What is John Marston history or past in Red Dead Redemption?

Answer 1

John Marston Sr. was born in 1873. His father was a Scottish immigrant. John's mother was a prositiute who died while giving birth to him. During a barfight in Chicago, his father was blinded in both eyes, he later died of unknown causes. At only 8 years old, he was taken to an orphanage, where he lived until age 17 in 1890. He met his future wife here, Abigail, whom he ran away with. John later joined Dutch's Gang, Dutch taught John how to read, shoot, and about the ways of the west. John is a former outlaw and Bandit, He ran with Dutch Van Der Linde, Bill Williamson, and Javier Escuella, committing bank robberies, train raids, murders and other various crimes across the country. According to Marston, the gang stole and fought for a reason. They stole from the rich and gave to the less fortunate. In 1908, Marston was seriously wounded in a bank robbery and left for dead by his brothers in arms. He put his bad deeds behind him and disappeared with his son Jack and his wife Abigail and purchased a ranch hoping to escape his past.