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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, MRS. MARY
, whose maiden name was Devas, was a native of London, England. Her husband, Charles Capps, was for many years a merchant in London, and died there. His widow, whose name heads this sketch, came to America with her sons, John, Benjamin and Charles, leaving one son (Thomas) in England. They arrived in Springfield, Ill., Nov., 1830. Her sons Jabez and Ebenezer having preceded the other members of the family several years, Mrs. Capps brought some of her daughters, and others came later.
Mrs. Mary Capps died Nov. 8, 1857, at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. Alexander Shields, in Sangamon county. Of her nine children who came to America, eight are now living.
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