Lawyer in the District, and appointed Brigadier General of the D.C. militia by President Buchanan.
Added by: Darlina Shaw (#46596730)
James Mosher Caperton, well known in this city and for several years secretary of the Confederate Veterans' Association, died yesterday at Pikesville, Md.
He was born in Georgetown sixty-one years ago, and received an excellent education in a French school near Baltimore. He was descended on both sides from families distinguished in the annals of Maryland and Virginia, his father being the late Hugh Caperton, a distinguished lawyer in of the District bar. At the beginning of the war he went South and served in the Confederate army as a member of the First Maryland Battery, until the surrender at Appomattox.
After the war he returned to Georgetown, and engaged in business in the District of Baltimore. He will be buried at the Holy Rood Cemetery, Georgetown, tomorrow at 2 o'clock p.m.
The Washington Times, August 23, 1905, Evening, Page 9 Image 9
Lawyer in the District, and appointed Brigadier General of the D.C. militia by President Buchanan.
Added by: Darlina Shaw (#46596730)
James Mosher Caperton, well known in this city and for several years secretary of the Confederate Veterans' Association, died yesterday at Pikesville, Md.
He was born in Georgetown sixty-one years ago, and received an excellent education in a French school near Baltimore. He was descended on both sides from families distinguished in the annals of Maryland and Virginia, his father being the late Hugh Caperton, a distinguished lawyer in of the District bar. At the beginning of the war he went South and served in the Confederate army as a member of the First Maryland Battery, until the surrender at Appomattox.
After the war he returned to Georgetown, and engaged in business in the District of Baltimore. He will be buried at the Holy Rood Cemetery, Georgetown, tomorrow at 2 o'clock p.m.
The Washington Times, August 23, 1905, Evening, Page 9 Image 9
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Elizabeth Caperton Rude
1807–1862
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Lewis Erskine Caperton
1808–1874
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Allen Taylor Caperton
1810–1876
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Margaret Melinda Caperton Beirne
1812–1844
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William Gaston Caperton Sr
1815–1852
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John Alexander Caperton
1817–1900
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Mary Jane Caperton Echols
1823–1874
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Sarah Ann Caperton Preston
1826–1908
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Dr George Henry Caperton Sr
1828–1895
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