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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, EBENEZER
, was born May, 1798, in London, Eng. Came to Springfield in 1820. He returned to Europe in the spring of 1830. On his return he went to Vandalia, Ill., in the fall of same year. He was married in Morgan county, Ill., March 1, 1835, to Ann Norwood. They have five living children, namely--
SARAH, HANNAH, MARY A., CHARLES E. and THOMAS.
Mrs. Ann Capps died Sept., 1855, and Ebenezer Capps was married May 29, 1860, in Springfield, to Rosetta Iles. They had one child--
ROSETTA.
Mrs. Rosetta Capps died in Dec., 1861. Ebenezer Capps was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, at Lincoln, Ill., Oct., 1863. They had two children--
GEORGE B. and SUSAN.
Ebenezer Capps and family reside in Vandalia, Ill.
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