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Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – December 19, 1944) was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler. She met Wyatt in 1881 in the frontier boom town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory , when she was living with Johnny Behan , sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona .
20 de oct. de 2023 · When Josephine Marcus Earp died in Los Angeles on December 19, 1944, her small memorial attracted little attention and few visitors. The woman who spent more than 45 years with “The Lion of Tombstone” faded into history penniless, alone and shrouded in the mystery of her own half-truths.
11 de dic. de 2021 · While living in Arizona Territory, Earp received mail under the names Josephine Marcus, Sadie Mansfield, and Josephine Behan. But why did she use so many aliases? According to court documents from Prescott, Arizona, Sadie Mansfield began working in a brothel.
Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – December 19, 1944) was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler. She met Wyatt in 1881 in the frontier boom town...
4 de abr. de 2024 · Learn about the life of Wyatt Earp and of the woman who would become his wife - Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp.
Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp led a life equally as colorful as her famous lawman husband, but she struggled for the right to define her own story. Raised in San Francisco, she ran away from home at the age of seventeen to join a travelling acting troupe.
Josephine Marcus : Interesting little scene. I wonder who that tall drink of water is. Mr. Fabian : My dear, you've set your gaze upon the quintessential frontier type. Note the lean silhouette... eyes closed by the sun, though sharp as a hawk. He's got the look of both predator and prey.
