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John Gaffield Capron

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John Gaffield Capron

Birth
Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Death
7 Sep 1914 (aged 86)
National City, San Diego County, California, USA
Burial
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
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John G Capron is the son of John Capron (1797-1856) and Electa Babcock (b abt 1796)
John G Capron owned and operated the Capron Stage line.
In 1858, after the interruption of the Civil War, the southwestern mail was carried by several independent stage lines. As listed in Bancroft's Travel Guide of 1869, John Capron's SAN DIEGO & TUCSON line covered the western end.The contract for carrying the U.S. mails on route 17,404 from Mesilla, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, has been let to Barlow, Sanderson & Co., of which our townsman John G. Capron is the Company. The service is to be twice a week. John G Capron had eight stages in his company.
When John's wife died he intered in agreement with Paradise Valley Sanitarium to erect dormitory for nurses in memory of his wife, asking only, that three rooms be reserved for him for the remainder of his life.
John G Capron is the son of John Capron (1797-1856) and Electa Babcock (b abt 1796)
John G Capron owned and operated the Capron Stage line.
In 1858, after the interruption of the Civil War, the southwestern mail was carried by several independent stage lines. As listed in Bancroft's Travel Guide of 1869, John Capron's SAN DIEGO & TUCSON line covered the western end.The contract for carrying the U.S. mails on route 17,404 from Mesilla, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, has been let to Barlow, Sanderson & Co., of which our townsman John G. Capron is the Company. The service is to be twice a week. John G Capron had eight stages in his company.
When John's wife died he intered in agreement with Paradise Valley Sanitarium to erect dormitory for nurses in memory of his wife, asking only, that three rooms be reserved for him for the remainder of his life.


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