Husband: Caleb Gabriel "Jasper" CAPERS
Birthdate: Aug 4, 1817
Birthplace: Sumter Co SC
Death date: Sept 8, 1884
Place of death: Tarkington's Prairie, Liberty Co TX
Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Liberty Co TX
Father: William Hickson CAPERS
Mother: Elizabeth Eleanor LENOIR

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Wife: Ruth A. BEASLEY
Birthdate: Feb 25, 1827
Birthplace: LA
Death date: July 1868
Place of death: TX
Burial:
Father: Joseph BEASLEY
Mother: Hester WHITNEY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Sept 18, 1844
Birthplace: St. Mary Parish LA
Death date: 1876
Place of death: Corsicana, Navarro Co TX
Burial:
Marriage date: Feb 16, 1861
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Thomas Jefferson KEMPER

Child No. 2: Mary Eliza CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 06 May 1846
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 12 May 1927
Place of death: Amarillo, Potter Co TX
Burial: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co TX
Marriage date: July 1866
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Allison Evander BAILEY, Rev.

Child No. 3: Hester Benvelter "Bennie" CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Feb 19, 1849
Birthplace: Carroll Parish LA
Death date: Bef. 07 Jan 1891
Place of death: TX
Burial:
Marriage date: 25 May 1870
Marriage place: Navarro Co TX
Spouse's name: William Humphrey MARSHALL

Child No. 4: William H. CAPERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Feb 1852
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 14 Feb 1852
Place of death: LA
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 5: Caleb "Gabe" Gabriel CAPERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 21, 1853
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 21 May 1936
Place of death: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co TX
Marriage date: June 15, 1876
Burial: Marlin Falls Co TX
Marriage place: Fayette Co TX
Spouse's name: Josephine Bland

Child No. 6: Ruth A. CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Dec 1855
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 1920
Place of death: Caddo Co OK
Burial:
Marriage date: 23 Dec 1875
Marriage place: Walker Co TX
Spouse's name: John A. WARREN

Child No. 7: John Beasley CAPERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 02 Dec 1858
Birthplace: LA
Death date: 26 Oct 1927
Place of death: Houston, Harris Co TX
Burial:
Marriage date: 20 Jan 1881
Marriage place: San Jacinto Co TX
Spouse's name: Josephine J. Aden

Child No. 8: Louisa Alice "Lulu" CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 Oct 1861
Birthplace: Columbus, Colorado Co TX
Death date: feb 1, 1945
Place of death: El Paso, El Paso Co TX
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso TX
Marriage date: 25 Apr 1878
Marriage place: Walker Co TX
Spouse's name: James Ballard CLARK

Child No. 9: Joanna J. CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 Jan 1863
Birthplace: TX
Death date: 20 Jul 1863
Place of death: TX
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 10: Margarett "Maggie" Agness CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Sep 1865
Birthplace: TX
Death date: 21 Oct 1927
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: about 1888
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Charles Nutter SMITH

Child No. 11: Susan "Susie" G. CAPERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 Jul 1868
Birthplace: TX
Death date: about 1890
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 30 Oct 1886
Marriage place: El Paso, El Paso Co TX
Spouse's name: John A. VEITS
 
 
Documentation:
* Primary source of information regarding children and birth dates is the Capers Family Record prepared by Attorney C.N. Smith of Cleveland (Liberty County) Texas for Mattie Rose Blasdell. The date this was prepared is unknown but it is typed and has been in the family apparently since it was created.
* Other sources include marriage indexes, Texas death index, and contacts with other living descendents.