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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881





Page 987

JABEZ CAPPS, born September 9, 1796, in the city of London, England, came to America in the summer of 1817, arriving near what is now Springfield, Illinois, in the spring of 1819, and is believed to have been the first school teacher in Sangamon county. He was married in 1828, near Rochester, to Prudence A. Stafford, who was born in Vermont. Mrs. Capps died May 13, 1836. Jabez Capps was again married near Rochester, Illinois, September, 1836, to Elizabeth Baker.

Mr. Capps was a merchant in Springfield from 1827 to 1836, when he formed a company and laid out the town of Mt. Pulaski; bought his goods from Springfield, and continued in business until 1870. Mr. Capps was postmaster at Mt. Pulaski for fifteen years, and county recorder four years. He and his family reside in Mt. Pulaski.

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