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Captain James Allen Capps

Male 1825 - 1870  (45 years)

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  1. 1.  Captain James Allen CappsCaptain James Allen Capps was born on 13 Oct 1825 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Nov 1870 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
    • Probate: 30 Mar 1886, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Court House

    Notes:

    James Allen Capps was the son of Benjamin Capps and his wife Nancy M. Scurlock Capps. At an early age he worked on riverboats, plying the MIssissippi and its tributary rivers. His travels brought him to St. Landry Parish in the Louisiana bayou where he met Mary Esther Gardner (1830-1869), daughter of Thomas Gardner (1787-1844), a prosperous tanner and dealer in animal hides. James and Mary were married in Washington, LA on June 20, 1852.

    Capps was one of five riverboat captains who married the daughters of Thomas Gardner. In the 1850s he entered into business with his brother-in-law Orramel Hinckley and other partners in a boat building and shipping business connecting Washington to New Orleans and as far north as Indiana. For several years before the outbreak of the Civil War, Capps captained the steamboat "Anna Perret."

    "The Anna Perret, A.J. [sic] Capps Master, will leave Washington every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and leave New Orleans every Saturday at 6 p.m....Passengers and shippers may rely on the punctual time for ceparture of the steamers....
    [Transcript of advertisement in the Opelousas Courier (St. Landry, LA), 17 December 1859.]

    James and Mary Capps made their home in Washington, LA, where they raised nine children: Mary Ann Page (b. 1853), John Davis (b. 1855), Lucy (b. 1856), Aline Emily (b. 1858), Oramel Hinckley (b. 1860), James Allen, Jr. (b. ca. 1863), Thomas Gardner (b. ca. 1864), Charles (b. ca. 1866), and Mattie (b. 1867).

    During the Civil War, James A. Capps apparently joined the Confederate forces engaged along the Mississippi. In a letter dated Sept. 15, 1863 from Lt. Col. A. L. Rives, Chief of the Engineer Bureaur, C.S.A. War Department, a Captain James Capps of St. Landry was included in the "list of men who, by the wish of the honorable Secretary of the War, are to be employed in your department on the special service of destroying the enemy's property by torpedoes and similar inventions." The letter fell into Union hands and in a letter of March 21, 1864 U.S. Rear Admiral David O. Porter ordered the listed men arrested as "rebels, engaged as agents for the Confederate Government, employed for the purpose of furthering the views of said Government in destroying Union vessels by torpedoes and other inventions." [Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Ser.1, Vol.26 (Washington, 1914), 192-193.]

    Died
    November 16th A.D. 1870
    Mr. James Allen Capps
    The Burial will take place
    this Afternoon (17th) at
    three oclock at the family
    grave yard of Mr. O. Hinckley
    where he will be buried
    with Masonic Honors.
    The friends and acquaintances
    are respectfully invited to
    attend without further notice
    On the part of the family
    [Handwritten death notice]

    Source: Find A Grave Memorial, www.findagrave.com, Capt James Allen Capps, Memorial# 72076791, John Coffey, Jun 27, 2011.

    Buried:
    James A. Capps
    1825 - 1868
    The 1868 death date on the headstone is not correct. James was living in Washington in 1870 as listed in the census records. Furthermore, the handwritten funeral notice records his date of death 16 Nov 1870.

    James married Mary Esther Gardner on 19 Jun 1852 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Gardner and Mary Norton) was born on 20 Nov 1830 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 23 Feb 1869 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Ann Page Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1853 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Jan 1933 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 3. John Davis Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1855 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 28 May 1855 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    3. 4. Lucy Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1856 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 18 Jun 1933 in Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
    4. 5. Aline Emily Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Jun 1908 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    5. 6. Orramel Hinckley Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1860 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Aug 1878 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    6. 7. James Allen Capps, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1861 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 May 1944 in Orange, Texas, USA; was buried in Orange, Orange, Texas, USA.
    7. 8. Thomas Gardner Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1863 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Jul 1935 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    8. 9. Charles Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1866 in Louisiana, USA.
    9. 10. Mattie Capps  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1867 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 15 Nov 1956 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA; was buried in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Ann Page CappsMary Ann Page Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 10 May 1853 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Jan 1933 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Mary Ann Page Capps was the eldest of nine children born to James Allen Capps (1825-1870) and his wife Mary Esther Gardner (1830-1869) of Washington, St. Landry Parish, LA. Her father was a riverboat captain. On June 20, 1852 Mary Ann married another steamboat captain, Julius Welling McCullough of Huntington, Cabell Co., VA (later WV). Capt. McCullough brought his bride north to Huntington where they were quickly joined by four children: Patrick Henry (b. 1872), Anna Hope (b. 1875), Julius Welling Jr. (b. 1877), and Stanard Buffington (b. 1880).

    Mary Ann's granddaughter, Josephine LeSage Snow, recorded a family story: "In 1882 Grandma 'Cullough took all four of her little ones to Louisiana on a visit. They made the trip by steamboat, and visited several weeks among all the kin. On the return trip Grandpa was to meet the boat in Cincinnati and passage was all arranged for them to leave New Orleans on the Golden City. On the day of departure a letter came from Grandpa saying not to take the Golden City, but to wait for the Thomas J. Sherlock. Whether it was because he could not meet that boat, or because of a premonition, the delay saved their lives. The Golden City burned to the water's edge on that very trip north in Memphis Tenn." [Note: The "Golden City" burned on March 25, 1882.]

