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Allen Taylor Caperton

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Allen Taylor Caperton

Birth	21 Nov 1810 Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Death	26 Jul 1876 (aged 65) Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial	Green Hill Cemetery Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID	7619539 View Source

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U.S. Senator. Graduating from the University of Virginia, from Yale College, in 1832, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Staunton, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, (1841-42), a member of the Virginia State Senate, (1844-48) and a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1857-61). During the Civil War, he served as a member of Confederate States Senate, until 1865. After the war, he was the first ex-Confederate official elected as a Democrat in 1875, to the United States Senate, serving until his death at age 65.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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Parents

Hugh Elmwood Caperton

1781–1847
Jane Erskine Caperton

1786–1831

Spouse

Harriet Echols Caperton

1815–1886

Siblings

Elizabeth Caperton Rude

1807–1862
Lewis Erskine Caperton

1808–1874
Margaret Melinda Caperton Beirne

1812–1844
William Gaston Caperton

1815–1852
John Alexander Caperton

1817–1900
Hugh Elmwood Caperton

1821–1877
Mary Jane Caperton Echols

1823–1874
George Henry Caperton

1828–1895

Children

Mary Caperton Braxton

1838–1904
Harriette Echols Caperton Gordon

1840–1906
Malinda A. Caperton Patton

1842–1922
Ella Caperton

1850–1883

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Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/7619539/allen-taylor-caperton : accessed ), memorial page for Allen Taylor Caperton (21 Nov 1810–26 Jul 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7619539, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

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