John LaPee

John was born in 1897 in Richwoods, Washington, Missouri.¹   John's father was Alexandre LaPee and his mother was Clementine Thebeau.  His paternal grandparents were Augustus LaPee and Leonora Charboneau. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Lawrence Stephen, Joseph Alexander, Richard, Elizabeth Aglia and Living. He had a half-brother and five half-sisters, named Augustus Ignatius (Gussie), Almanea (Eva), Naomi (Nuenia), Alice Lenora, Emma and Helena (Ellen).