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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Buchanan County, Missouri
Containing
A History of its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War,
General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers
and Prominent men, History of Missouri,
Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Publ. St. Joseph MO
Union Historical Company.
1881
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WM. J. CALHOUN - See
JOHN KOGER and WM. J. CALHOUN
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 1004 |
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RICHARD CAPP,
farmer and carpenter, section 25, postoffice St. Joseph,
was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14,
1837, and when fifteen years of age he began to learn
the carpenters trade serving as an apprentice about
three years. After this he traveled working at his
trade over the states of Ohio and Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnessota, Nebraska, Missouri and
Colorado, finally in the fall of 1862, locating in
Buchanan County, Missouri. Since he became a
citizen of this county he has in connection with his
trade been engaged in agricultural pursuits; his farm
contains fifty-seven acres and is well improved.
He was in the State Militia nearly three years. Mr.
Capp was married Aug. 7, 1867, to Miss Martha
Moser. She was born in Knox County, Tennessee,
Nov. 7, 1841. They have five children living:
Abigail E., born Sept. 7, 1865; Wm. H., born
Aug. 14, 1867; Michael A., born Sept. 14, 1871;
Anna B., born Nov. 7, 1876; James M., born
Aug. 14, 1879. Two are deceased.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 1001 |
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