Thomas Jefferson Caplinger

Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson

When Thomas Jefferson Caplinger was born on 29 August 1806, in Virginia, United States, his father, George C Caplinger, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Collett, was 24. He married Margaret Chenoweth on 4 December 1834, in Randolph, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Beverly, Randolph, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 29 July 1884, in Randolph, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Leadsville, Randolph, West Virginia, United States.

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Thomas Jefferson Caplinger
1806–1884
Margaret Chenoweth
1815–1888
Marriage: 4 December 1834
Eliza W Caplinger
1835–1916
John Chenoweth Caplinger
1838–1905
Adam C. Caplinger
1838–1926
Sarah E Caplinger
1842–1868
George C. Caplinger
1844–1906
John C Caplinger
1848–1899
Lloyd Caplinger
1850–1931
Rachel Caplinger
1851–1917
Eliza Ann Caplinger
1856–1930

Sources (19)

  • Thos J Caplinger, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thos I Caplinger, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Thomas Jefferson Caplinger, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Keplinger or of its variants Kepplinger, Köpplinger.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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