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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.
- March 6, 1853, Hackney, London
- First man killed in the Lincoln County War
- February 18, 1878 (aged 24), Lincoln County, New Mexico
- Rancher and merchant
John Tunstall. 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 ...
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Nov 7, 2023 · John Tunstall was born in London, England, and became a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He would compete with Irish ranchers and politicians who ran the town. The competition became fierce and eventually deadly when Sheriff William Brady led a posse to kill John Tunstall.
Nov 16, 2009 · Long simmering tensions in Lincoln County, New Mexico, explode into a bloody shooting war when gunmen murder the English rancher John Tunstall. Tunstall had established a large ranching...
- Missy Sullivan
Jun 17, 2022 · As Burns explained to readers, the unprovoked, sadistic murder of Englishman John Henry Tunstall on Feb. 18, 1878, was the event that kicked off the bloody Lincoln County War. Tunstall was killed while attempting to flee from a “posse” of at least two dozen men led by just deputized Jacob Mathews.
Tunstall’s murder and McCarty’s rampage catalyzed the Lincoln County War that would eventually lead to McCarty’s own death in 1881 at the hands of Pat Garrett. By the time the young cowboy died, he was not known by his birth name but rather as William H. Bonney?—?or Billy the Kid.
During November 1876, a wealthy Englishman named John Tunstall arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where he intended to develop a cattle ranch, store, and bank in partnership with the young attorney Alexander McSween and cattleman John Chisum. At the time Lincoln County was dominated both economically and politically by Lawrence Murphy and ...