Legends of the Old Westll

Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers,

with images and information

(Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors

("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

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Lawmen of the Old West sorted by Popular Name

Bass Reeves
Birth Name: Bass Reeves
• The first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River
Born: 1828, July ? → Died: 1910, January 12
Age: 71^y 6^m ?^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease

Bat Masterson
Birth Name: William Barclay Masterson
• Gunfighter, gambler, Wyatt Earp's deputy, newspaper columnist
Born: 1853, November 27 → Died: 1921, October 25
Age: 67^y 10^m 28^d → Cause of death: heart attack

Ben Thompson
Birth Name: Ben Thompson
• Gunman, gambler, lawman, saloon operator, friend of Bat Masterson.
Born: 1843, November 2 → Died: 1884, March 11
Age: 40^y 4^m 9^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight

Big Jim Courtright
Birth Name: Timothy Isaiah Courtright (Tim Isaiah)
• Lawman, gunfighter,
Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1887, February 8
Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight

Bill Tilghman
Birth Name: William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman, Jr.
• Deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner
Born: 1854, July 4 → Died: 1924, November 1
Age: 70^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: shot by a corrupt prohibition agent

Billy Brooks
Birth Name: William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks
• Buffalo hunter, gunfighter, stage driver, marshal.
Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1874, July 29
Age: 42^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: hanged

Burton Mossman
Birth Name: Burton W. Mossman
• American lawman and cattleman in the final years of the Old West
Born: 1867, April 30 → Died: 1956, September 5
Age: 89^y 4^m 6^d → Cause of death: old age

Captain Bill McDonald
Birth Name: William Jesse McDonald
• A Texas Ranger who served briefly as a bodyguard for both U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
Born: 1852, September 28 → Died: 1918, January 15
Age: 65^y 3^m 18^d → Cause of death: pneumonia

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Charles Colcord
Birth Name: Charles Francis Colcord
• Successful cattle-rancher, U.S. Marshal, Chief of Police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West
Born: 1859, August 18 → Died: 1934, December 10
Age: 75^y 3^m 22^d → Cause of death: old age

Charlie Bassett
Birth Name: Charlie E. Bassett
• Lawman and saloon owner of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City.
Born: 1847, October 30 → Died: 1896, January 5
Age: 48^y 2^m 5^d → Cause of death: inflammatory rheumatism

Charlie Siringo
Birth Name: Charles Angelo Siringo
• Lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Born: 1855, February 7 → Died: 1928, October 18
Age: 73^y 8^m 11^d → Cause of death: bronchitis

Chris Madsen
Birth Name: Christian "Chris" Madsen
• Danish born gunfighter; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma; member of the Three Guardsmen crime fighers
Born: 1851, December 25 → Died: 1944, January 9
Age: 92^y 2^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age

Dallas Stoudenmire
Birth Name: Dallas Stoudenmire
• Gunfighter and marshal; involved in a famous gunfight dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight"
Born: 1845, December 11 → Died: 1882, September 18
Age: 36^y 9^m 7^d → Cause of death: shot in a gun fight

Elfego Baca
Birth Name: Elfego Baca
• Lawman, gunman, lawyer, and politician; "Frisco Shootout" incident where Elfego faced 80 men firing 4,000 shots at the home where he was cornered
Born: 1865, February 10 → Died: 1945, August 27
Age: 80^y 6^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age

Frank Canton
Birth Name: Josiah Horner
• Lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw
Born: 1849, September 15 → Died: 1927, September 27
Age: 78^y 0^m 12^d → Cause of death: old age

Frank Eaton
Birth Name: Frank Boardman "Pistol Pete" Eaton
• Author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and Deputy U. S. Marshal
Born: 1860, October 26 → Died: 1958, April 8
Age: 97^y 5^m 13^d → Cause of death: old age

