Rancher and member of the Cochise County Cowboys, Arizona Territory (1847–1887)
Ike Clanton
Ike Clanton, c.1881. Photo by C. S. Fly.
Born
Joseph Isaac Clanton
c. 1847
Callaway County, Missouri, United States
Died
June 1, 1887(1887-06-01) (aged 39–40)
Springerville, Arizona Territory, United States
Cause of death
Gunshot wound
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Ranch hand, miner, outlaw, rustler
Criminal status
Felony not indicted
Parent(s)
Newman Haynes Clanton and Mariah Sexton Kelso
Relatives
Brothers Phineas Clanton and Billy Clanton.
Allegiance
Cochise County Cowboys
Criminal charge
Murder, cattle rustling
O.K. Corral gunfight
Principal events
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath
Earp Vendetta Ride
Lawmen
Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp
Wyatt Earp
Morgan Earp
Doc Holliday
Warren Earp
Outlaw Cowboys
Ike Clanton
Billy Clanton
Tom McLaury
Frank McLaury
Billy Claiborne
Curly Bill Brocius
Frank Stilwell
Pony Diehl
Pete Spence
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Joseph Isaac Clanton (c.1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. On October 26, 1881, Clanton was present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed.
Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after a 30-day preliminary hearing, Justice Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen had acted within their lawful duty. Clanton was implicated in the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881, but other Cowboys provided an alibi and he was released. Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling.
Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton was one of seven children of Newman Haynes Clanton (1816–1881) and his wife Mariah Sexton (Kelso) Clanton. His father worked...
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their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged with murder by IkeClanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing...
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that put them in conflict with Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, IkeClanton, and Billy Clanton, who threatened to kill the Earps on several occasions. The...
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Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Billy's older brother, IkeClanton, who had run from the gunfight...
along the San Pedro River in southern Arizona, IkeClanton remained behind. The McLaury brothers and Ike became fast friends. By 1879 the two brothers...
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had acted within their duties as lawmen, although this did not pacify IkeClanton. The situation in Tombstone soon grew worse when Virgil Earp was ambushed...
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