He was Assistant Surgeon General CSA. He was the grandson of Cullen and Amelia Capehart of Bertie County.
Dr. W.R. CAPEHART DEAD
Once Known As The “Largest Fisherman in the World”
EDENTON, N.C., July 21 – Dr. William R. Capehart, one of the most prominent
Men in this section, and known at one time as the largest fisherman in the work,
Is dead at his county seat, Avoca, N.C., 10 miles from this city. He had been in
Bad health for two years and had been treated by specialists in Baltimore, where
He was well known to many of the older residents. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clara {BOND} Capehart (who was a Miss Bond of Edenton); one daughter,
Miss Clara Capehart, and one son, W.R. Capehart, Jr.
Dr. Capehart’s plantation and fishery had been in the family for seven
generations, and there are still living negro servants who are descendants of
Capehart slaves of 159 years ago. Avoca was one of the largest steam seine
Fisheries in the world, the seine there being six miles in length. Single hauls
Of 300,000 herring have been recorded there.
Dr. Capehart was a wealthy and hospitable Southern planter of the old school.
He served in the Confederate Army of the West, and was later one of General
Robert E. Lee’s surgeons.
Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), Thursday, August 1, 1907 on page 1.
Contributor: Christine Klukkert (FAG ID NO. 47352711)
Dr. W.R. CAPEHART DEAD
Once Known As The “Largest Fisherman in the World”
EDENTON, N.C., July 21 – Dr. William R. Capehart, one of the most prominent
Men in this section, and known at one time as the largest fisherman in the work,
Is dead at his county seat, Avoca, N.C., 10 miles from this city. He had been in
Bad health for two years and had been treated by specialists in Baltimore, where
He was well known to many of the older residents. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clara {BOND} Capehart (who was a Miss Bond of Edenton); one daughter,
Miss Clara Capehart, and one son, W.R. Capehart, Jr.
Dr. Capehart’s plantation and fishery had been in the family for seven
generations, and there are still living negro servants who are descendants of
Capehart slaves of 159 years ago. Avoca was one of the largest steam seine
Fisheries in the world, the seine there being six miles in length. Single hauls
Of 300,000 herring have been recorded there.
Dr. Capehart was a wealthy and hospitable Southern planter of the old school.
He served in the Confederate Army of the West, and was later one of General
Robert E. Lee’s surgeons.
Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), Thursday, August 1, 1907 on page 1.
Contributor: Christine Klukkert (FAG ID NO. 47352711)
He was Assistant Surgeon General CSA. He was the grandson of Cullen and Amelia Capehart of Bertie County.
Dr. W.R. CAPEHART DEAD
Once Known As The “Largest Fisherman in the World”
EDENTON, N.C., July 21 – Dr. William R. Capehart, one of the most prominent
Men in this section, and known at one time as the largest fisherman in the work,
Is dead at his county seat, Avoca, N.C., 10 miles from this city. He had been in
Bad health for two years and had been treated by specialists in Baltimore, where
He was well known to many of the older residents. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clara {BOND} Capehart (who was a Miss Bond of Edenton); one daughter,
Miss Clara Capehart, and one son, W.R. Capehart, Jr.
Dr. Capehart’s plantation and fishery had been in the family for seven
generations, and there are still living negro servants who are descendants of
Capehart slaves of 159 years ago. Avoca was one of the largest steam seine
Fisheries in the world, the seine there being six miles in length. Single hauls
Of 300,000 herring have been recorded there.
Dr. Capehart was a wealthy and hospitable Southern planter of the old school.
He served in the Confederate Army of the West, and was later one of General
Robert E. Lee’s surgeons.
Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), Thursday, August 1, 1907 on page 1.
Contributor: Christine Klukkert (FAG ID NO. 47352711)
Dr. W.R. CAPEHART DEAD
Once Known As The “Largest Fisherman in the World”
EDENTON, N.C., July 21 – Dr. William R. Capehart, one of the most prominent
Men in this section, and known at one time as the largest fisherman in the work,
Is dead at his county seat, Avoca, N.C., 10 miles from this city. He had been in
Bad health for two years and had been treated by specialists in Baltimore, where
He was well known to many of the older residents. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clara {BOND} Capehart (who was a Miss Bond of Edenton); one daughter,
Miss Clara Capehart, and one son, W.R. Capehart, Jr.
Dr. Capehart’s plantation and fishery had been in the family for seven
generations, and there are still living negro servants who are descendants of
Capehart slaves of 159 years ago. Avoca was one of the largest steam seine
Fisheries in the world, the seine there being six miles in length. Single hauls
Of 300,000 herring have been recorded there.
Dr. Capehart was a wealthy and hospitable Southern planter of the old school.
He served in the Confederate Army of the West, and was later one of General
Robert E. Lee’s surgeons.
Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), Thursday, August 1, 1907 on page 1.
Contributor: Christine Klukkert (FAG ID NO. 47352711)
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