#JosephineMarcus was born in NYC to a Jewish family that later moved to San Francisco. She ran away as a teen to Arizona looking for adventure.

The book #IMarriedWyattEarp was allegedly written in part by her.

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Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus)

She was the wife of #WyattEarp the famed Old West lawman, with whom she remained for 46 years until his death in 1929. #JosephineEarp had his body cremated + buried in the Marcus family plot in a Jewish cemetery

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