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Frank McLaury (March 3, 1849〔 - October 26, 1881) and his brother Tom owned a ranch outside Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory during the 1880s. that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp. The McLaury brothers repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. On October 26, 1881, Tom, Frank and Billy Clanton were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. == Early life == Frank (born Robert Findley McLaury, and known as "Rob" when younger) was born in Kortright, New York. He was one of eleven children born to Margaret Rowland and Robert Houston McLaury,〔 a descendant of Matthew McClaughry of Ireland and his son Thomas McClaughry of Kortright, New York.〔 The McLaury family worked a farm in Merideth, Delaware County, New York. The father Robert moved the family to a new farm near Belle Plaine in Benton County, Iowa, in 1855, where Robert also practiced law. His mother Margaret died when an epidemic of typhoid swept through their community on October 11, 1857 when Frank was 9. Franks' father Robert was 65 years old in August 1865. By that time he had lived as a widower for over 15 years. He was the father of 11 children, six of them sons. But by 1875, two of his sons had already died. His father remarried widow and neighbor Jane Arbuthnot on September 13, 1860. Eight of his siblings including Frank were still living at home, as were eight of Jane's children.〔 Frank's older brother Edwin McLaury joined the 14th Iowa Volunteers, which saw action at the battle of Fort Sumter and Pittsburgh Landing (Shiloh). Edwin was captured and imprisoned at Macon, Georgia, and after he was paroled he came home but died in October 1862 from the effects of starvation and disease. Another brother, Will, was still serving in the Union Army and could not attend Edwins' funeral.〔 After the war, the McLaury family moved north to Buchanan County, Iowa, to farm land in an unincorporated portion outside Hazelton Township known as Buffalo. Tom and Frank helped their father work the farm. By 1859, only Frank (known as "Rob" within the family because his name, like his father's, was Robert), Christiana (known as "Anna"), Tom and Sarah Caroline, the youngest of the clan, who they called Carrie, were living on their father's farm.〔 In 1872, the elder McLaury, aged 65, remarried 35-year-old widow Anna Lavina (Miller) Leigh; she was two years younger than Frank. Only Frank, Tom and Carrie remained at home. She had five children from two 13 years old.〔 By 1875, the youngest daughter of Robert and Margaret, Anna, married and moved away, and by this time two of her brothers had died.〔 Frank had 13 siblings and half-siblings. Frank and his brother Tom left Iowa in 1878 for Fort Worth, Texas. Their older brother Will had completed college and moved with his family to Fort Worth where he opened a law practice. Around the time he was in Fort Worth, Robert Findley stopped using his given name and began going by Frank, a modern derivative of his middle name, Findley.〔 Will later became a judge in Fort Worth, and both Frank and his younger brother Tom McLaury studied pre-law. In 1878, Frank and Tom may have joined a cattle drive working for either John Slaughter or John Chisum〔 and they moved to Hereford, Arizona, where they got a job working for Old Man Clanton. The Clanton family owned one of the largest cattle operations in Arizona.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cp1237.com/frankandtom/brothers.htm )〕 When Old Man Clanton sold his ranch to purchase another holding along the San Pedro River in southern Arizona, Ike Clanton remained behind. The McLaury brothers and Ike became fast friends.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank McLaury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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