    Buried:
    Spring Hill Cemetery

    Family/Spouse: Julius Wellington McCullough. Julius was born on 5 Mar 1843 in Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 Feb 1883 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Patrick Henry McCullough  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1872 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jul 1919 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 12. Anna Hope McCullough  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan 1875 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 6 Feb 1962 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
    3. 13. Julius Wellington McCullough, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Dec 1877 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1949 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.
    4. 14. Stanard Buffington McCullough  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1880 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 5 Feb 1964 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

  2. 3.  John Davis CappsJohn Davis Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born in Jan 1855 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 28 May 1855 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Died at age 4 months.

    Buried:
    John D. Capps
    Age 4 months

    Died:
    His date of death is recorded in the McCullough Family Bible, which has descended in the family of John's elder sister Mary Ann Page Capps, wife of Junius W. McCullough.


  3. 4.  Lucy Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 26 May 1856 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 18 Jun 1933 in Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Lucy married William E. Mills about 1880. William was born about 1841; died on 22 Mar 1911 in Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Aline Emily Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Jun 1908 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Episcopal Cemetry

    Aline married John Sylvan Tabor Dezauche on 22 Nov 1880 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. John was born on 18 Jan 1853 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 31 Mar 1924 in Charenton, St Mary, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Hattie Emma Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1881 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Jul 1945 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Morrow, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    2. 16. John Felix Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1883 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Nov 1963 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.
    3. 17. Anna Mary Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Apr 1885 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 Dec 1972 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    4. 18. James Louis Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Sep 1887 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 31 Jan 1966 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; was buried in Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
    5. 19. William Allen Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Nov 1889 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 29 Jan 1958 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    6. 20. Albert T. Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1891; died on 20 Dec 1907; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    7. 21. Aline Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1891 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 2 Dec 1975 in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, USA.
    8. 22. Jennie Esther Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1893 in Eunice, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Aug 1914 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    9. 23. Eunice Leola Dezauche  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jul 1895 in Eunice, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 15 Mar 1982 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana, USA.

  5. 6.  Orramel Hinckley CappsOrramel Hinckley Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 11 Sep 1860 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Aug 1878 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    His birth and death dates are recorded in the McCullough Family Bible, which has descended in the family of John's elder sister Mary Ann Page Capps, wife of Junius W. McCullough.

    Buried:
    Inscription:
    Hinckley Capps
    1860 - 1878


  6. 7.  James Allen Capps, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 14 Feb 1861 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 May 1944 in Orange, Texas, USA; was buried in Orange, Orange, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Evergreen Cemetery


  7. 8.  Thomas Gardner Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 19 Oct 1863 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Jul 1935 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Episcopal Cemetry

    Thomas married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Charles Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born about 1866 in Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA


  9. 10.  Mattie Capps Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born about 1867 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 15 Nov 1956 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA; was buried in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Mattie Simpson Capps Hamilton was the eldest of nine children born to James Allen Capps (1825-1870) and his wife Mary Esther Gardner (1830-1869) of Washington, St. Landry Parish, LA. Her father was a riverboat captain. Although her grave marker notes her year of birth as 1869, she was born a few years earlier. (The 1900 Federal Census notes her date of birth as August 1867.) In late 1899 or early 1900 Mattie married William Wilson Hamilton (1863-1935) and the couple initially settled down on a farm in Saint Martin Parish, LA. There they had their first child, Anna Myrtle, born ca. 1900. Within a few years they had moved to Oklahoma where two more daughters were born: Mary Josephine (b. 1904) and Helen Louise (b. 1907). By 1910 the family had migrated as far west as Amarillo, TX, where William Hamilton found work as a debt collector and later as a plumbing contractor. After William's death in 1936, Mattie remained in Amarillo, surviving well into her eighties.
    [John Coffey, Find A Grave Memorial# 20199191]

    Buried:
    Llano Cemetery. Plot: Section R Lot 739 Space 2.

    Mattie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Patrick Henry McCullough Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 2 Dec 1872 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jul 1919 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Spring Hill Cemetery


  2. 12.  Anna Hope McCullough Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 26 Jan 1875 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 6 Feb 1962 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Spring Hill Cemetery

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Columbus LeSage. Joseph was born on 2 Feb 1871 in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA; died on 7 Jun 1941 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Mary Josephine LeSage  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1898 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jul 1989 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.

  3. 13.  Julius Wellington McCullough, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 7 Dec 1877 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1949 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Spring Hill Cemetery


  4. 14.  Stanard Buffington McCullough Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 4 Feb 1880 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 5 Feb 1964 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Spring Hill Cemetery


  5. 15.  Hattie Emma DezaucheHattie Emma Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born in Oct 1881 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Jul 1945 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Morrow, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Big Cane Baptist Church Cemetery


  6. 16.  John Felix DezaucheJohn Felix Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 20 Apr 1883 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Nov 1963 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.

  7. 17.  Anna Mary DezaucheAnna Mary Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 4 Apr 1885 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 Dec 1972 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Cedar Hill Cemetery


  8. 18.  James Louis Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 6 Sep 1887 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 31 Jan 1966 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; was buried in Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, USA.

  9. 19.  William Allen Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 18 Nov 1889 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 29 Jan 1958 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

  10. 20.  Albert T. DezaucheAlbert T. Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 20 Nov 1891; died on 20 Dec 1907; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

  11. 21.  Aline Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 20 Nov 1891 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA; died on 2 Dec 1975 in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Twin of Albert.

    Buried:
    Greenwood Cemetery


  12. 22.  Jennie Esther Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 25 Oct 1893 in Eunice, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Aug 1914 in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Melville, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Episcopal Cemetery


  13. 23.  Eunice Leola Dezauche Descendancy chart to this point (5.Aline2, 1.James1) was born on 1 Jul 1895 in Eunice, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 15 Mar 1982 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Grace Memorial Park Cemetery



Generation: 4

  1. 24.  Mary Josephine LeSage Descendancy chart to this point (12.Anna3, 2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 5 Nov 1898 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jul 1989 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Raleigh Memorial Park




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