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Person;
Affiliation

Birth-Death Dates;
Birthplace

Gravesite;
Place of Death
A
Anaya, A. P. "Paco"
BTK pallbearer 		Jan 25, 1861 or 1862-Jan, 1947;
Anton Chico NM		 Vaughn Cemetery,
Vaughn NM;
Vaughn NM
Angel, Frank Warner
U.S. Special Agent		 May 28, 1845-Mar 15, 1906;
Watertown NY		 Unknown?;
Jersey City NJ
Antrim, Catherine McCarty
BTK's mother		 1829-Sept 16, 1874;
probably Ireland		 Memory Lane Cemetery,
Silver City NM;
Silver City NM
Antrim, Henry McCarty
BTK
 Unknown-July 14, 1881;
Unknown
 Post Cemetery,
Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Antrim, Joseph McCarty
BTK's (older) brother		 Unknown-Nov 25, 1930;
Unknown		 None?; Denver CO
Unknown
Antrim, William Henry Harrison
BTK's stepfather		 Dec 1, 1842-Dec 10, 1922;
nr Huntsville IN		 San Miguel Cemetery,
Paso Robles CA;
nr Paso Robles CA
Appel, Lt. Dr. Daniel Mitchell
Ft. Stanton Asst. Surgeon
Oct 28, 1854-Apr 22,1914;
Philadelphia PA
 Unknown?
Honolulu, HI
Axtell, Samuel Beach
NMT Governor,
July 30, 1875-Sept. 30, 1878		 Oct 14, 1819-Aug 16, 1891;
nr Columbus OH		 First Presbyterian Church Cemetery,
Morristown NJ;
Morristown NJ
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B
Baca, Saturnino
Lincoln resident		 Nov 29, 1830-Mar 7, 1925;
Cebolleta NM		 Lincoln Cemetery,
Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Baker, Frank
In posse that killed Tunstall		 1822-Mar 9, 1878;
Syracuse NY?		 Unknown?;
in Blackwater Canyon, NM
Beckwith, Robert W Oct 16, 1850-July 19, 1878; Unknown
Bell, James W. "Long"
Deputy Sheriff killed by BTK		 1853-Apr 28, 1881;
Unknown		 Cedarvale Cemetery,
White Oaks NM;
Lincoln NM
Blazer, Dr. Joseph Hoy
Dentist; sawmill owner		 Aug 20, 1829-Oct 29, 1898;
Washington County, PA		 Blazer Cemetery,
Mescalero NM?
Mescalero NM
Bowdre, Charles
Regulator; BTK pal		 1848-Dec. 23, 1880;
MS?		 Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Stinking Springs NM
Brady, William
Lincoln County Sheriff		 Aug 16, 1829-Apr 1, 1878;
Cavan, Ireland		 Brady Cemetery nr Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Brazel, Jesse Wayne
Outlaw		 Dec 31, 1876-Unknown;
Greenwood City KS		 Unknown?;
Unknown?
Brewer, Richard M.
Regulator		 Feb 19, 1850-Apr 4, 1878;
St. Albans VT		 Blazer Cemetery, Mescalero NM;
Mescalero NM
Bristol, Judge Warren Henry
Assoc. Justice NM Supreme Ct		 Mar 19, 1823-Jan 12, 1890;
Stafford NY		 Unknown?;
Deming NM
Brown, Henry Newton 
Regulator/p>		 Fall, 1857-Apr 30, 1884;
Cold Spring MO		 Unknown?;
Medicine Lodge KS
Burns, Walter Noble
BTK author		 Oct 24, 1872-Apr 15, 1932;
Lebanon KY		 Unknown?;
Chicago IL
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C
Cahill, Frank P. "Windy"
Blacksmith killed by BTK		 ?-Aug 17, 1877; Galway,
Ireland		 Bonita Cemetery, Bonita, AZ;
Bonita AZ
Carlyle, James
Deputy Sheriff		 Unknown?-Nov 26, 1880;
Unknown?		 nr Greathouse Station site, NM;
old Greathouse-Kuch Ranch, NM
Casey, Robert Adam
Rio Felix rancher		 July, 1828-Aug 2, 1875
Ireland or Lowell MA		 Unknown?;
Lincoln NM
Catron, Thomas Benton
U.S. Attorney		 Oct 6, 1840-May 21, 1921;
Lexington MO		 Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe NM;
Santa Fe NM
Chapman, Houston Ingraham
Sue McSween's lawyer		 Apr 28, 1847-Feb 18, 1879
Burlington IA		 Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Chavez y Chavez, Jose
Regulator		 1851-July 17, 1923;
Valencia NM		 Unknown?;
Milagro NM
Chisum, John Simpson 
Cattle baron; Roswell rancher		 Aug 15, 1824-Dec 22, 1884;
Jardeman TN		 Chisum Cemetery, Paris TX;
Eureka Springs AR
Coe, Benjamin Franklin "Frank"
Regulator		 Oct 1, 1851-Mar 22, 1931;
Moundville WV		 Coe Cemetery, Glencoe NM?;
Glencoe NM?
