Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Capps was born in October 1814, in Union, Tennessee, United States, her father, Josiah Syer Capps, was 21 and her mother, Celia, was 21. She married Henry J. Shelton on 2 March 1835, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Lejunior, Harlan, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died in 1901, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Rebecca Shelton in household of Henry J Shelton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rebecca Capps, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Rebecca Shelton in household of Henry J Shelton, "United States Census, 1870"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Capp with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form of German Kapps .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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