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Signature. Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – December 19, 1944) [1] 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 .
Dec 11, 2021 · Published December 11, 2021. Josephine Earp’s story was shrouded in mystery throughout her life, but modern historians posit that she lied about her early years in an effort to conceal her unsavory past. C. S. Fly/Wikimedia Commons A portrait of Wyatt Earp’s wife, Josephine Earp, in 1881, the year they met.
Mar 9, 2021 · Josephine Earp: The Truth About Wyatt Earp's Wife. Wikimedia Commons. By A. C. Grimes / Updated: March 9, 2021 3:17 pm EST. Tales of the Wild West are rife with rugged gunslingers who put the "boom" in 'boomtown.'. As iconic locations go, there's no town with a bigger bang for a buckaroo than Tombstone, 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.
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.
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 · 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 involved in the famous Fremont Street ...