Coe, George Washington
Regulator		 Dec 13, 1856-Nov 14, 1941;
Brighton IA		 Coe Cemetery, Glencoe NM?;
Roswell NM
Coughlan, Pat
Rancher; rustler 		Mar 15, 1822-Jan 27, 1911;
Clanakilty, Ireland		 Unknown?;
nr Tularosa NM
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D
Dedrick, Daniel Charles
Rustler		 ca. 1848-1937 or 1938; Big Bear CA?;
Big Bear CA
Dedrick, Mose
Rustler		 -1908; Unknown?;
nr Phoenix AZ
Dedrick, Sam
Rustler 		-1907 or 1909; Unknown?;
on Rio Verde nr Deming NM
Dolan, James Joseph
Lincoln merchant (partner, L. G
Murphy Co., til May 1, 1878)		 Apr 22, 1848-Feb 26, 1898;
Loughrea, Ireland		 Spring Ranch (below Fritz Cemetery), near Lincoln NM;
Flying H Ranch, NM
Dowlin, Paul
Built flour mill, ca. 1868; Frank
Lesnett bought, mid-1877		 Dec 20, 1828-May 5, 1877;
Green County PA		 Unknown;
Ruidoso NM
Dowlin, Will
Partner, Paul Dowlin Co., in
1873; w/John Delany, purchased
Old Murphy-Dolan Store, Jan 5,
1879 (went bankrupt in Dec 1880)		 Sept 2, 1836-1884
Green County PA		 Pueblo CO?;
Pueblo CO
Dudley, Lt. Col. Nathan Augustus
Monroe
CO of Ft. Stanton (Apr 5,
1878-Mar 7, 1879); suspended;
exonerated July 5, 1879; transfer-
red to Ft Union July 22, 1879		 Aug 20, 1825-Apr 29, 1910;
Lexington MA		 National Cemetery, Arlington VA;
Roxbury MA
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E
Ealy, Dr. Taylor Fillmore
Lincoln physician, teacher 		Sept 12, 1848-Feb 19, 1915;
Schellsburg PA		 Schellsburg Cemetery, Schellsburg PA?;
Schellsburg PA
East, James Henry
Deputy sheriff		 Aug 30, 1853-June 30, 1930
Kaskaskia IL		 Douglas AZ?;
Douglas AZ
Evans, Jesse J.
Outlaw		 1853-Unknown?
Unknown?		 Unknown?;
Unknown?
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F
Foor, Charles Wesley
BTK promoter		 Dec 8, 1850-Jan 20, 1940;
Lebanon KY		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Ft. Sumner NM
Fountain, Albert Jennings
Mesilla lawyer		 Oct 23, 1838-Feb 1, 1896;
Staten Island NY		 Unknown?;
nr Chalk Hill on White Sands Missile Range NM
French, James "Big Jim"
Regulator		 ? - ?; ? ?; ?
Fritz, Emil Christian Adolf
Partner, L. G. Murphy & Co.,
His $10,000 life insurance poli-
cy (NYC company that held it
was in receivership) launched
Lincoln feud (Murphy tried to
collect it, McSween withheld it		 Mar 3, 1832-June 26, 1874;
Eglosheim, GermanyLifelong bachelor (like Murphy);
frugal, thrifty, hardworking
with business acumen		 Eglosheim nr Stuttgart, Germany?;
Stuttgart, Germany
Fritz, Carl Phillip Freidrich "Charlie" Jan 19, 1831-Dec 2, 1885; 
Eglosheim, Germany		 Fritz Cemetery nr Lincoln NM;
Fritz Ranch nr Lincoln NM 
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G
Garrett, Patrick Floyd Jarvis
Lincoln Co. Sheriff, Jan 1, 1881-Dec 31, 1882 		 June 5, 1850-Feb 29, 1908;
Chambers County AL 		 Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces NM;
6 mi NE of downtown Las Cruces NM
Gauss, Gottfried G. "Godfrey"
Tunstall cook		 1823 or 1825-Mar 1902;
Baden, Germany		 Unknown?; KS?
Gerhardt, John
rancher		 1830-Sept 17, 1906;
Freisenheim, Germany		 old Gerhardt Ranch;
overlooking Los Ojitos above Sumner Lake NM
Gildea, Augustus Montaigne
Chisum ranch hand		 Apr 23, 1854-Aug 10, 1935
DeWitt County TX		 Unknown?;
Douglas AZ
Gilliland, James Robert
Oliver Lee hired gun		 Mar 22, 1874-Aug 8, 1946
Brown County TX		 Tularosa Cemetery, Tularosa NM;
Hot Springs (T or C) NM
Gomez, Francisco -July, 1946; Unknown?; Unknown NM?
Goodnight, Charles
trail blazer, rancher		 Mar 5, 1836-Dec 12, 1929;
Macoupin County IL		 Goodnight Cemetery, Goodnight TX;
Goodnight TX
Grant, Joe
outlaw		 Unknown?-Jan 10, 1880;
Unknown?		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Greathouse, James "Whiskey Jim" , or Arkansas Jack"
ranch, way station owner		 Unknown?-1880;
Unknown?		 Unknown?;
N end of San Mateo Mountains NM
Griggs, George
BTK museum owner, author of
History of the Mesilla Valley,
1930		 May 2, 1870-Nov 2, 1939;
Unknown?		 Unknown;
Mesilla NM
Grzelechowski, Alexander
multilingual merchant		 1824-May 24, 1896;
Gracina, Poland		 Puerto de Luna Cemetery, Puerto De Luna NM;
Puerto de Luna NM
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H
Hindman, George W.
Deputy sheriff		 Unknown?-Apr 1, 1878;
Unknown?		 Brady Cemetery nr Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Hoyt, Dr. Henry Franklin
Doctor, author		 Jan 30, 1854-Jan 21, 1930;
Rose MN		 Unknown?;
Yokahama, Japan
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J
Jaramillo, Paulita Maxwell
BTK girlfriend (son Telesfor Jar-
amillo, daughters Adelina Well-
born, Luz Flanner)		 1864-Dec 17, 1929;
Mora NM		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Jones, Barbara Culp "Ma'am"
Nurse		 July 2, 1838-Dec 20, 1905
PA		 Unknown?;
Rocky Arroyo NM
Jones, William Heiskill
rancher, trader		 1830-Jan 17, 1908
PA		 Unknown?;
Rocky Arroyo NM
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K
Kimbrell, George
Lincoln Co. Sheriff, 1879-80		 Mar 31, 1842-Mar 24, 1926;
Huntsville AR		 Unknown?;
Picacho NM
Kinney, John William Young
rustler		 Aug 31, 1847, 48 or 53-Aug 25or 28,
1919; Hampshire MA		 IOOF Cemetery, Prescott AZ;
Prescott AZ
Kinney, Thomas Christopher "Kip"
Deputy sheriff		 Mar 19, 1856-Sept 20, 1915;
Birdville TX		 Unknown;
Carlsbad NM
Klasner, Lily Casey
author		 Unknown-May 21, 1946 Unknown?
Unknown?
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L
Lee, Jr., Oliver Milton
rancher		 Oct 31, 1865-Dec 15, 1941;
Buffalo Gap TX		 Monte Vista Cemetery, Alamogordo NM;
Alamogordo NM
Leonard, Ira E.
Lawyer		 1832-July 6, 1889;
CT		 Unknown;
Socorro NM
Loving, Oliver
cattleman		 Dec 4, 1812-Sept 25, 1867;
Hopkins County KY		 Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford TX;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
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M
Mathews, Jacob Basil "Billy"
Lincoln Co. deputy sheriff, 1878		 May 5, 1847-June 3, 1904;
nr Woodbury TN		 South Park Cemetery, Roswell NM;
Roswell NM
Maxwell, Deluvina
Maxwell family Navajo servant		 ca. 1858-Nov 27, 1927;
Canyon de Chelly AZ		 xx Cemetery, Albuquerque NM;
Albuquerque NM
Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte
land baron, rancher		 Sept 14, 1818-July 25, 1875;
Kaskaskia IL		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Maxwell, Ana Maria de la Luz Beaubien
(Lucien's wife)		 xxxx-1900;
Taos NM		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Ft. Sumner NM
Maxwell, Peter Menard
rancher (Lucien's son)		 Apr 27, 1848-June 21, 1898;
Taos NM		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Maxwell, Paulita
rancher (Lucien's daughter)		    
McCloskey, William
in posse that killed Tunstall		 Unknown?-Mar 9, 1878;
NM		 Unknown?;
in Blackwater Canyon

MacNab (or McNab), Francis "Frank"
Regulator

 xxxx-July 19, 1878;
Unknown?		 Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln NM;
Fritz Ranch nr Lincoln NM
McFarland, Dr. David Fulton
Pastor; married BTK's mother
(wife, Amanda A. Reed, 1832-
1812; born in Brooke County VA)		 Mar 12, 1820-May 13, 1876;
Washington County PA		 Unknown?;
Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Lapwai ID
McNew, William Henry "Bill"
Oliver Lee hired gun		 Unknown?-June 30, 1937;
Unknown?		 Unknown;
nr Organ NM?
McSween, Alexander Anderson
Lincoln lawyer; Tunstall partner		 Feb to May, 1843-July 19, 1878;
Prince Edward Island, Canada		 Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
McSween Barber, Susan Ellen Hummer Dec 30, 1845-Jan 3, 1931;
Tyrone PA		 Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks NM;
White Oaks NM
Middleton, John
Regulator		 1864 or 1865-Nov 19, 1882; Unknown?;
San Lorenzo NM
Meadows, John P.
Sheriff, BTK storyteller		 May 26, 1854-June 23, 1936;
nr Mechanicsville IN		 La Luz Cemetery, La Luz NM;
Alamogordo NM
Montano, Jose
Lincoln merchant (1870 Census,
Jose, age 32; Josefa, 26; Juana, 8;
Natividad, 7; Rumalda, 3; in
Lincoln, Lincoln Co.), also 1860
Census, Jose, 25; Josefa, 16; in
Lemitar, Socorro Co.		 ca.1848-Unknown?
Anton Chico NM?		 Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln NM;
Sandoval County NM?
Morris, Harvey
McSween law clerk		 1848-July 19, 1878;
Friendship NY		 Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln
NM; Lincoln NM
Morton, William Scott "Buck"
in posse that killed Tunstall		 Sept 1856-Mar 9, 1878;
Charlotte County VA		 Unknown?;
in Blackwater Canyon NM
Murphy, Lawrence Gustave
Lincoln merchant (L. G. Murphy
& Co., Apr 1867-Apr 1877)		 1831-Oct 20, 1878;
Elphin, Ireland		 National Cemetery, Santa Fe NM;
Santa Fe NM
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O
O’Folliard, Tom  
BTK pal		 1858-Dec 19, 1880; 
Uvalde TX		 Old Post Cemetery, Old Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Olinger, Ameridith R. B. "Bob"
Lincoln Co. deputy sheriff		 Apr 1841 or 1850-Apr 28, 1881;
Delphi IN		 Post Cemetery, Ft Stanton NM;
Lincoln NM
Otero, Vicente
BTK pallbearer		    
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P
Patron, Juan Bautista
Lincoln resident		 Feb, 1850-Apr 9, 1884; Unknown;
Puerto de Luna NM
Peppin, George Warden "Dad"
Lincoln Co. sheriff (May 28,
1878-Nov 1878)		 Oct, 1841-Sept 18, 1904;
Mountville VT		 Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Poe, John William
Garrett deputy sheriff		 Oct 17, 1851-July 17, 1923;
Mason County KY		 South Park Cemetery, Roswell NM?;
Battle Creek MI
Powell, Thomas Benton "Buck"
rancher		 July 24, 1845-Aug 31, 1906
MS		 old Powell Ranch?;
nr Atoka NM
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R
Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
author		 Jan 19, 1869-June 27, 1934;
Tecumseh NE		 White Sands Missile Range NM;
Pacific Beach CA
Richards, Mary Phillipa
Multilingual Silver City teacher		 Apr 3, 1846-Jan 1, 1900
Southhampton, England		 Unknown?;
Georgetown NM
Riley, John Henry
Lincoln merchant (junior partner,
L. G. Murphy & Co., July, 1876;
partner, J. J. Dolan & Co., Mar 14,
1877; $76,000 claim against Fritz
Estate dismissed in probate court,
Jan. 10, 1878, borrowed $16,000
from Thomas B. Catron, on Jan.
12, 1878, suspend ops on Apr 23,
1878; declare bankruptcy on
May 1, 1878)		 May 12, 1850-Feb 10, 1916;
Valentia Island, Ireland		 Unknown?; Colorado Springs CO
Robert, Sally Chisum
John Chiosum's neice		    
Roberts, Andrew L.
in posse that killed Tunstall		 Unknown-Apr 5, 1878;
Unknown		 Blazer Cemetery, Mescalero NM;
Mescalero NM
Roberts, Ollie Partridge "Brushy Bill"
BTK wannabe		 Dec 31, 1858, 1859 or 1868-Dec 27, 1950; Oakwood Cemetery, Hamilton Buffalo Gap TX;
Hico TX
Romero, Vincente -1878;  
Rudabaugh, Dave
outlaw		 July 14, 1854-Feb 18, 1886;
Fulton County IL		 Parral, Mexico?;
Parral, Mexico
Rynerson, William Logan
Lincoln County D. A.		 Feb 22, 1828-Sept 26, 1893;
Mercer County KY		 Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces NM;
Las Cruces NM
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S
Salazar, Ygenio
BTK pal		 Feb 14, 1863-Jan 7, 1936;
Valencia NM		 Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM
Scurlock, Josiah Gordon "Doc"
One of original Regulators,
organized on Mar 1, 1878		 Jan 11, 1849-July 25, 1929;
Talapoosa AL 		Unknown?;
Eastland TX
Silva, Jesus
BTK pallbearer		 1842-1940;
Mexico? 		Ft. Sumner Cemetery, Ft. Sumner NM;
Old Ft. Sumner NM
Siringo, Charles Angelo
Pinkerton detective, author		 Feb 7, 1855-Oct 18, 1928;
Matagorda County TX		 Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood CA;
Altadena CA
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T
Tunstall, John Henry
Lincoln merchant, whose murder
touched off Lincoln County War		 Mar 6, 1853- Feb 18, 1878;
London, England		 Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln NM;
mouth of Tunstall Canyon, 6 mi S of Glencoe NM
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U
Upson, Marshall Ashmun Ash
reporter, postmaster, author		 Nov 23, 1828-Oct 6, 1894;
Wolcott CT or SC		 Unknown?;
Uvalde TX
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W
Waite, Frederick Tecumseh
Regulator		 Sept 23, 1853-Sept 24, 1895;
Ft. Arbuckle I. T. (OK)		 Unknown?;
Pauls Valley OK
Wallace, Lewis
NMT Governor (Sept 30, 1878-
Mar 17, 1881); left NM on May
30, 1881; author of Ben Hur, pub-
lished in NYC on Nov 12, 1880		 Apr 10, 1827-Feb 15, 1905;
Brookville IN		 Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville IN;
Crawfordsville IN
Wallace, Susan Arnold Elston
Completed her husband's auto-
biography shortly after his death		 Dec 25, 1830-Oct 1, 1907;
Unknown?		 Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville IN;
Crawfordsville IN
Whitehill, Harvey Howard
Silver City sheriff		 Sept 2, 1837-Sept 7, 1906;
Wooster OH		 Masonic Cemetery, Silver City NM;
Silver City NM
Widenmann, Robert August Herman Jan 24, 1852-Apr 15, 1930;
Ann Arbor MI		 Unknown?;
West Haverstraw NY
Wilcox, Thomas
way station manager		    
Williams, Richard Bonney  "Uncle Dick"
BTK wannabe		 1860-1934; 
Unknown?		 Mt. Valley Cemetery, Edgewood NM;
Edgewood NM
Wilson, Juan Batista "Green"
Lincoln Justice of the Peace		    
Wilson, William Harrison "Billy"
outlaw		 Oct 30, 1859-Sept 30, 1935;
Marshal, AR		 Unknown?;
New Madrid, MO
Wood, Miles Leslie
Operated Hotel de Luna		 Mar 27, 1848-1930
Newbury, Canada		 Unknown?;
Bonita AZ
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Z
Zamora, Francisco Unknown-July 19, 1878; Behind Tunstall Store, Lincoln NM;
Lincoln NM