From Newspaper Clipping: Adilia Earp bride at 15
Fifteen year old Adilia Earp became the bride of William L Edwards in Peace (Sterling) on April 12, 1874. She was the daughter of Newto nEarp, one of the famous Earp brothers. Newton, it has been learned recently, had a farm in Rice county. The daughter's marriage is one of the pieces of information that has been found since details about Newton became known Clyde Ernst found a records of the marriage license application (on April 9, 1874) in the Rice County Courthouse. The bridgegrome was 21. He also found that the land once owned by Earp is being farmed by John Caywood of Raymond. Owners are Inez Smith of Pueble, Colorado and Albert Boy of Macon Georgia. Newton had a quarter of lind 1 1/2 miles west and 1 mile north of Alden. Ernst, curator of the Rice County museum, has been corresponding with Fred Holladay of San Bernardino, California, who is writing a book about the Earps. Holladay says that Newton led a quiet life, not like his brothers, (Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan and Jim). Holladay suggests that a historical marker might be placed at the ranch sometime. In a letter, the author writes that he is delving into the Earp family history as far back as teh 1700s. He says: "Their life spans the entire western movement, which started in the 1790s when the first settlers bridged the Cumberland Gap into Tennessee and Kentuck - truly a magnifcent tale."
Submitted by Diane Battershell