Pioneer Mary Engles Evasion!

In 1750, 18 year-old Mary Draper married 21 year-old William Ingles.  In 1755, Shawnees attacked the Ingle’s homestead located in Western Virginia.  Chased through the cornfield, William hid under a fallen tree but pregnant Mary Ingles and her 02 boys aged two and four were captured.  Arriving in a village off the Ohio River, Mary…

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