Oliver S. Caples (1857 - 1926)

Born 13 Jun 1857 in Maryland, United States

Husband of Eleanor (Byers) Caples — married 5 Jun 1902 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1926 at age 68 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United STates

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Biography

Oliver was born on 13 June 1857, in Mount Savage, Maryland, to Jacob Caples and Hannah Newton. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1860, he was living in Millville Borough, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, with his family. His father was a puddler. ^[2]

In 1870, he was living in Saint Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with his parents and brother Jacob. His father was a farmer, who owned $2,200 in real property and $675 in personal property. ^[3]

He married Virginia Preall, probably about 1879. ^[4] (The death certificate for Oliver's daughter Stella lists her mother as 'Virginia Pringle', but Stella's marriage record lists it as 'Preall'. ^{[5] [6]} The marriage record is earlier, and Stella may have been the source of her mother's name. Further, searching on Ancestry and FamilySearch (14 April 2021) for 'Virginia Pringle' born in Pennsylvania about 1858 did not find any plausible candidates.) They had six known children:

Annie Caples (1880)

Rosa Pearl Caples (1881-1904)

Frank L Caples (ca 1884-1888)

Robert Caples (ca 1885-1887)

Oliver Caples (1888-1958)

Estella M Caples (1891-1931)

In 1880, Virginia and Oliver were living in ward 1, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Oliver was a laborer. ^[4]

The county death records report that Olive Caples (female), 41 years old, died on 12 May 1899, at 1320 Virginia Avenue, Johnstown, of heart trouble. 'Olive Caples' is presumably supposed to be 'Mrs. Oliver Caples'. That this is the correct family is clear from the address, since Oliver Caples's address in the 1900 census is 1320 Virginia Avenue. ^[7] On 15 May 1899, she was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. ^{[8] [1] [9]}

In 1900, Oliver was living at 1320 Virginia Avenue, which he owned, free of a mortgage. He was a steelworked, and had been unemployed for 0 months. He was living with his children Rosie, Oliver, and Estella. ^[10]

On 5 June 1902, he married Ella Byers, in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Oliver was a millhand. Ella was a domestic. ^[11]

In 1910, Oliver and Eleanor were living at 233 Market Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Oliver was a foreman at a steel mill. They were living with Oliver's daughter Estella, Eleanor's daughter Susan, and Oliver's sister-in-law Gertrude. ^[12]

In 1920, Oliver and Eleanor were living at 233 Market Street, which they owned, free of a mortgage. They were living with Oliver's daughter Stella and three lodgers. Oliver was a superintendent at a bone mill. ^[13]

On 14 January 1926, Oliver died, at 233 Main Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, of angina pectoris, with diabetes mellitus contributing. On 16 January, he was buried, in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. ^{[14] [15]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cambria County, Pennsylvania, certified abstract of death certificate, Olive [sic] Caples, 12 May 1899; Cambria County Orphans' Court, 9 December 2020; an e-mail on 9 Dec 2020 reported that their records do not include a Virginia or Jennie Caples, but do include this record for Olive Caples, which (except for the name) matches the online cemetery interment records; perhaps the record was originally 'Mrs Oliver Caples'.

   'I, CINDY PERRONE, Clerk of the Orphans' Court in and for said County of Cambria, The Same being a Court of Record, hereby do certify that the records in this office of the registration of deaths in Cambria County contain the following:

   'NAME OF DECEASED: Olive [sic] Caples

   'COLOR: W (White/Caucasian)

   'SEX: F (Female)

   'AGE: 41 years

   'MARRIED OR SINGLE M (Married)

   'PLACE OF BIRTH: N/A

   'DATE OF DEATH: May 12, 1899

   'PLACE OF DEATH: 1320 Virginia Avenue Johnstown

   'CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart trouble

   'DURATION OF LAST SICKNESS: 9 days

   'PLACE OF INTERMENT: Grandview

   'DATE OF INTERMENT: May 15, 1899

   'DATE OF RECORD: November 7, 1899

   'And further, that the above and foregoing is a full and perfect copy of the record of the death of Olive Caples, so full and entire as the same remains on file and of record in this office, in Registration of Deaths, Docket Vol. 2 Page 27.'

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1860 U.S. census, Millville Borough, Cambria, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p. 347 stamped = 5 penned, family 35; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSX-2R2 : accessed 15 April 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series M653, roll 1088.

   Jacob Caples, 47, male, puddler, real estate [blank], personal property $50, born Maryland

   Hannah ", 39, female, born England, cannot read or write ['write' is written above the mark]

   William Dukes [or 'Duke'?], 26, male, Ore [?] miner, born England, married within year

   Mary E ", 19, female, born Maryland, married within year

   [according to FamilySearch's Family Tree, Jacob and Hannah had a daughter Mary Ellen, born 1841, who married William Duke]

   Oliver Caples, 3, male, born Maryland

3. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Saint Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p. 690 verso stamped = p. 17 verso penned, family 121; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-672S-CSY : accessed 14 April 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series M593, roll 1466; although the penned page number is '17', it should be '18', since pp.690 recto through 691 verso are all labelled '17' and the p. no. on 691 verso is crossed out and '20' written above it.

   post office New Florence PA

   Jacob Cable, 56, male, white, farmer, $2200 in real property, $675 in personal property, born Maryland, male citizen eligible to vote

   Hanna -, 49, female, white, keeps house, born England

   Oliver -, 13, male, white, born Maryland

   Jacob W -, 8, male, white, born Penn

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1880 U.S. census, ward 1, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 181, p. 4 C stamped = 7 C penned, family 71; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-S1CM : accessed 14 April 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series T9, roll 1110.

