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Henry Mctarty The Kid

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Henry McCarty, more commonly known as Billy the Kid or William Bonney, was born around 1959 in the Manhattan area of New York. His mother, Catherine was an immigrant from Ireland who worked odd jobs to support their family. Soon after the death of her husband, Catherine, Henry, and her younger son Joseph moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in which she met her future husband William Antrim. The family accompanied Antrim to Kansas, and then New Mexico after Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and advised to seek a warmer, drier climate. Antrim and Catherine were married soon after the move to New Mexico. When Henry McCarty was about 14, his mother died and his stepfather deserted any familial responsibility and ran away to Arizona after

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