Biography of Billy the Kid
Biography of Billy the Kid
Billy lived a life of an outlaw because of the loss of his parents, he gained friends and lost enemies, which led to his death.
The legends of Billy the kid are many, like so many legends are. This legend is a mix of three to fore legends out there they all contain most of the same content. There might be one or more things the writer might put in there that he found in a trip to Lincoln. This is the story he found to shear with all. The Wild West out law famous for many things Billy the Kid.
Reportedly Billy the kid was in New York City on November 23,1859. He was born under the name William Henry McCarty (Bonny) to William H. and Kathleen (Catherine) McCarty (Bonny). William had an older brother named Joseph (Josie) how was born in 1855 only fore years older then William .the family moves to Coffeyville, Kansas in 1862 but soon after in 1864 they moved to Colorado. Some time between 1862-1864 the father dies but there is no sure date since no death certificate or obituary has been located. (“Billy” Online)
On 1866, Catherine McCarthy and her two sons moved to Marion County, Indiana. Here she met William Antrim from Huntsville, Indiana. The reverent D.F. McFarland of the First Presbyterian Church from Santa Fe married Catherine and William Antrim. Shortly after the wedding they moved to Silver City, New Mexico, were Antrim became a miner because he had heard of rich silver strikes there. Mrs. Antrim opened a small boarding house while in silver city. (“Billy” online)
About mid-way through the year of 1874 Williams mother developed acute tuberculosis caseous pneumonia, more commonly known as “galloping consumption”. Catherine died on September 16, 1874 when William was only fourteen years old. William and his stepfather did not get along after Catherine died. William and another youth named Gorge Shaffer “Sombrero Jack” stole some cloths from a Chinese laundry, mostly as prank but they were arrested. William Rather then face the wrath of his stepfather left town drifting around Arizona, performing odd jobs on a ranch and in small towns. He was known as “kid Antrim” but eventually became known as “Billy the kid”. (Green & Sanford 10)
Billy was about eighteen when he shot and killed his first man on August 17, 1877. Billy and Frank P. “Windy” Cahill had been...