Dan Tipton - Green Lawn Cemetery

Dan Tipton
Rode with Wyatt Earp on the Vendetta Ride

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
 

Dan Tipton - Green Lawn Cemetery

Daniel Tipton

Earp Vendetta Ride

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Daniel "Dan" Tipton - Green Lawn Cemetery

Daniel "Dan" Tipton

Green Lawn Cemetery
Section 45
Columbus, Ohio

Dan Tipton served 3 years on the USS Malvern during the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Malvern_(1860)

He was present in the billiards parlor when Morgan Earp was killed in Tombstone, Arizona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Earp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone,_Arizona

Rode on Wyatt Earp's Vendetta Ride.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earp_Vendetta_Ride

In 1897, Dan Tipton was convicted of smuggling forged Chinese immigration labor papers. Tipton died in 1898.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Penitentiary

Daniel Tipton's grave was unmarked until 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Tipton

Daniel Tipton - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery, section 45, Columbus Ohio.

Of the notable people buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Daniel Tipton might be one of the most obscure. Above is the only known photo of Tipton, his mugshot.

There are three points in time anyone is sure where he was. It seems there are no records of Tipton before he enlisted in the Civil War.

Wyatt Earp

Doc Holliday

Daniel Tipton next shows up with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday during Earp's Vendetta Ride. After that in 1897 he was arrested in El Paso for possessing forged Chinese immigration papers. After his conviction he was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. He died 4 months later of Bright's disease.