Richard Ruben Capps b. 16 Jan 1843 Arkansas d. 5 Oct 1913 probably Boone County, Arkansas: Experience's Children

1843 - 1913 (70 years)

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Name	Richard Ruben Capps
Born	16 Jan 1843	Arkansas [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
1870 Census	Not in Boone County, Ark. - brother John also missing - census error?
1880 Census	Washington Twp., Boone County, Arkansas [4]
1900 Census	19 Jun 1900	Elixir Twp., Boone Co., Arkansas [5]
1910 Census	22 Apr 1910	Lee Twp., Boone County, Arkansas [6]
Served	27th Ark. Inf. C.S.A. and later 2nd Reg. Mo; Light Artillery Vols. U.S.A. [7, 8]
Died	5 Oct 1913	probably Boone County, Arkansas [3]
Buried	Hopewell Cemetery, Boone County, Arkansas [9]
Person ID	I2786	Anderson Painter
Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

Father	Robert "Bob" Capps, b. 2 Feb 1820, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina , d. 15 Sep 1902, Boone County, Arkansas (Age 82 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elvira Woody, b. 2 Sep 1820, Lincoln County, Tennessee , d. 10 Dec 1885, Arkansas (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	1839	Carroll [later Newton] County, Arkansas [10, 11]
Family ID	F1277	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nancy Adaline Hopper, b. 17 Oct 1844, Tennessee , d. 12 May 1914, Boone County, Arkansas (Age 69 years)

Married 26 Jan 1862 Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas [8]

Children

	1. Sarah Capps, b. 3 Nov 1862, Arkansas , d. 25 Mar 1898, probably Boone County, Arkansas (Age 35 years) [natural]
	2. Francis "Bud" Capps, b. 6 Sep 1866, Miller County, Missouri [natural]
	3. Andrew Robert "Andy" Capps, b. 25 May 1868, Miller County, Missouri , d. 21 Sep 1942, Boone County, Arkansas (Age 74 years) [natural]
	4. LaDoska E. "Dusky" Capps, b. 11 Apr 1870, Arkansas , d. 26 Dec 1957, probably Boone County, Arkansas (Age 87 years) [natural]
	5. Town Henry Capps, b. 20 Oct 1872, Boone County, Arkansas [natural]
	6. Rev. Laurel Reuben Capps, b. 3 Dec 1874, Boone County, Arkansas , d. 27 May 1919, Boone County, Arkansas (Age 44 years) [natural]
	7. Arizona Delloria Capps, b. 26 Mar 1877, Arkansas , d. 6 Nov 1960, Pasco, Franklin County, Washington (Age 83 years) [natural]
	8. Prudie Adeline Capps, b. 10 Jul 1878, Arkansas [natural]
	9. Richard Anie Capps, b. 29 Mar 1882, Arkansas , d. 5 Oct 1965, Boone County, Arkansas (Age 83 years) [natural]

Last Modified 14 Jan 2022

Family ID F1281 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Twenty-seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry, (old) Company C, noted 14 September 2004, CAPPS, Richard (Richard Reuben Capps) Private Enlisted at Bellefonte, Arkansas, February 15, 1862; age 18; transferred to Co. D, August 1, 1862; absent without leave, February 28, 1863 [served with brother William].

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/template.cfm?unitname=27th%20Regiment%2C%20Arkansas%20Infantry&unitcode=CAR0027RI
Confederate
Capps, G.W. Co. B,E, Sergeant/Corporal
Capps, Richard Co. C,D, Private/Private
Capps, William F. Co. C,D, Private/Private

2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/template.cfm?unitname=2nd%20Regiment%2C%20Missouri%20Light%20Artillery&unitcode=UMO0002RAL
Union
Woody, Alexander Co. B, Private/Private
Baughman, John, Private/Private
Capps, Richard C. Co. K,H, Private/Private
Capps, Richard R. Co. H,K, Private/Private
Capps, Wm. F. Co. K F, Private/Private
Capps, James A. Co. H, Private/Private
Capps, Wm. P. Co. H, Private/Private

Sources

[S1693] 1860 Carroll Co., AR Census.
[S1551] 1900 Boone Co., AR Census.
[S1321] Hopewell Cemetery, Boone Co., AR.
[S965] 1880 Boone Co., AR Census, www.familysearch.com, 1880 United States Census, Richard CAPPS Self M Male W 35 AR Farmer NC TN, Adaline CAPPS Wife M Female W 35 TN Keeping House TN TN, Sarah CAPPS Dau S Female W 18 AR Works In House AR TN, Francis A CAPPS Son S Male W 14 MO Works On Farm AR TN.
[S1551] 1900 Boone Co., AR Census, Elixir Twp., S.D. 3, E.D. 24, Sheet No. 10B, 19 June 1900 by John T. Maxey, line 58, 181/183 CAPPS, Richard R. Head WM Jan 1843 57 M 38 Arkansas North Carolina Tennessee, Nancy A. wife WF Oct 1844 55 M 38 9/8 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee, Arizona D. Daughter WF Mar? 1877 23 S Arkansas Arkansas Tennessee.
[S204] 1910 Boone Co., AR Census, Lee Twp., S.D. 3, E.D. 47, Sheet NO. 4A/274A, 22 April 1910 by James S. Goodwin, line 26, 70/70 CAPPS, Richard R. Head MW 67 M1 48 Arkansas Tennessee Arkansas Farmer/General farm, Nancy A. Wife FW 66 M1 48 9/8 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee.
[S340] Secondary Source, Twenty-seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry, (old) Company C, noted 14 September 2004, CAPPS, Richard (Richard Reuben Capps) Private Enlisted at Bellefonte, Arkansas, February 15, 1862; age 18; transferred to Co. D, August 1, 1862; absent without leave, February 28, 1863 [served with b.
[S692] "Some Descendants of William Woody of Virginia and Lincoln Co., Tennessee", Roger V. Logan.
[S1321] Hopewell Cemetery, Boone Co., AR, 8. CAPPS, Richard R(uben) - 16 Jan. 1848 - 5 Oct. 1913 (1843 - R. Logan has)*.
[S2295] (Name: Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, 1894;).
[S692] "Some Descendants of William Woody of Virginia and Lincoln Co., Tennessee", Roger V. Logan, Says married Carroll (Newton) County, Ark.