McVey
Source: Tipton, Indiana Daily Tribune 26 July 1950 p 6
Crawfordsville, Ind July 26 - Two aged brothers, separated for 77 years are holding a thrilling reunion in Crawfordsville this week. They are Alfred McVey, 85, and Ruben McVey, 93, now swapping stories at the home of Alfred's daughter, Mrs. Roy Kelsey in Crawfordsville, In 1883, Alfred, then 19, bid goodbye to his older brother in Knoxville, Iowa and came to Indiana to farm near Groveland. They had not seen each other since and each believed the other dead. Alfred has retired from farming and Ruben from the cattle business in Iowa. Both are in good mental and physical condition. The reunion was staged by Mrs. Kelsey and another daughter of Alfred, Mrs. Vernon Waldron also of Crawfordsville. Mrs. Kelsey wrote the postmaster of the Iowa town to see if Ruben was still living. Correspondence followed and Alfred's wife and two daughters, along with Mrs. Waldron's son, Ronnie went to Iowa to hasten the Indiana reunion. - kbz