Martha Jane Canary

1852 - 1903  (51 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Martha Jane Canary
  Born	1 May 1852	Princeton County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Best Known as Calamity Jane.
  Biographical Information	1865
  	In 1865 her family moved west by wagon train. They went from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana. During this trip her mother died of pneumonia.
  		Calamity Jane
  		Calamity Jane
  Military Service	1874
  	She worked as a scout for the Army out of Fort Russell, Wyoming. In her autobiography she detailed being in a number of battles with the Indians. Others have disputed that.
  Biographical Information	1901
  	In 1893, she started to appear in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show as a storyteller. She participated in the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  		Calamity Jane
  Died	1 Aug 1903	Terry, Lawrence, South Dakota
  Buried	Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States
  	Calamity Jane was buried next to Bill Hickok. One story is that the four of the men who planned her funeral stated that Hickok had "absolutely no use" for Jane while he was alive, so they decided to play a posthumous joke on him by burying her by his side. Another account states that "in compliance with Jane's dying requests", the Society of Black Hills Pioneers took charge of her funeral and burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery beside Wild Bill.
  		Calamity Jane at Wild Bill Hickok's grave circa 1890's.
  		Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane's Graves. Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane's Graves.
  Person ID	I66216	Nagel
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Wilson Canary,   b. 1825, Monroe County, Ohio ,   d. 11 Oct 1867, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Charlotte M Burdge,   b. 1830, Illinois ,   d. 1866, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho  (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1850	Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey
  Family ID	F20743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Calamity Jane. Calamity Jane.
  		Calamity Jane The Most Notorious Woman in the Wild West. She was a frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. Today it is hard to separate the myth from the reality.