CAPERS, LILLA TRENHOLM. On Saturday, January 17, 1953, at the age of 79, LILLA TRENHOLM CAPERS of Charleston, S.C., and Washington, D.C., wife of the late John G. Capers, beloved mother of Mrs. R. Stover Keyser, Washington, DC, and John G. Capers, Villa Nova, Pa. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. D.H. Lyman, Bethesda, Md.; one granddaughter, Mrs. C. Brewster Chapman; two grandsons and a great-grandson. Services will be held at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Connecticut ave. and Bancroft pl. nw, on Wednesday, January 21, at 10:30 a.m. Interment private.
[Washington Post, 20 Jan 1953:22] HER husband - John G. Capers (b. 1866) — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., April 17, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1904, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Relatives: Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers; married, June 18, 1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
[Washington Post, 20 Jan 1953:22] HER husband - John G. Capers (b. 1866) — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., April 17, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1904, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Relatives: Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers; married, June 18, 1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
CAPERS, LILLA TRENHOLM. On Saturday, January 17, 1953, at the age of 79, LILLA TRENHOLM CAPERS of Charleston, S.C., and Washington, D.C., wife of the late John G. Capers, beloved mother of Mrs. R. Stover Keyser, Washington, DC, and John G. Capers, Villa Nova, Pa. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. D.H. Lyman, Bethesda, Md.; one granddaughter, Mrs. C. Brewster Chapman; two grandsons and a great-grandson. Services will be held at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Connecticut ave. and Bancroft pl. nw, on Wednesday, January 21, at 10:30 a.m. Interment private.
[Washington Post, 20 Jan 1953:22] HER husband - John G. Capers (b. 1866) — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., April 17, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1904, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Relatives: Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers; married, June 18, 1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
[Washington Post, 20 Jan 1953:22] HER husband - John G. Capers (b. 1866) — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C.; Washington, D.C. Born in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., April 17, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1904, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Relatives: Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers; married, June 18, 1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