George Scarborough
Birth Name: George Scarborough
• Cowboy and lawman and partner of Jeff Milton
Born: 1859, October 2 → Died: 1900, April 5
Age: 40^y 6^m 3^d → Cause of death: shot, died of wound

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Heck Thomas
Birth Name: Henry A. Thomas
• Peace officer, tracked down and killed outlaw Bill Doolin
Born: 1850, January 3 → Died: 1912, August 15
Age: 62^y 7^m 12^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease

Jeff Milton
Birth Name: Jeff Milton
• Texas Ranger, Deputy US Marshal, Chief of Police in El Paso, Texas
Born: 1861, November 7 → Died: 1947, May 7
Age: 85^y 6^m 0^d → Cause of death: old age

John Jackson "Jack" Helm
Birth Name: John Jackson Helm
• Lawman, cowboy, gunfighter, and inventor in the American Old West
Born: 1839, ? ? → Died: 1873, May 17
Age: 34^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambushed

John Selman
Birth Name: John Selman
• outlaw and sometimes lawman; known as the man who shot John Hardin
Born: 1839, November 16 → Died: 1896, April 6
Age: 42^y 2^m 24^d → Cause of death: shot in a shootout

Pat Garrett
Birth Name: Patrick Floyd Garrett
• Sheriff in New Mexico, bartender, and customs agent; killed Billy the Kid
Born: 1850, June 5 → Died: 1908, February 28
Age: 57^y 8^m 23^d → Cause of death: shot during an argument

Perry Owens
Birth Name: Commodore Perry Owens
• Arizona lawman and gunfighter
Born: 1852, July 29 → Died: 1919, May 10
Age: 66^y 9^m 11^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease

Seth Bullock
Birth Name: Seth Bullock
• Deadwood's first sheriff, deputy U.S. Marshal, rancher
Born: 1849, July 23 → Died: 1919, September 23
Age: 70^y 2^m 0^d → Cause of death: cancer, colon

Sherman McMaster
Birth Name: Sherman W. McMaster
• Outlaw, became Texas Ranger, rode with Wyatt Earp.
Born: 1853, ? ? → Died: 1892, ? ?
Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight

Texas Jack Vermillion
Birth Name: John Wilson Vermillion
• Gunfighter, soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher; participated in the Earp vendetta ride
Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1911, ? ?
Age: 69^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart attack in his sleep

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Texas John Slaughter
Birth Name: John Slaughter
• Civil War veteran, trail-driver, cattleman, Texas Ranger, sheriff, gambler, and state representative
Born: 1841, October 2 → Died: 1922, February 16
Age: 80^y 4^m 14^d → Cause of death: stroke

Tom Horn
Birth Name: Tom Horn (Aka: James Hicks)
• Lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin
Born: 1860, November 21 → Died: 1903, November 20
Age: 42^y 11^m 30^d → Cause of death: hanged

Wild Bill Hickok
Birth Name: James Butler Hickok
• Marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman
Born: 1837, May 27 → Died: 1876, August 2
Age: 39^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: shot in the back of the head

Wyatt Earp
Birth Name: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
• Lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona
Born: 1848, March 19 → Died: 1929, January 13
Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: old age

Footnotes

Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers.

Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell.

— Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

First popular name on each page
1.	Bass Reeves (Reeves)
2.	Charles Colcord (Colcord)
3.	Heck Thomas (Thomas)
4.	Texas John Slaughter (Slaughter)
Go to last row

