Larcena Pennington Page

Larcena Pennington Page
Born
Larcena Ann Pennington

January 10, 1837
DiedMarch 31, 1913 (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPresident of the Arizona Historical Society
Known forsurvived Apache attack and crawled 16 days to help
Spouses
  • John Hempstead Page
  • William Fisher Scott
ChildrenMary Ann Page
William P. Scott
Georgie Hazel Scott

Larcena Pennington Page (January 10, 1837 – March 31, 1913), born Larcena Ann Pennington, was an American pioneer known for surviving a kidnapping by Apache as a young married woman of 23 years old in present-day Arizona. Left for dead and unable to stand, she crawled 15 miles (24 km) over the next sixteen days to reach safety.

After her kidnapping, Larcena was indirectly involved in several other incidents with Apache. Much of her family died during her life as a result of native attacks or from infectious disease on the frontier.[1][2]

  1. ^ Forbes, Robert Humphrey. "Penningtons, Pioneers of Early Arizona" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ^ Cleere, Jan (March 2002). "Larcena Pennington Page Survives Capture By Apaches" (PDF). Chronicle of the Old West. 2 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26.