Phineas Fay Clanton was the son of Newman Haynes Clanton and the brother of Billy and Ike Clanton.
20 Facts About Phineas Clanton
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Phineas Clanton was witness to and possibly played a part in a number of illegal activities during his life.
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Phineas Clanton moved frequently in his early life from Missouri to California and to Arizona.
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Phin's brother Ike Clanton had an ongoing series of conflicts with Deputy US Marshal Virgil Earp and was accused of cattle rustling among other things.
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Phineas Clanton married late in life and four years later died after contracting pneumonia.
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Phineas Clanton's father purchased or squatted on a large tract of land outside Camp Thomas, but his plans for a new town failed to materialize.
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Phineas Clanton's father resumed cattle ranching and most of his children later followed him to Arizona.
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Phin's father was implicated in the First Skeleton Canyon Massacre in July 1881, and a month later "Old Man" Phineas Clanton was killed while driving a herd of stolen cattle through Guadalupe Canyon near the Mexican border.
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Newman Phineas Clanton was re-interred alongside his son Billy Phineas Clanton who had been killed in the Gunfight at the OK.
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Ike Phineas Clanton filed murder charges against Deputy US Marshal and Tombstone Police chief Virgil Earp, Assistant Marshal Morgan Earp, and temporary deputies Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, but they were exonerated after a contentious month-long preliminary hearing.
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When Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan received the warrant, he assembled his own posse composed of friends of Frank Stilwell and Ike Phineas Clanton, including Phin, Pete Spence, Johnny Ringo, Johnny Barnes and about 18 more men.
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Phineas Clanton was later tried and convicted of stealing $11,166.54.
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Stanley and the two Phineas Clanton brothers were suspected of stealing cattle from the Springerville area and taking them south via the Blue River to Clifton, Arizona, and other southern towns to sell.
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Early the next morning Ike Phineas Clanton rode up to the door on horseback.
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Phineas Clanton turned his horse to flee and withdrew his rifle from his scabbard.
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On May 15,1894, Phin Phineas Clanton was arrested by Sheriff John Henry Thompson for robbing Sam Kee, a Chinese gardener in Wheatfields, at gunpoint.
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On October 15,1902, at age 58, Phineas Clanton married 44-year-old Laura Jane Bound in Globe, Arizona.
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Phineas Clanton had a 12-year-old son from her first marriage to William Jackson.
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On January 5,1906, Phineas Clanton was involved in a wagon accident and developed a fatal case of pneumonia.
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Phineas Clanton died at the age of 62 in Webster Springs and was buried in the Globe Cemetery.