She wrote, "life was dull for me in San Francisco. Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday Weren't That Close It's true that Holliday and Earp were friends. The United States Census confirmed her as his common-law wife by 1880. Meet Mattie Blaylock, The Abandoned Common-Law Wife Of Wyatt Earp By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By Erik Hawkins Published March 24, 2022 In the mid-19th century, Mattie Blaylock left her farm life in Iowa behind and eloped with Wyatt Earp, but ended up abandoned by the lawman after the Gunfight at the O.K. [26]:56. "[26]:43 From Yuma, the troupe took a stagecoach to Tucson, not Prescott. Mattie Blaylock (left) and Wyatt Earp (center) as portrayed by Dana Wheeler Nicholson and Kurt Russell in. Her occupation was "Courtesan". [6][38] Author Sherry Monahan questions why an 18-year-old woman would be carrying books to school and find it necessary to "run away. Celia, or "Celie" as she was known as a child, attended Sunday school, learned Biblical parables, and was taught to live by the Ten Commandments. While there, Wyatt stayed with prominent businessman Henry N. Jaffa, who was also president of New Albuquerques Board of Trade. [119] In 2000, the University responded to criticism of the university and the book and removed it from their catalog. She continued to work as a prostitute during their early years together. She was laid to rest in the cemetery about one mile from the old townsite. In spite of my bad experience of a few years ago the call to adventure still stirred my blood. Corral made him a legend. Earp was apparently heavily affected by his first wife's death and started acting out. [1] Celia had no desire to live on a farm for the rest of her life. Wyatt Earp along with his brothers and their wives move to Tombstone to start a new life putting his life as a lawman and gunslinger behind him. Both made a stagecoach journey from San Francisco to Prescott, Arizona Territory; both traveled with a black woman named Julia; both were sexual partners with Behan; both were 19 years old, born in New York City, and had parents from Germany. In early April, Wyatt left Arizona for New Mexico and then Colorado. [31], Other researchers have questioned what she did prior to 1883. Cason says she and her sister "finally abandoned work on the manuscript because she [Josie] would not clear up the Tombstone sequence where it pertained to her and Wyatt. Byways & Historic Trails Great Drives in America, Soldiers and Officers in American History, Easy Travel Organization Tips You Will Love, Bidwell-Bartleson Party Blazing the California Trail. After Wyatt Earp's death, Josephine insisted on being called Josie or Josephine. He lived so long, passing away in 1929 at the ripe old age of eighty, that he had time to mold and nurture his public image after it had become a bit ragged . J. Levine Auction & Appraisal in Scottsdale, Ariz., is auctioning the guns, which owner Josh Levine believes belonged to Wyatt Earp. [26]:54, In November 1899, they left Alaska for a period and went to Seattle, Washington, with a plan to open a saloon and gambling room. According to Edward C. Meyers Mattie: Wyatt Earps Second Wife, Blaylock was the youngest of three children and her familys second daughter. [19] Josephine could be controlling. I finally finished reading this book about the life and times of Wyatt Earp. It was described by the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology in 2006 as a creative exercise that cannot be substantiated[121] or relied on. [1] Henry found work as a baker. The Sacramento Daily Record reported on October 20, 1882, that Virgil had arrived in town from Tombstone to greet his brother Wyatt arriving from the east, although Virgil was living in Colton at the time.