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Cyrus L. Capps (1875
MO - 1964 KS) and Luella A. "Lola" Vernon Capps ( 1872 OH - 1947
KS) possibly their wedding day picture which was 1898.
"When Cyrus was
about four years old, his sisters, Emma and Hettie had been left
alone while their father went into town. During the day, they
had heard about Indians being in the area and without their
father, they took the scare seriously and hid out in the
pasture. Deciding that they could make it to their closest
relative but knowing they couldn't carry Cyrus, they found a
scoop shovel and had him get on it as they dragged it 5 miles
across the prairie to their Uncle George Craig, in the dark. Of
course, there were never any Indians."
Luella Vernon Capps
is the daughter of David and Mary Haddow Vernon. David was
William Vernon's brother. William was my great grandfather on my
father's side.
(When my
grandfather, Luther L. Capps' mother Agnes, died, his father had
trouble caring for his three children. So Cyrus and Luella
adopted Luther and raised him.)
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