BILLY’S FAMILY
Catherine Bonney McCarty Antrim (1829–1874) Emigrated to New York City from Ireland; gave birth to sons, Josie and William Henry; met Billy Antrim in Indiana, married him in Santa Fe. Died of tuberculosis when the Kid was fourteen.
William Henry Harrison Antrim (1842–1922) Married Catherine McCarty in 1873; stepfather to Billy and Josie. Laborer and prospector.
Joseph Edward “Josie” McCarty (1854–1930) Saw nothing of his younger brother after 1877. Died penniless in Denver.
William Henry McCarty (1859–1881) Also known as Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, William H. Bonney, and Billy the Kid.
BILLY’S FRIENDS
Charles Bowdre (1848–1880) Raised in Mississippi but became a cowhand in New Mexico for John H. Tunstall. A Regulator from 1878. Common-law husband of Manuela Herrera.
Richard M. Brewer (1850–1878) Born in Vermont and raised in Wisconsin. A cowhand for John H. Tunstall and later a Regulator.
John Simpson Chisum (1824–1884) Wealthy cattle baron on rangeland along the Pecos River and a financial backer of John H. Tunstall.
Sallie Chisum (1859–1934) Uncle John’s niece and sweetheart of the Kid.
Franklin Coe (1851–1931) A farmer at La Junta on the Rio Hondo. A Regulator.
George Washington Coe (1856–1941) An Iowa cousin of Franklin Coe. Farmed on the Rio Ruidoso and became a Regulator.
Thomas O. Folliard, Jr. (1858–1880) A red-haired Texan of Irish descent who became a Regulator and was the Kid’s best friend.
Alexander Grzelachowski (1824–1896) Called Padre Polaco, a former Catholic priest educated in Poland and the owner of a restaurant and store in Puerto de Luna.
Alexander Anderson McSween (1843–1878) A Canadian who studied for the Presbyterian ministry, then left for law school at Washington University. Wound up in Lincoln in 1876 and worked first for L. G. Murphy, then for his rival, John H. Tunstall.
Susan Ellen Hummer McSween (1845–1931) Ran away from her home in Pennsylvania at the end of the Civil War and married Alexander McSween in 1873 in Atchison, Kansas.
Paulita Maxwell (1864–1929) Wealthy daughter of Lucien Maxwell, educated at St. Mary’s Convent boarding school in Colorado. Sweetheart of the Kid.
John Middleton (1854–1882) Worked as a cowhand for Hunter & Evans, then joined L. G. Murphy & Co. before signing on with John H. Tunstall. A Regulator.
Josiah Gordon “Doc” Scurlock (1849–1929) Attended medical school in New Orleans before finding work in the Southwest. Married sixteen-year-old Antonia Herrera and joined Charlie Bowdre, his brother-in-law, as a cowhand on John Tunstall’s ranch.
John Henry “Harry” Tunstall (1853–1878) Educated at London Polytechnic Institution, clerked in his father’s firm in Canada before becoming a cattleman on the Rio Feliz and founding the J. H. Tunstall & Co. Merchandise Store in Lincoln, a rival of L. G. Murphy’s the House.
L. G. MURPHY AND COMPANY
Frank Baker (1857–1878) A cultured man from a good family in Syracuse. Became an associate of Jimmy Dolan.
Joseph Hoy Blazer (1829–1898) Iowa dentist who bought a ranch and sawmill on the Tularosa River and gave the mill his name.
James Joseph Dolan (1848–1898) Born in County Galway, Ireland, emigrated to America as a boy, joined the Army, was discharged from Fort Stanton in 1869, and joined L. G. Murphy & Co.
Nathan A. M. Dudley (1825–1910) A lieutenant colonel in the 9th Cavalry Regiment, assumed command of Fort Stanton in April 1878.
Jesse Evans (1853–1882) A horse thief for John Chisum at the Jinglebob Ranch, became head of an outlaw gang called the Boys.
John Kinney (1847–1919) Originally from Massachusetts, achieved the rank of sergeant in the Army, then ran a cattle-rustling operation from his ranch in Las Cruces.
Jacob Basil Mathews (1847–1904) Raised in Tennessee, moved west as a miner, then a farmer, selling his ranch to John Tunstall to tend the House saloon and serve as a deputy sheriff.
William Scott “Buck” Morton (1856–1878) Well educated in Virginia before becoming a foreman on Jimmy Dolan’s cow camp on the Rio Pecos.
Lawrence Gustave Murphy (1831–1878) An Irish immigrant who joined the Army in Buffalo in 1851, retired as the commandant of Fort Stanton, and founded the brewery and store that would become the House. Called the Lord of the Mountains.
CIVIL AUTHORITIES
William J. Brady (1829–1878) From County Cavan, Ireland, a former Army officer who was elected sheriff of Lincoln County. Employed by L. G. Murphy.
Warren Henry Bristol (1823–1890) Appointed associate justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court by President Grant in 1872.
Huston Ingraham Chapman (1847–1879) An engineer and lawyer who established a practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and had Susan McSween as a client.
Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (1850–1908) Raised on a Louisiana plantation, became a buffalo hunter in Texas, then a cowhand and saloonkeeper in Fort Sumner before being elected sheriff of Lincoln County in 1879.
Ira E. Leonard (1832–1889) Became a lawyer in Wisconsin, then a judge in Missouri before establishing a legal practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1878.
Ameredith R. B. “Bob” Olinger (1850–1881) Born in Indiana, followed his brother Wallace to Seven Rivers and became a stock detective, then a deputy sheriff in Lincoln County.
William Logan Rynerson (1828–1893) Educated at Franklin College in Indiana. Appointed district attorney for the Third Judicial District in New Mexico in 1876.
Lewis Wallace (1827–1905) Author, lawyer, Union general during the Civil War, and governor of New Mexico from 1878 to 1881.