Doc holliday family tree
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John Henry "Doc" Holliday, D.D.S.
August 14, 1851 - November 8, 1887
Arrives in Dodge City
(from Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, by Karen Holliday Tanner, 1998)
...Upon arrival at their destination, the trail bosses doled out the accumulated pay to the restless cowboys, who wasted no time heading into Dodge City with their new wealth burning holes in their pockets. they were seeking whiskey, women, and, of course, the excitement of the gaming tables. Always keeping a watchful eye for new areas of opportunity, the young Doc Holliday was also lured to theses same gaming tables.
Prior to leaving Fort Griffin, Texas, Wyatt S. Earp had told his new friend John Henry about the activity of Dodge City. Doc asked many questions and obviously liked Wyatt's responses. When Doc was faced with the need to leave Texas, Dodge City beckoned. After traveling northward, he and Kate [Haroney, a.k.a., "Big Nose": Kate] arrived in Dodge in the spring of 1878.
John Henry secured a room for them at the Dodge House. Located on the northwest corner of Railroad and Front St
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Doc Holliday
Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
This article is about the American historical figure. For other uses, see Doc Holliday (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the American baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, nicknamed "Doc" in reference to Holliday.
Doc Holliday | |
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Autographed portrait, Prescott, Arizona, c. 1879 | |
| Born | John Henry Holliday August 14, 1851 Griffin, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1887(1887-11-08) (aged 36) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pioneer Cemetery (a.k.a. Linwood Cemetery), Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. 39°32′22″N107°19′9″W / 39.53944°N 107.31917°W / 39.53944; -107.31917 (Pioneer Cemetery) |
| Education | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery |
| Occupation(s) | Dentist, professional gambler, gunfighter |
| Known for | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Earp Vendetta Ride |
| Spouse | "Big Nose" Kate Horony (common-law wife) (m. 1877–1882) |
John Henry Holliday (August 14
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John Henry “Doc” Holliday
Georgia native Doc Holliday, a noted gambler and gunman of the Old West, or Wild West, became famous for his role at the O.K. Corral gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881, and for his lifelong friendship with Wyatt Earp. Holliday, an icon of American folk history, has been immortalized in numerous film and television productions.
Georgia Years
John Henry “Doc” Holliday was born on August 14, 1851, in Griffin, in Pike County (now part of Spalding County), to Alice Jane McKey and Henry Burroughs Holliday. His father served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a major in the Twenty-seventh Georgia Infantry, and the well-known physician Crawford Long was a cousin of Holliday’s. His uncle, John Stiles Holliday, built a Greek revival house in 1855 in Fayette County, which has been preserved as a local history museum. The family moved in 1864 to Bemiss, about seven miles from Valdosta. In 1866 Holliday’s mother died of tuberculosis, and that same year his father married Rachel Martin. Soon thereafter the family moved agai
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