death_date death_place children birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
18 july 1886 stamford , new york mary mcclintock , edwardina mccormick , irene a. judson , edward carrolita z. c. judson , jr. briggs , irene elizabeth brush , alexander harpersfield , new york , usa ned buntline 20 march 1821 seberina , katharine myers aitchison , -lsb- https://familysearch.org/pal:/mm9.1.1/mz6v-714 lovanche l. swart escudero -rsb- , anna fuller , annie abigail bennett , marie gardiner ned buntline by sarony.jpg ned buntline
 edward zane carroll judson dime novelist ; author
ned buntline

edward zane carroll judson , sr. -lrb- march 20 , 1821/1823 -- july 16 , 1886 -rrb- , known as e. z. c. judson and by his pseudonym ned buntline , was an american publisher , journalist , writer , and publicist .
in his largely fictionalized biography , '' '' , author stuart lake credits buntline with having commissioned from colt 's manufacturing company a colt buntline special that he gave to wyatt earp and four other famous western lawmen in thanks for their help with contributing `` local color '' to his many dozens of western yarns .
but modern researchers have not found any supporting evidence of the gun 's existence prior to the publication of lake 's book from secondary sources or in available primary documentation .
