John Peters Ringgold (May 3, 1850 â€" July 13, 1882), better known as
Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with
the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier Tombstone, Cochise County,
Arizona Territory, United States. He took part in the Mason County War
during which he committed his first murder. He was arrested and
charged with murder, but escaped from jail shortly before his death.
He was affiliated with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, Ike
Clanton, and Frank Stilwell during 1881â€"1882. He got into a
confrontation in Tombstone with Doc Holliday and was suspected by
Wyatt Earp of having taken part in the attempted murder of Virgil Earp
and the ambush and death of Morgan Earp. Ringo was found dead with a
bullet wound to his temple. Modern writers have advanced various
theories attributing his death to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Frank
Leslie, and Michael O'Rourke.Johnny Ringo was born in Washington,
Indiana, of distant Dutch ancestry. His family moved to Liberty,
Missouri in 1856. He was a loosely related cousin to the Younger
brothers through his aunt Augusta Peters Inskip, who married Coleman
P. Younger, uncle of the outlaws.In 1858, his family moved to
Gallatin, Missouri where they rented property from the father of John
W. Sheets (who became the first "official" victim of the James-Younger
gang when they robbed the Daviess County Savings & Loan Association in
1869).On July 30, 1864, when Johnny was 14, his family was in Wyoming
en route to California. His father Martin Ringo was killed when he
stepped off their wagon holding a shotgun which accidentally
discharged. The buckshot entered the right side of Martin's face and
exited the top of his head. The family buried Martin on a hillside
alongside the trail. Johnny Ringo Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter