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- From: emlegglstn@aol.com
Date: 12/30/14 20:34:42
To: lumoto@aol.com
Subject: Re: Esther Lamira Moore Young, wife of James Young
Belle Hardin Witcher. daughter of Sarah Stokes and Joseph Hardin, married a Taliafarro Witcher and lived on a ranch in the middle of no where north of Cotopaxi. She had 2 sons, one of which eventually became the District Attorney in Fremont County. She tired of living so far from civilization. According to information from the family, she took off with her lover. Her brother retrieved her from the Eagle, CO area a month later but she refused to return to her husband. She divorced Witcher and later married her lover and they had another son. He died shortly after. According to local lore, Belle rode with the McCoy gang for a while. Two of the McCoy boys were eventually arrested and sent to prison. Both died before the age of 35. It would be interesting to read the trial records to see if the Youngs and Hyltons testified against the McCoys.
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