1820 - 1885

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• Birth	2 Sep 1820	Lincoln County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Dec 1885	Arkansas   [6, 7]
  Buried	Agee aka Hasty Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas?   [8]
  Person ID	I2784	Whole Family
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2009
  Father	John Wooddy,   b. 29 Aug 1792, Virginia ,   d. 21 Aug 1881, probably Boone County, Arkansas
  Mother	Massy Burrow,   b. Abt 1793, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1860, probably Boone County, Arkansas
  Married	22 Jun 1810	Lincoln County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1280	Group Sheet
  Family	Robert "Bob" Capps,   b. 2 Feb 1820, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 15 Sep 1902, Boone County, Arkansas
  Married	1839	Carroll [later Newton] County, Arkansas   [1, 9]
  Children	1. William F. Capps,   b. 22 Aug 1842, Carroll County, Arkansas ,   d. 24 Jul 1906, Boone County, Arkansas   2. Richard Ruben Capps,   b. 16 Jan 1843, Arkansas ,   d. 5 Oct 1913, probably Boone County, Arkansas   3. John Capps,   b. 4 Feb 1845, Arkansas ,   d. 23 Apr 1905, Boone County, Arkansas   4. Robert C. Capps,   b. Abt 1846, Arkansas ,   d. 2 Sep 1864, St. Louis, Missouri   5. Mary Capps,   b. Abt 1847, Arkansas ,   d. Bef 1860   6. Malinda C. Capps,   b. Oct 1849, Arkansas ,   d. BET. 1900 - 1906, Jackson County, Texas?   7. Elvira Ann Capps,   b. 7 Jun 1852, probably Carroll County, Arkansas ,   d. 4 Nov 1930, Boone County, Arkansas   8. James R. Capps,   b. Abt 1854, Arkansas   9. George Washington Capps,   b. 8 Sep 1857, Arkansas ,   d. BET. 1920 - 1930, probably Oklahoma   10. Thomas Scott "Scott" Capps,   b. 17 Feb 1858, Boone County, Arkansas ,   d. 18 Mar 1915, Boone County, Arkansas   11. Henry H. Capps,   b. Feb 1860, Carroll [now Boone] County, Arkansas ,   d. 1934, Probably Hill County, Texas
  Family ID	F1279	Group Sheet

• Headstones		Elvira Capps wife of Robert born Sept 2 1820 died Dec 10 1885

• Notes

  http://members.aol.com/imaneoff/turnbo.html A Few Names of the Pioneer Settlers on the Left Prong of Crooked Creek and Vicinity By S. C. Turnbo In refering to the names of early residents on the left hand prong ofCrooked Creek in Boone County Arkansas., Mr. William A. Eoff gives thefollowing. The names are those who lived on the creek and vicinity fromthe earliest period of the settlement of that locality up to thebeginning of the war. Among them were Henry Woody and Katie his wife, BenGipson and Elizabeth his wife, Duke Spain and Betsy his wife., BillPotts and Louisa his wife, Jimmie Willis and Lucy his wife, Jake Clipperand his wife Harriet, Bill Braden and his wife Mahala, Ben McMahan andBetsey his wife., Davy Nichols and Hezzikieh his wife, Bob Capps and hiswife Elvira, Jimmie Jones and Polly his wife, Billy Singer and Martha hiswife. There were also Judge Ewing and Billy Ewing, Jake Turner and ClampTurner who were brothers, and John Woody who was a chair maker. This manhad a son named John whose wife was named Katie. Davy Nichols the onementioned above was a hard shell Baptist preacher. Mr. Eoff married MissElvira Pennywell on the let of December 1853 and they lived many years onthe left hand prong of the creek 4 miles from Bellfonte and 4 miles fromVally Springs and one half a mile from Pilot Knob. In speaking of hisearly school days, Mr. Eoff sd "went to school at Peter Bellers wherethere was a small house used for school purposes. The teacher wife wasname Evaline. Some of my school mates who attended this school wereCaroline Nichols, Francis Beller and Virginia Beller, Bob Capps, JohnEoff and Charley Mitchell son of Col. Bill Mitchell. Some time after theschool was out Charley Mitchell married Sarah Baker daughter of JackBaker. Mr. Baker and Mitchell and his wife were killed in the MountainMeadow Massacre in Utah in September 1857. Billy Beller was the man thatkept the Beller stand at the Big Spring 2 miles above Harrison."

• Sources

  [S2300] Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, 1894, pg. 193-194. [S1696] 1860 Carroll Co., AR Census. [S1329] 1870 Boone Co., AR Census. [S2286] 1830 Washington Co., AR Census. [S1911] arkansasgravestones.org, Elvira Capps tombstone image: http://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=205582. [S694] "Some Descendants of William Woody of Virginia and Lincoln Co., Tennessee", Roger V. Logan, says died 1883. [S1911] arkansasgravestones.org. [S1308] Boone Co., AR, Eoff Cemetery transcription, (noted 14 September 2004), no marker. [S694] "Some Descendants of William Woody of Virginia and Lincoln Co., Tennessee", Roger V. Logan, Says married Carroll (Newton) County, Ark..