Hollier & Dufilho Family History
Our Family's Journey Through Time
1. | Living Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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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. 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]
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3. | Joseph H. Capps ![]() |
4. | ![]() ![]() 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). 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]
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6. | Lucy Capps ![]() Other Events:
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] |
7. | Aline Emily Capps ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Buried: 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]
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9. | James Allen Capps, Jr. ![]() Other Events:
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10. | Thomas Gardner Capps ![]() Notes: Buried: Thomas married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Charles Capps ![]() Other Events:
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12. | Mattie Capps ![]() Other Events:
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. Mattie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Patrick Henry McCullough ![]() Notes: Buried: |
14. | Anna Hope McCullough ![]() Notes: Buried: 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]
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15. | Julius Wellington McCullough, Jr. ![]() Notes: Buried: |
16. | Stanard Buffington McCullough ![]() Notes: Buried: |
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20. | James Louis Dezauche ![]() |
21. | William Allen Dezauche ![]() |
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23. | Aline Dezauche ![]() Notes: Twin of Albert. |
24. | Jennie Esther Dezauche ![]() Notes: Buried: |
25. | Eunice Leola Dezauche ![]() Notes: Buried: |
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