Cyrus and Luella Capps

Information submitted by Luanne Henthorn

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.)

Capps and Ingles Family

Information submitted by Luanne Henthorn

Standing left to right:
William Burage Capps (1867 MO - 1919 KS), John Ingles (1863 IN - ?)
Seated left to right
Agnes Gertrude Ingles Capps (1874 IN - 1906 KS), Lillian Capps (1897 KS - 1916 KS), Susie Ingles (1876 IN - ?)

William came to Decatur Co. with his father, Thomas Armstrong Capps (1836 MO - 1924 KS) and siblings, Emma Capps (1862 MO - ?), Hettie Capps (1865 MO - 1959 KS), and Cyrus L. Capps (1875 MO - 1964 KS) in 1879 living near Kanona.