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Virgil Earp was born in Hartford, Kentucky, the second son of Nicholas Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey.

In February 1860, while living in Pella, Iowa, 16-year-old Virgil eloped with 18-year-old Dutch immigrant Magdalena C. " Ellen " Rysdam ( born November 25, 1842 in Utrecht, Netherlands – died May 3, 1910 in Cornelius, Oregon ).

They remained together for a year in spite of her parents ' ( Gerrit Rysdam and Magdalena Catrina Van Velzen ) disapproval.

Virgil and Ellen had a daughter, Nellie Jane Earp ( January 7, 1862 – June 17, 1930 ).

When Virgil left to serve in the Civil War, his daughter was two weeks old.