Most sources indicate Bullion was born in Knickerbocker, near Mertzon, in Irion County, Texas; the exact day of her birth is unclear.
[5] Laura Bullion moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1918, posing as a war widow and using assumed names.
[6] Most sources report Laura Bullion was born in Knickerbocker, Texas, near Mertzon, in Irion County in or around October 1876.
Most sources, including Laura Bullion's death certificate, give Texas as her state of birth.
[1][5] Data found in the 1880 and 1900 census suggests Bullion might have been born on a farm in the Palarm Township near Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
[2] The 1900 census documents a 23-year-old Laura Bullion, born October 1876 in Arkansas, who stated her occupation as "housekeeper" and who was living with her grandparents E.R.
While in Utah and on the run from lawmen, Carver became involved with the Wild Bunch gang, led by Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay.
When her boyfriend Ben Kilpatrick and she fled east to evade the law after a train robbery in 1901, the couple traveled under the names "Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Arnold".
The paper cites Chief of Detectives Desmond: "I would'nt [sic] think helping to hold up a train was too much for her.
In the early 1890s, Bullion became involved romantically with Ben Kilpatrick after Carver began a relationship with a prostitute named Lillie Davis, whom he had met at Fannie Porter's brothel in San Antonio.
When Carver was killed by lawmen on April 1, 1901, Bullion became involved romantically with Kilpatrick again, and the two fled to Knoxville, Tennessee.
On about November 1, 1901, Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion arrived in St. Louis by train, and checked into the Laclede Hotel using the aliases Mr. & Mrs. J.W.
At 11:50 pm on Nov.5 (Tuesday ), Ben Kilpatrick was arrested at Josie Blakey's resort at 2005 Chestnut St.
On the morning of November 6, they entered the hotel lobby, where Laura Bullion was in the process of checking out with her luggage.
In 1918, Bullion moved to Memphis, where she spent the remainder of her life working as a householder and seamstress, and later as a drapery maker, dressmaker, and interior designer.
The following year, she moved to 3691 Southern Ave and in 1952 to 733 Decatur St. From 1953 to 1959, Bullion disappeared from the telephone book and is not listed in the city directory.
According to her obituary, Bullion died of heart disease at the Shelby County Hospital at 6:45 pm on December 2, 1961.
For a number of years before her death, Bullion was one of only three people who had known the mysterious Etta Place, girlfriend to Wild Bunch gang member, the Sundance Kid.
She registered under a false name, made herself 10 years younger, and claimed to be the widow of Maurice Lincoln.
The information is not provided to start speculation; it is the data on the record about the assumed identity of Laura Bullion at the time of her death.