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The family moved to New Mexico, and, in his early teens, Billy fell into a career of thievery and lawlessness, wandering throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico, often with gangs. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell, Ana Maria Luz Maxwell (born Beaubien). Some neighbors remembered Antrim as a hard workingman, but stingy with his
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towards them. He had a wife named Thorgunna and a son named Thorkell Leifsson. On November 29, 1880, McCarty, Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson ran from a posse led by sheriff's deputy James Carlysle. Paulita Jaramillo (Maxwell), alleged girlfriend of Billy the Kid was born on May 17, 1864 in Mora, Mora County, New Mexico, USA. Hoover of the Denver Post did an article on the old timer. McCarty waited at the upstairs window for Olinger to respond to the gunshot that killed Bell and called out to him, "Look up, old boy, and see what you get." Drawing his revolver and backing away, McCarty asked "Quin es? [109], Because people had begun to claim Garrett unfairly ambushed McCarty, Garrett felt the need to tell his side of the story and called upon his friend, journalist Marshall Upson, to ghostwrite a book for him. In a four-year span between 1877 and 1881, the baby-faced outlaw was involved in the shooting deaths of some nine men, at least four of whom he killed singlehandedly. Please excuse the small lettering. Brushy's niece Geneva Pittman mentioned that Brushy's birth is recorded in the family bible as August 26, 1879. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-the-Kid-American-outlaw, American Heritage - Billy the Kid: From Outlaw to Legend, PBS - American Experience - The Life and Legend of Billy the Kid, Billy the Kid - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Richardson's decision, citing "historical ambiguity," was announced on December 31, 2010, his last day in office. Antrim moved to a mining
a replacement and arrived in Lincoln, the Kid was long gone. Lastly,
[71] The Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican reported, "Billy Bonney, more extensively known as 'the Kid,' shot and killed Joe Grant. Now in Wichita, Antrim purchased a quarter
being placed in foster care by his stepfather? diagnosed with Tuberculosis and told to seek a better climate. [3] [4] He also fought in New Mexico 's . The full title of the Garrett-Upson book was, Transcript of "Certificate of Baptism", Church of St. Peter, Barclay Street, New York. noticed he had matured and there was now a toughness about him due to his
Later that evening, Grant pulled the same pistol on the Kid and tried to shoot him in the back. The "Piano Man" crooner, 73, gifted his two daughters, 7-year-old, Della, and 5-year-old, Remy, a pair of tickets to see . Antrim gave his stepson all the money he had and told him to skin out.". outlaw. It proved to be a wise move. Billy the Kid was a 19th-century gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War. months until her death. By the time he came to Hico, Brushy Bill was more than seventy years old. [125], One of the few remaining artifacts of McCarty's life is a 2-by-3-inch (5.1-by-7.6-centimeter) ferrotype photograph of McCarty by an unknown portrait photographer in late 1879 or early 1880. Cahill repeatedly mocked and bullied the younger man, until Billy replied by insulting Cahill back. learned of her terminal illness she may have married him so her sons
23 Nov 1859. The above wooden marker is currently on display at the Courthouse in Lincoln, (age 65)
He and two other Regulators were later charged with killing three men, including Lincoln County Sheriff William J. Brady and one of his deputies. his burden first, so he placed his stepsons in the homes of family friends and left
He was baptized "Patrick Henry McCarthy" at the Church of St. Peter on September 28, 1859. The Kid was a celebrity in his own time, but his legend only grew after his death thanks to dime novels, television shows and Hollywood films. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. In my opinion he was selfish and
The life and likeness of Billy the Kid have been frequently represented in comics, literature, film, music, theater, radio, television, and video games. No sooner had he woken Maxwell than the Kid also approached the house, having stopped nearby to get beef for a late dinner. [116], In 2004, researchers sought to exhume the remains of Catherine Antrim, McCarty's mother, whose DNA would be tested and compared with that of the body buried in William Bonney's grave. Did he tramp around? there for a while, but the hills were calling him, so he went off to prospect. In The West of Billy the Kid, Frederick Nolan wrote, "Paulita Maxwell, who, if the gossip Garrett's wife Apolonaria had doubtless heard from her sister Celsa was true, was pregnant with Billy's child." In June of 1863, twenty-one year old Antrim moved to Indianapolis
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