Hi Vonda,
I am also searching a difficult CAPPS line. Wonder if there is any connection?
Here's what I know ---
Letha Mae Capps (my husband's grandmother) b. 11-16-1914, Jenny Lind, AK daughter
of:
Grover Capps b. 12-6-1885 d. 9-28-1918, Royalton, Franklin Co., IL in mine explosion
and wife, Leona Partin b. c. 1893, d. 1935, Royalton, Franklin Co., IL
(Leona's parents: Chas. and Mary Riley Partin were married in Sebastian Co, AK--He was
a minister)
Other siblings of this marriage include: Eunice, Melvin (died young) and Mary Grovella
(died young)
Grover's parents: John Capps b. Birmingham, AL d. Boulder, CO; m. Emma Goolsby b. TN
(This came from son Grover's death certificate). The family story was that John was
full-blooded Cherokee and changed his name from Bolivar to Capps before marriage. Emma
was supposedly 3/4 Cherokee. I have found no proof of this.
John Capps was born in AL, was in IL when son Grover died, as he was the supplier of
information for the death certificate. The family story is that John went to CO after
Grover's death and died in Boulder.
I do not know where Grover was born or exactly when he went to AK. He married Leona in
AK. Moved to IL and died in a mine explosion.
Wondering if your Matilda and my Grover were related--- brother and sister? or cousins?
The timing of movement of these families from AL to AK is almost identical.
If you think we may be on the same trail, please contact me at rgrimes18(a)home.com
Reita
----- Original Message -----
From: Vonda Miller
To: CAPPS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Alabama CAPPS:
My Mary Matilda CAPPS was born abt.1887 in Jefferson County, Ala.
I don't know who her parents were, but she married Jackson GLAZE and then
moved to Arkansas where abt.1910 Jackson and his brother Thomas died in a
Coal minning accident.
LOTS OF HELP NEEDED WITH THIS LINE.
Thank you.
Vonda Norwood Miller
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