Wyatt Earp has a brother named James Earp.
James Cooksey Earp ( June 28 , 1841 -- January 25 , 1926 ) was a lesser known older brother of Old West lawman Virgil Earp and lawman/gambler Wyatt Earp . Unlike his brothers , he was a saloon-keeper and was not present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26 , 1881 . Wyatt Earp . In 1876 , he followed his brother James to Dodge City , Kansas , where he became an assistant city marshal . Wyatt was never wounded in any of the gunfights in which he took part , unlike his brothers Virgil and James , or his friend , Doc Holliday , which only added to his mystique after his death .