (Pima County, AZ), and deputy marshal (Tombstone, AZ) who took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Wyatt Earp was born on 19 March 1848 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois to parents Nicholas Earp and Virginia (Cooksey) Earp. The 1850 census^[1] shows Wyatt living with his family in Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa.

The 1860 census^[2] shows that they are still in the same place where his father is listed as a farmer just as in 1850.

Wyatt's brothers enlisted^[3] in the Union Army but when 13 year old Wyatt attempted to enlist he was stopped by his father and left to attend the farm. In 1864 his father lead a wagon train to California and brought Wyatt and his brothers. There Wyatt took work on the Transcontinental Railroad^[4] along with his brothers. Wyatt traveled around after that and landed in Missouri.

On 10 Jan 1870 Wyatt married Aurilla Sutherland in Lamar, Missouri. The 1870 census^[5] shows them living together in Lamar, Barton, Missouri. Aruilla gave birth to an infant on 10 Oct 1870. Unfortunately they both perished in the event and they are burried^[6] at Howell Cemetery, Milford, Barton County, Missouri.

In 1875 Wyatt is listed (line 25) on the Kansas state census^[7] as residing in Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, with his brother James.

Around 1876 in Dodge City, Wyatt was living with a common law wife^[8] named Mattie (Celia Blaylock) Earp. The rough life of addiction and prostitution spoiled the affair. Mattie moved out to California and waited for Wyatt there. However Wyatt did not return to be with her.

The thrilling events that lead up to his meeting with Doc Holiday in 1878 can be seen in^[9] Wikipedia. The 1880 census^[10] shows Wyatt living with his brothers and their gals in Tombstone. Arizona.

The famous gunfight at the OK Coral occurred on 26 Oct 1881 where the Earps and Doc Holliday killed three adversaries there in Tombstone Arizona. His brother Morgan was murdered in 1882 and Wyatt is implicated in the revenge killings for that. He headed out to California after these events. Wyatt is listed^[11] in the 1883 San Francisco city directory. Wyatt is thought to have married Josephine Marcus around this time. The 1910 census shows them living together in Los Angeles, California.

Wyatt Berry Strap Earp passed away in Los Angeles on 13 Jan 1929. He is burried at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California next to his beloved Josephine.

Research Notes

1850 Census data, Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa:

1860 cnesus data, still at Lake Prairie, Iowa:

1880 census data, Toumbstone, Arizona:

1910 census data, Los Angeles, California:

In his new (2017) book, DODGE CITY, Tom Clavin says that Wyatt's first wife was Aurilla Sutherland. He says that she was born 10 JAN 1850 in Illinois. She was the sixth child, second daughter of parents William and Permelia Sutherland, city people from New York. Born in Illinois, her family moved south to Lamar, Missouri, when she was ten years old. The Sutherlands owned and operated William's Exchange Hotel in the Lamar town square, which was three doors from a shop where Nicholas sold baked goods and oysters. Justice of the Peace, Nicholas Earp married Wyatt & Aurilla on 16 JAN 1870, six days after her 20th birthday. Aurilla was soon pregnant, and Wyatt was elected constable. In August, 1870, Wyatt bought a house next door to his parents and their two youngest and also next to Newton.

Everything was going so well for Wyatt and Aurilla!!! Then Aurilla died and the infant did not survive.

Wyatt fell apart and hit a downward spiral. He became a horse thief. He paid bail. He was never convicted. He became a buffalo hunter. He had several brushes with the law. Then Wyatt went to Wichita and found redemption.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-7N3 : Tue Apr 04 14:44:45 UTC 2023), Entry for N P Earp and Virgil W Earp, 1850. |}
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L7-4VP : 18 February 2021), Wyatt S Earp in entry for Nicolas P Earp, 1860.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Porter_Earp
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X7-R6M : 29 May 2021), Wyatt Earp, 1870.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191514103/infant-earp: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for Infant Earp (10 Oct 1870–10 Oct 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191514103, citing Howell Cemetery, Milford, Barton County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tess (contributor 46890960).
7. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-HFZL : 7 November 2020), W S Earp in household of Jos Earp, Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States, , Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Blaylock
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2H-MS3 : 13 January 2022), Wyatt S. Earp in household of Virgil W. Earp, Pima, Arizona Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
11. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/202503957:2469?ssrc=pt&tid=1985656&pid=-1492492745

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-7NC : 9 November 2014), Wyatt B Earp in household of N P Earp, Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa, United States; citing family 156, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L7-4VP : 30 December 2015), Wyatt S Earp in entry for Nicolas P Earp, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X7-R6M : 17 October 2014), Wyatt Earp, Missouri, United States; citing p. 28, family 214, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,256.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2H-MS3 : 11 August 2016), Wyatt S Earp in household of Virgil W Earp, Tombstone Village, Pima, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district ED 2, sheet 163C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0036; FHL microfilm 1,254,036.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FF-3TV : accessed 10 January 2017), W S Earp, The territoryfrom & including Port Clarence to Cape Darby., Northern District, Alaska Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 392B, family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,829.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2T-V84 : accessed 10 January 2017), Wyatt S Earp, Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 154, sheet 5B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 81; FHL microfilm 1,374,094.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQD-4Y6 : accessed 10 January 2017), Wyatt S Earp, Los Angeles Assembly District 61, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 109, sheet 12B, line 65, family 313, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 105; FHL microfilm 1,820,105.
• DODGE CITY, Copyright 2017, by Tom Clavin. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHQS-K91
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1985656/person/-1492492745/facts
• Find A Grave: Memorial #311 in Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
• Wikipedia: Wyatt Earp
• Wikidata: Item Q44616, en:Wikipedia
• Wikipedia: Nicholas Porter Earp
• Wild West Personalities Produce Bang-Up Pedigree By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG* Ancestry family Tree Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp