What name did Josephine use when she arrived at Tombstone?
Josephine Marcus
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Answer
Josephine Marcus was the name that the woman who would become Wyatt Earp's common-law wife used when she arrived in Tombstone. She was born in San Francisco in 1863 and worked as a prostitute there. She met Wyatt Earp in 1878 and they moved to Tombstone together in 1881. They had two children together, but never married.
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