Return to Main Page Return to Family History Index Family History Stories Paraphrased Page 22 of 38 Apodaca Joshua P. Church Judge Charles Rufus Brice Judge Frank H. Lea Begin Family Histories: Jose Apodaca By Edith L. Crawford Paraphrased by C. W. Barnum Counties: Lincoln Surnames mentioned: Apodaca, Sanchez, Rodriguez, Stanley, Harrell, Gamboa My father was Severanio Apodaca and my mother was Juanita Sanchez, both were born in Old Mexico and were married there. They came to the United States soon after they were married. They came to Lincoln County New Mexico, about 1871 and lived at Picacho, New Mexico, for a while and moved from there to Agua Azul, New Mexico, which in now called Blue Water, New Mexico. Agua Azul in located on the south side of the Capitan Mountains. Father moved there about the year 1872, and took up a piece of land and built a two roomed hut on the place. He had a few head of horses and cattle and farmed the place. There was lots of wild game in the Capitan Mountains in those days and they always had all the fresh meat that they wanted. About the first of January, 1873, while my parents … Continue reading Jose Apodaca