Birth Name: John Henry Holliday
Place of Birth: Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, USA.
Date of Birth: August 14, 1851
Place of Death: Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, USA.
Date of Death: November 8, 1887.
Ethnicity: Scottish, Irish, English, more distant French
Biography:
Doc Holliday was an American gunfighter and considered famous Western Folk figure. He was involved in the O.K. Corral shootout, and noted as a friend of another famous Western Folk figure, Wyatt Earp. He fought in the Mexican-American war. He was the son of Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane (McKey) Holliday. He married Mary Katherine (Horony) Holliday in 1877. He had an adoptive brother and biological sister.
Ancestry/Genealogy:
Doc‘s paternal grandfather was Robert Alexander Holliday (the son of William Holliday and Jane Cooper) William was the son of William Holliday Sr and Ann Ayres. William Sr and Ann were born in Ireland. Jane was born in Scotland. Robert was born in South Carolina
Doc‘s paternal grandmother was Rebecca Burroughs (the daughter of UNK Burroughs and Amy Stiles) Rebecca was born in South Carolina
Doc‘s maternal grandfather was William Land McKey (the son of Jonathan McKey and Cecelia Land) Jonathan was the son of John Mackey who was from Scotland. Cecelia was the daughter of William Land and Mary Agnes Montgomery. William Land McKey was born in England.
Doc‘s maternal grandmother was Jane Cloud (the daughter of Joseph Cloud and Martha Nettles) Joseph was the son of William Cloud and Alice Hardin. The paternal lineage of Alice Hardin reveals she is part French. Martha was the daughter of Zachariah Nettles and Nancy Scholfield.
Source:
findagrave.com
wikitree.com
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