Sorted by popular name for Lawmen
1.	Bass Reeves (Reeves)
2.	Bat Masterson (Masterson)
3.	Ben Thompson (Thompson)
4.	Big Jim Courtright (Courtright)
5.	Bill Tilghman (Tilghman, Jr.)
6.	Billy Brooks (Brooks)
7.	Burton Mossman (Mossman)
8.	Captain Bill McDonald (McDonald)
9.	Charles Colcord (Colcord)
10.	Charlie Bassett (Bassett)
11.	Charlie Siringo (Siringo)
12.	Chris Madsen (Madsen)
13.	Dallas Stoudenmire (Stoudenmire)
14.	Elfego Baca (Baca)
15.	Frank Canton (Horner)
16.	Frank Eaton (Eaton)
17.	George Scarborough (Scarborough)
18.	Heck Thomas (Thomas)
19.	Jeff Milton (Milton)
20.	John Jackson "Jack" Helm (Helm)
21.	John Selman (Selman)
22.	Pat Garrett (Garrett)
23.	Perry Owens (Owens)
24.	Seth Bullock (Bullock)
25.	Sherman McMaster (McMaster)
26.	Texas Jack Vermillion (Vermillion)
27.	Texas John Slaughter (Slaughter)
28.	Tom Horn (Horn)
29.	Wild Bill Hickok (Hickok)
30.	Wyatt Earp (Earp)

Legends of the Old Westll Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers, with images and information (Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)
All Cattlemen Entertainers Gunfighters Killers Lawmen Outlaws Pioneers Saloon/Gambler Women Popular name Birth Name Born date Died date Age Cause of death
Lawmen of the Old West sorted by Popular Name
	Bass Reeves Birth Name: Bass Reeves • The first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River Born: 1828, July ? → Died: 1910, January 12 Age: 71^y 6^m ?^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease
	Bat Masterson Birth Name: William Barclay Masterson • Gunfighter, gambler, Wyatt Earp's deputy, newspaper columnist Born: 1853, November 27 → Died: 1921, October 25 Age: 67^y 10^m 28^d → Cause of death: heart attack
	Ben Thompson Birth Name: Ben Thompson • Gunman, gambler, lawman, saloon operator, friend of Bat Masterson. Born: 1843, November 2 → Died: 1884, March 11 Age: 40^y 4^m 9^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
	Big Jim Courtright Birth Name: Timothy Isaiah Courtright (Tim Isaiah) • Lawman, gunfighter, Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1887, February 8 Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
	Bill Tilghman Birth Name: William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman, Jr. • Deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner Born: 1854, July 4 → Died: 1924, November 1 Age: 70^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: shot by a corrupt prohibition agent
	Billy Brooks Birth Name: William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks • Buffalo hunter, gunfighter, stage driver, marshal. Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1874, July 29 Age: 42^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: hanged
	Burton Mossman Birth Name: Burton W. Mossman • American lawman and cattleman in the final years of the Old West Born: 1867, April 30 → Died: 1956, September 5 Age: 89^y 4^m 6^d → Cause of death: old age
	Captain Bill McDonald Birth Name: William Jesse McDonald • A Texas Ranger who served briefly as a bodyguard for both U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Born: 1852, September 28 → Died: 1918, January 15 Age: 65^y 3^m 18^d → Cause of death: pneumonia


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	Charles Colcord Birth Name: Charles Francis Colcord • Successful cattle-rancher, U.S. Marshal, Chief of Police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West Born: 1859, August 18 → Died: 1934, December 10 Age: 75^y 3^m 22^d → Cause of death: old age
	Charlie Bassett Birth Name: Charlie E. Bassett • Lawman and saloon owner of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City. Born: 1847, October 30 → Died: 1896, January 5 Age: 48^y 2^m 5^d → Cause of death: inflammatory rheumatism
	Charlie Siringo Birth Name: Charles Angelo Siringo • Lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency Born: 1855, February 7 → Died: 1928, October 18 Age: 73^y 8^m 11^d → Cause of death: bronchitis
	Chris Madsen Birth Name: Christian "Chris" Madsen • Danish born gunfighter; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma; member of the Three Guardsmen crime fighers Born: 1851, December 25 → Died: 1944, January 9 Age: 92^y 2^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age
	Dallas Stoudenmire Birth Name: Dallas Stoudenmire • Gunfighter and marshal; involved in a famous gunfight dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight" Born: 1845, December 11 → Died: 1882, September 18 Age: 36^y 9^m 7^d → Cause of death: shot in a gun fight
	Elfego Baca Birth Name: Elfego Baca • Lawman, gunman, lawyer, and politician; "Frisco Shootout" incident where Elfego faced 80 men firing 4,000 shots at the home where he was cornered Born: 1865, February 10 → Died: 1945, August 27 Age: 80^y 6^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age
	Frank Canton Birth Name: Josiah Horner • Lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw Born: 1849, September 15 → Died: 1927, September 27 Age: 78^y 0^m 12^d → Cause of death: old age
	Frank Eaton Birth Name: Frank Boardman "Pistol Pete" Eaton • Author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and Deputy U. S. Marshal Born: 1860, October 26 → Died: 1958, April 8 Age: 97^y 5^m 13^d → Cause of death: old age
	George Scarborough Birth Name: George Scarborough • Cowboy and lawman and partner of Jeff Milton Born: 1859, October 2 → Died: 1900, April 5 Age: 40^y 6^m 3^d → Cause of death: shot, died of wound

