Editing Virgil Earp (section)

===Allie Sullivan===
[[File:Allie Packingham Sullivan Earp.jpg|thumb|Alvira "Allie" P Sullivan, Virgil Earp's future wife, at age 16. They met in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1874, when she was 25]]
Virgil later met Alvira "Allie" Sullivan from [[Florence]], Nebraska, in 1874. She was a waitress at the Planter's House Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa.<ref name="waitress" /> They never married but remained together the rest of his life. During the remainder of his life, Virgil worked at a variety of jobs, including peace officer, farmer, rail construction in [[Wyoming]], [[stagecoach]] driver, [[sawmill]] sawyer in [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott, Arizona Territory]], mailman, and later in life, prospector. The Earp brothers were close and often moved together, seeking a better life. Virgil spent time in [[Dodge City, Kansas]], in 1877 with his younger brother Wyatt. Although there is no record of Virgil ever holding any law enforcement position there, Allie claimed he briefly worked as a deputy town marshal with Wyatt.