Virgil Earp (
July 18,
1843 -
October 19,
1905), born in Ohio County, was one of the men involved in the
Gunfight at O.K. Corral. In February 1860, Earp married Ellen Sysdem. A year later, in 1861, After the start of the
Civil War, Earp joined the Union army. In
October 1880, he became city marshal of
Tombstone, Arizona.
