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18 Feb 1878 (aged 24) Lincoln, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA. Burial. Tunstall-McSween Gravesite. Lincoln, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA Show Map. Plot. BEHIND MCSWEEN STORE. Memorial ID. 26973877. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 15. Flowers 77. Memorials. Region. North America. USA. New Mexico. Lincoln County.
John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an English-born rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. He competed with the Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and the county. [citation needed] Tunstall, a member of the Republican Party, hoped to unseat the Irish ...
1. John H. Tunstall Murder Site Marker. Inscription. John H Tunstall, age 24, killed here February 18, 1878 triggering Lincoln County War. Erected 1978 by Lincoln County Historical Society. Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Events. A significant historical date for this entry is February 18, 1878.
John Henry Tunstall was a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, who dared to compete with the Murphy & Dolan Mercantile and Banking Company, which resulted in the Lincoln County War. Born in England on March 6, 1853, Tunstall emigrated to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1872, where he worked at the Turner, Beeton & Tunstall ...
Jun 17, 2022 · The 1878 ambush killing of English rancher John Henry Tunstall set Billy the Kid on the path to murder. (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico) In 1926 author Walter Noble Burns published “The Saga of Billy the Kid,” the first book-length biography of the Kid since Charlie Siringo’s “History of Billy the Kid ...
Aug 12, 2014 · The bodies of Lincoln County warriors Alex McSween, John Tunstall, Frank MacNab, Daniel Huff and possibly a couple of children lay there.” Gomber estimates somewhere between seven and 11 bodies were placed in the graveyard.
15 killed. 11 wounded. 8 killed. 12 wounded. The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
