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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.
In Brief. 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.
Oct 20, 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.
May 31, 2013 · by David Lauterborn 5/31/2013. Share This Article. Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp, by Ann Kirschner, 2013, HarperCollins, $27.99. The title is catchy, but, no, Josephine—former lover of Johnny Behan (she called herself Mrs. Johnny Behan for a time) and future lifetime companion of Wyatt Earp—was not ...
Sources differ about the exact date of her death, but most hold that Josephine Marcus Earp died on December 19, 1944. She was buried beside her husband in a Jewish cemetery in Northern California, where Wyatt's and Josephine's graves are, today, the primary local tourist attraction.
Feb 28, 2017 · A Tale of Two Sadies: The Story of Wyatt Earp’s Wife. Although Josephine Sarah ‘Sadie’ Marcus is best known as Wyatt Earp’s loving companion of nearly 50 years, she led an adventuresome earlier life, at times using the name Sadie Mansfield. by Roger Jay 2/28/2017.
Apr 4, 2024 · April 4, 2024. Add to History Board Share Print. Back to Articles. Josephine in Arizona Territory in 1880. Wyatt Earp remains one of the most famous figures in the history of the American West. A lawman and a gambler, his life was immortalized in legend, with fact and fiction inextricably woven together.
