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"Aleck Connor, aged 55 years, died of paralysis, at his home on Cedar creek I. T., on Tuesday morning at eight o'clock. He was a Mexican by birth, add when but a child was stolen from his home in Mexico by the Comanche Indians, who brought him into the Indian Territory, where he was sold to the Delaware tribe. Chief Connor, of the Delawares, took a great fancy to the young alien, and adopted him as his own son. When the war began Connor came to Kansas and enlisted in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, and was a faithful soldier throughout the bloody struggle. After the war he returned to the Territory and remained until his death on Tuesday. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss. The remains will be brought to Coffeyville and will be interred in the city cemetery Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. He will be buried with appropriate honors by Post 153, G. A. R., of which he was a faithful member."

Burial Elmwood Cemetery
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
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The Coffeyville Daily Journal Coffeyville, Kansas 18 May 1897, Tue • Page 4
The Coffeyville Weekly Journal (Coffeyville, Kansas) 21 May 1897, Fri Page 4

Birth	1821	Mexico
Marriage	1866	Elizabeth "Eliza" "Lizzie" Thomas
Marriage	29 Aug 1883	Indian Territory, United States - Martha Elizabeth Heape
Pension	1890	Kansas, United States
Death	16 May 1897	Oklahoma, United States
FIND-A-GRAVE		https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201689915/alexander-connor
Burial		Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Military		Kansas, United States
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Spouse	Martha Elizabeth Heape (1868 - 1950)
Child	Albert Alexander Conner (1884 - 1923)
Child	Annie E Conner (1886 - )
Child	Clara E Conner (1889 - 1906)
Child	Ella Nora Conner (1890 - 1962)
Child	Echo M Connor (1892 - )
Child	John Herbert "Johnnie" Connor (1897 - 1987)

Spouse	Elizabeth "Eliza" "Lizzie" Thomas (1841 - 1883)
Child	Minnie Connor ( - )
Child	Ida L. Connor (1881 - 1950)
Child	Margret Rosa "Maggie" Connor (1883 - 1968)

Father	Capt. John Quincy Conner (1802 - 1863)
Mother	Charlotte Wolfe (1802 - 1838)

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