Nicholas Porter Earp (September 6, 1813 - February 12, 1907) was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, to Walter and Martha Ann Earp. He is most famously known as the father of OK Corral shootout participants and Old West lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp.
Nicholas' father Walter Earp, a school teacher and Methodist Episcopal preacher, was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1787. Nicholas' mother, Martha Ann Early, was born in Avery County, North Carolina, on August 28, 1790. Nicholas was the third of ten children; his siblings include six brothers: Lorenzo Dow, Josiah Jackson, James Kelly, Francis Asbury, Jonathan Douglas and Walter C (twins); as well as three sisters: Elizabeth, Mary Ann, and Sarah Ann.
Read more about Nicholas Porter Earp: Early Life and Military Service, First Marriage, Second Marriage, Farmer, Constable, Bootlegger, and Wagon-master, An Itinerant Family Life, Third Marriage and Death
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