Brief Life History of Arthur Benton
When Arthur Benton Capps was born on 1 February 1887, in Collins, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, his father, William Martin Capps, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Worth Millsap, was 39. He married Martha Susan Pace on 21 October 1908, in Collins, St. Clair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States for about 50 years. He died on 25 June 1959, in St. Clair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Freeman-Holsapple Cemetery, Collins Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States.
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- A B Capps, "United States 1950 Census"
- Arthur Benton Capps, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Arthur Benton Cappe, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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