death_date death_place birth_name birth_place allegiance nationality image_size cause image_caption birth_date article_title name occupation image_name
26 october 1881 tombstone , arizona territory , united states thomas mclaury meredith , new york , united states the cowboys american 220px gunshot tom mclaury 30 june 1853 tom mclaury
 tom mclaury ranch hand , miner , outlaw cattle rustler thomas mclaury of tombstone.jpg
tom mclaury

tom mclaury -lrb- june 30 , 1853 -- october 26 , 1881 -rrb- and his brother frank owned a ranch outside tombstone , arizona , arizona territory during the 1880s .
he was a member of group of outlaw cowboys and cattle rustlers that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen wyatt , virgil and morgan earp .
the mclaury brothers repeatedly threatened the earps because they interfered with the cowboys ' illegal activities .
on october 26 , 1881 , tom and frank were both killed in the gunfight at the o.k. corral in tombstone , arizona territory .
the tombstone shootout was his only gunfight .
