Mary Katherine Horony Cummings (November 7, 1850 November 2, 1940), known as Big Nose Kate, was the long-time companion/common law wife of fabled gunfighter Doc Holliday in the American Old West.She was born in Pest, Hungary (1850).Immigrated to the U.S. in 1860.Ran away from her foster home in Davenport, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri. It is believed...
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Mary Katherine Horony Cummings (November 7, 1850 November 2, 1940), known as Big Nose Kate, was the long-time companion/common law wife of fabled gunfighter Doc Holliday in the American Old West.She was born in Pest, Hungary (1850).Immigrated to the U.S. in 1860.Ran away from her foster home in Davenport, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri. It is believed it was there where she met John Henry Doc Holliday.Moved to Dodge City, Kansas where she was known as Kate Elder.Lots of speculation but no evidence that she was a sporting woman or that she owned/ran a bordello.Continued a sporadic relationship with Doc Holliday until his death due to tuberculosis in 1887.Died in Prescott, Arizona in 1940.
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