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	Heck Thomas Birth Name: Henry A. Thomas • Peace officer, tracked down and killed outlaw Bill Doolin Born: 1850, January 3 → Died: 1912, August 15 Age: 62^y 7^m 12^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease
	Jeff Milton Birth Name: Jeff Milton • Texas Ranger, Deputy US Marshal, Chief of Police in El Paso, Texas Born: 1861, November 7 → Died: 1947, May 7 Age: 85^y 6^m 0^d → Cause of death: old age
	John Jackson "Jack" Helm Birth Name: John Jackson Helm • Lawman, cowboy, gunfighter, and inventor in the American Old West Born: 1839, ? ? → Died: 1873, May 17 Age: 34^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambushed
	John Selman Birth Name: John Selman • outlaw and sometimes lawman; known as the man who shot John Hardin Born: 1839, November 16 → Died: 1896, April 6 Age: 42^y 2^m 24^d → Cause of death: shot in a shootout
	Pat Garrett Birth Name: Patrick Floyd Garrett • Sheriff in New Mexico, bartender, and customs agent; killed Billy the Kid Born: 1850, June 5 → Died: 1908, February 28 Age: 57^y 8^m 23^d → Cause of death: shot during an argument
	Perry Owens Birth Name: Commodore Perry Owens • Arizona lawman and gunfighter Born: 1852, July 29 → Died: 1919, May 10 Age: 66^y 9^m 11^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease
	Seth Bullock Birth Name: Seth Bullock • Deadwood's first sheriff, deputy U.S. Marshal, rancher Born: 1849, July 23 → Died: 1919, September 23 Age: 70^y 2^m 0^d → Cause of death: cancer, colon
	Sherman McMaster Birth Name: Sherman W. McMaster • Outlaw, became Texas Ranger, rode with Wyatt Earp. Born: 1853, ? ? → Died: 1892, ? ? Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
	Texas Jack Vermillion Birth Name: John Wilson Vermillion • Gunfighter, soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher; participated in the Earp vendetta ride Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1911, ? ? Age: 69^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart attack in his sleep

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	Texas John Slaughter Birth Name: John Slaughter • Civil War veteran, trail-driver, cattleman, Texas Ranger, sheriff, gambler, and state representative Born: 1841, October 2 → Died: 1922, February 16 Age: 80^y 4^m 14^d → Cause of death: stroke
	Tom Horn Birth Name: Tom Horn (Aka: James Hicks) • Lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin Born: 1860, November 21 → Died: 1903, November 20 Age: 42^y 11^m 30^d → Cause of death: hanged
	Wild Bill Hickok Birth Name: James Butler Hickok • Marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman Born: 1837, May 27 → Died: 1876, August 2 Age: 39^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: shot in the back of the head
	Wyatt Earp Birth Name: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp • Lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona Born: 1848, March 19 → Died: 1929, January 13 Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: old age
Footnotes Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell. — Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)