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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power
These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.
CAPPS, CHARLES
, was born Feb. 7, 1814, in London, Eng. Came with his mother, brothers and sisters to America, arriving at Springfield, Nov., 1830, and moved to Vandalia in December of the same year. He was married Nov. 11, 1852, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Elizabeth A. Gobbett, who was born Oct. 27, 1836, in Missouri. They had four living children--
MARY A., born Dec. 3, 1854, was married March 13, 1872, to George R. Wylie. They have one child, MAUDE E, and live in Mt. Pulaski.
SARAH F., JAMES A. and AMY G., reside with their parents in Mt. Pulaski.
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