TX/Liberty Family Group Sheet for the Caleb Gabriel "Jasper" CAPERS Family *********************************************** Copyright © Vinita Lynch Shaw. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Vinita Lynch Shaw Email address: Husband: Caleb Gabriel "Jasper" CAPERS Birthdate: Aug 4, 1817 Birthplace: Sumter Co SC Death date: Sept 8, 1884 Place of death: Tarkington's Prairie, Liberty Co TX Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Liberty Co TX Father: William Hickson CAPERS Mother: Elizabeth Eleanor LENOIR Marriage date: Marriage place: Wife: Ruth A. BEASLEY Birthdate: Feb 25, 1827 Birthplace: LA Death date: July 1868 Place of death: TX Burial: Father: Joseph BEASLEY Mother: Hester WHITNEY CHILDREN Child No. 1: Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: Sept 18, 1844 Birthplace: St. Mary Parish LA Death date: 1876 Place of death: Corsicana, Navarro Co TX Burial: Marriage date: Feb 16, 1861 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Thomas Jefferson KEMPER Child No. 2: Mary Eliza CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 06 May 1846 Birthplace: LA Death date: 12 May 1927 Place of death: Amarillo, Potter Co TX Burial: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co TX Marriage date: July 1866 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Allison Evander BAILEY, Rev. Child No. 3: Hester Benvelter "Bennie" CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: Feb 19, 1849 Birthplace: Carroll Parish LA Death date: Bef. 07 Jan 1891 Place of death: TX Burial: Marriage date: 25 May 1870 Marriage place: Navarro Co TX Spouse's name: William Humphrey MARSHALL Child No. 4: William H. CAPERS Sex: M Birthdate: 13 Feb 1852 Birthplace: LA Death date: 14 Feb 1852 Place of death: LA Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Caleb "Gabe" Gabriel CAPERS Sex: M Birthdate: April 21, 1853 Birthplace: LA Death date: 21 May 1936 Place of death: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co TX Marriage date: June 15, 1876 Burial: Marlin Falls Co TX Marriage place: Fayette Co TX Spouse's name: Josephine Bland Child No. 6: Ruth A. CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 30 Dec 1855 Birthplace: LA Death date: 1920 Place of death: Caddo Co OK Burial: Marriage date: 23 Dec 1875 Marriage place: Walker Co TX Spouse's name: John A. WARREN Child No. 7: John Beasley CAPERS Sex: M Birthdate: 02 Dec 1858 Birthplace: LA Death date: 26 Oct 1927 Place of death: Houston, Harris Co TX Burial: Marriage date: 20 Jan 1881 Marriage place: San Jacinto Co TX Spouse's name: Josephine J. Aden Child No. 8: Louisa Alice "Lulu" CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 17 Oct 1861 Birthplace: Columbus, Colorado Co TX Death date: feb 1, 1945 Place of death: El Paso, El Paso Co TX Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso TX Marriage date: 25 Apr 1878 Marriage place: Walker Co TX Spouse's name: James Ballard CLARK Child No. 9: Joanna J. CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 29 Jan 1863 Birthplace: TX Death date: 20 Jul 1863 Place of death: TX Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Margarett "Maggie" Agness CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 25 Sep 1865 Birthplace: TX Death date: 21 Oct 1927 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: about 1888 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Charles Nutter SMITH Child No. 11: Susan "Susie" G. CAPERS Sex: F Birthdate: 15 Jul 1868 Birthplace: TX Death date: about 1890 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 30 Oct 1886 Marriage place: El Paso, El Paso Co TX Spouse's name: John A. VEITS Documentation: Primary source of information regarding children and birth dates is the Capers Family Record prepared by Attorney C.N.Smith of Cleveland (Liberty County) Texas for Mattie Rose Blasdell. The date this was prepared is unknown but it is typed and has been in the family apparently since it was created. Other sources include marriage indexes, Texas death index, and contacts with other living descendents.