Virgil Earp
Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his brothers Morgan, Wyatt and Doc Holliday in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding they had been performing their duty.
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| Full name at birth | Virgil Walter Earp
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| Date of birth | 18 July 1843
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| Place of birth | Hartford, Kentucky USA
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| Date of death | 19 October 1905
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| Age | 62 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Goldfield, Nevada
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| Occupation | Union soldier, Constable, Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory, Marshal, farmer, rail construction, stagecoach driver, sawyer, mailman, prospector, saloon-keeper
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