Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1910 — TWINS FIRST MEET WHEN 39 [ARTICLE]

TWINS FIRST MEET WHEN 39

Brothers Were Parted Almost at Birth and Come Together After Many Years. Greensburg, Pa. —Separated a few days after birth, 39 years ago, neithei having seen the other, Amos and Cyrus Lape, twins, met here for the first time. Amos is employed near Export, and a few days ago a stranger approached him with the greeting, “Hello, Cy, what are you doing here?” Amos, with quiet dignity, informed the stranger his name was not “Cy.” The stranger apologised, saying he thought Amos was Cyrus Lape. Questioning developed that Cyrus lived at Dunbar, Fayette county. The meeting followed, and the twin brothers have gone to Amos’ house at Delmont Amos and Cyrus Lape were born at Blacklick, Indiana county. A few days after their birth their mother died. The boys were plaoed with two families, living some distance from each other, and neither boy ever knew of the whereabouts of the other.