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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.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.
May 31, 2013 · 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 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881, nor was she waiting in the nearby O.K. Corral to see how it all came out.
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.
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.
Apr 5, 2024 · Epilogue: The Eternal Embrace of Wyatt and Josephine. Josephine Earp—adventurer, lover, entrepreneur, and the keeper of one of America’s greatest legends. She was a woman of forbearing spirit and passionate heart, who rode through life’s storms with a fiery determination that knew no bounds.
Apr 4, 2024 · 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. Earp had two famous clashes with other Western legends.
