Life of Lucius, Sam, and Oren Bunton Page: 4
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One of theiranch nei hbors was ilton Faver a.t t he Cibolo
Ranchabet-wvhom here has been a lot said and written as he h..s
become a sort of legend in recent years. The exicans called him
Don Militon. He was an oll man when Oren first knew him and was
married to a small Spanish Woman who could spe.k no English.
They had one son Juan who wvs educated in the east and a very fine
young man. There is an old story concerning Ju.n , rather ro.antLic,
if not tragic. Wh.en quite a young ma.n Jun w s m rriecd to a
beautiful voung woman. She was also :.ttr.::ctive to a young. officer
stationed at Presidio by the name of Mose Kelley. Young Jua_ n
suspected the attention being paid his wife by this handsome
young officer and laid plns to trap him . eturning from a trip
unexpectedly, he found -the couple to h-r Juan. i ediately
shot and killed this young officer, Juan w:s sent to the peni-
tenti so the story goes and. at sometime in the next few years
he was stricken with paralysis in his right side. The child of
this romance, a girl, Conchita was sent by the brother of M.oses to
Chic,.go to their two old maid sisters, was educated nd :mrried there-,
arried the second time, a womm by the name of Gomamcinoa.
Some of their descendants are still living in Shafter Don Fever
had a large peach orchard and wass qu famous for is peach brandy.
He always rode a little ba ,. pacing pony with a small pillow on his
saddle his lon. white bea rd trouchigl the pnomel Mr. FMr ver
requested that he be buried on the Bill west of his house, andthere one may see his grave enclosed wit-h a little picket ce,
ad marked b~f a. cross.
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Gardner, Walter. Life of Lucius, Sam, and Oren Bunton, paper, 1965; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth87677/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Marfa Public Library.