Masterson was a good friend and associate of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, who served both Dodge City, Kansas, and Tombstone, Arizona. According to records he was a good and decent man. However, Ed Masterson was fatally wounded on April 9, 1878, and was buried in a military cemetary at Fort Dodge .
RIP Ed Masterson - End Of Watch April 9, 1878 FAM 49, Apr 9, 2008 #1. Ed Masterson was buried in another local cemetery.
By that time, Boot Hill was notorious across the country. It was also prime real estate, just begging for development.
At age 17, Masterson left home with his brothers Jim and Ed and went west, where they found work on a ranch near Wichita.
His brothers, Ed and James Masterson, were also Dodge City lawmen. Ed Masterson Shootout; April 9, 1878 .
ED MASTERSON. But builders were skittish about the place and refused to pony up the cash for it. Other folks with family or greater means were buried at Fort Dodge including the most famous lawman to die in Dodge City, Ed Masterson. James Jim Masterson was born on September 18 1855, in Henryville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, to Thomas Masterson and Catherine Masterson. Ford County decided to build the area’s first public school on the site; it opened in 1880. Wagner shot Marshal Masterson at once through the abdomen, being so close to him that the discharge set the Marshal's clothes on fire. Some cowboys were carrying on at the Lady Gay Saloon. Masterson then shot Wagner. The unfortunate folks that were buried on Boot Hill consisted of lost buffalo hunters, strangers, thieves, cowboys and people with little means. Ed Masterson was initially buried at the notorious "Boot Hill" plot overlooking the town, but was eventually moved to the cemetery at Fort Dodge five miles to the southeast in Ford County. In later years all but military graves were moved to a new city cemetery, but it is unknown whether Ed's grave was moved. lBugsy, Apr 10, 2008 #2.
Now if we only could find his grave.
Ed’s last shootout took place April 9, 1878. His current location is unknown. Jim Masterson joined his brother as a policeman (at age 23). James had 2 siblings: Bartholomew Bat Barclay William Barclay Masterson and Edward Ed Masterson . Ed Masterson went there and found Jack Wagner was carrying a gun against city ordinance. Later Years Masterson spent his later years in New York City. In April 1877, he and a partner opened a dance hall/saloon in Dodge City where his brother Ed was Sheriff. A year later Ed Masterson was killed in the line of duty to be replaced by brother Bat. Offline Bubba Platinum Member.
Jim later was made marshal and he ended up in a shooting match with a saloon keeper. In his late teens, Masterson and brothers, Ed and Jim, left their family's farm to hunt buffalo on the Great Plains.In July 1872, Ed and Bat Masterson were hired by a subcontractor named Raymond Ritter to grade a five-mile section of track for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.Ritter skipped out without paying the Masterson brothers all of the wages to which they were entitled. Jim Masterson’s career began as a buffalo hunter, a occupation he pursued off and on until 1878.
Offline lBugsy Active Member. He died on the evening of the 10th, and was buried on the hill near town (Boot Hill) at 4 P.M. on the eleventh.
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