   51 [no street listed]

   Oliver Caples, white, male, 22, married, laborer, born Maryland, father born Maryland, mother born England

   wife Virginnea [sic] ", married, keeping house, born Penn

   [the column labeled 'Married during Census year' is blank for both of them]

5. ↑ Department of Health, Pennsylvania, death certificate, no. 40734 (1931), Stella May Caples Bird; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_2421406260_0656-00844 : accessed 4 December 2020).

   Stella May Caples Bird

   residence 10 Jefferson St

   female, white, married to George Bird, housewife (born PA) and Virginia Pringle [sic] (born PA)

   born 18 Jan 1891, Johnstown PA, to Oliver Caples

   informant George Bird, 10 Jefferson St

   died 3 April 1931, Upper Yoder ['Johnstown' is written in city, but crossed out], Cambria

   cause of death: hypostatic pneumonia; contributory myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis

   buried 6 April 1931 Grandview

6. ↑ Somerset County, Pennsylvania, marriage record, no.21095 (1922), George Bird and Stella May Caples; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61381/images/TH-266-13192-123603-71 : accessed 4 December 2020).

   George Bird, white, pressman, born Johnstown PA, resident Johnstown PA, 43 years old, no previous marriage, parents John Bird (resident Johnstown PA, white, retired, born England), Amelia Smith (resident Johnstown PA, white, housekeeper, born England)

   Stella May Caples, white, clerk, born Johnstown PA, resident Johnstown PA, 31 years old, no previous marriage parents Oliver Caples (residence Johnstown, white, retired, born MD) and Virginia Preall (residence Johnstown [sic], white, housekeeper, born PA)

   applied 19 August 1922, license granted 22 Aug 1922

   Frederick C Martin married George Bird and Stella May Caples on 2 September 1922 at Greensburg PA

7. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, ward 18, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 145, p.19 A stamped = sheet 7 A penned, family 132; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXN9-C3G : accessed 4 December 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series T623, roll 1389.

   1320 Virginia Ave, owned, free of mortgage, house

   head Oliver Caples, white, male, June 1857, 42, widowed [?], 22 [?] years, born Pennsylvania, steel worker, 0 months unemployed

   daughter Rosie P, white, female, June 1881, single, born Pennsylvania

   son Oliver, white, male, Dec 1888, 11, single, born Pennsylvania, at school for 9 months

   daughter Estella M, white, female, Jan 1890, 10, single, born Pennsylvania, at school for 7 months

8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #99880011, 'Virginia "Jennie" Preall Caples', created by Michelle, added 30 Oct 2012, maintained by Staff Sergeant (Ret) Brian J. Ensley; database with images, accessed 8 December 2020; citing Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, lot 39 section ED2; photo of headstone added by Staff Sergeant (Ret) Brian J. Ensley.

   inscription on pictured stone: 'JENNIE WIFE OF OLIVER CAPLES DIED MAY 12, 18[illegible] AGED 40 Y 10 M 20 D'

   [the memorial reports her death year as 1899, but the last two digits are illegible in the photograph]

9. ↑ 'Interment Details', no. 3794 (1899) Virginia Caples, Grandview Cemetery (http://www.grandviewjohnstownpa.com/interment-details.php?inter_no=3794 : accessed 4 December 2020).

   interment no. 3794

   Virginia Caples

   lot 39, section ED2

   interred 15 May 1899, died 12 May 1899, Johnstown PA, age 40

   born Wilmore, PA

10. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, ward 18, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 145, p.19 A stamped = sheet 7 A penned, family 132; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXN9-C3G : accessed 4 December 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series T623, roll 1389.

    1320 Virginia Ave, owned, free of mortgage, house

    head Oliver Caples, white, male, June 1857, 42, widowed [?], 22 [?] years, born Pennsylvania, steel worker, 0 months unemployed

    daughter Rosie P, white, female, June 1881, single, born Pennsylvania

    son Oliver, white, male, Dec 1888, 11, single, born Pennsylvania, at school for 9 months

    daughter Estella M, white, female, Jan 1890, 10, single, born Pennsylvania, at school for 7 months

11. ↑ Cambria County, Pennsylvania, marriage record, no. 1904 (1902), Oliver Caples and Ella Parsons; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YMN9-MGB : accessed 4 December 2020).

    Oliver Caples, 44, resident Johnstown, parents Jacob and Hannah Caples, former wife died 12 May 1889 [sic], white, millhand

    Ella Parsons, 44, resident Johnstown, parents Jeremiah and Susan Byers, former husband died 1 May 1895, white, domestic

    applied 31 May 1902, license issued 2 May 1902 by William H Strauss

    E A Hibler married Oliver Caples and Ella Parsons on 5 June 1902 at Johnstown PA

12. ↑ 1910 U.S. census, ward 1, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 118, p.25 B stamped = sheet 25 B penned, family 513; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRKS-4DR : accessed 6 April 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series T624, roll 1323.

    233 Market Street, owned, free, house

    head Oliver S Caples, male, white, 52, married twice, 8 years, born Maryland, foreman, steel mill

    wife Elenor -, female, white, 51, married twice, 8 years, 2 children 2 living, born Pennsylvana, no occupation

    daughter Estella, female, white, 19, single, born Pennsylvania, no occupation, attended school

    daughter Susan Parsons, female, white, 19, single, born Pennsylvania, no occupation, attended school

    sister-in-law Gertrude Storm, female, white, 49, widowed, 0 children 0 living, born Pennsylvania, no occupation

13. ↑ 1920 U.S. census, ward 1, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 168, p. 15 A stamped = sheet 15 A penned, family 335; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RX4-HGP : accessed 6 April 2021); citing National Archives, microfilm series T625, roll 1546.

    233 Market Street, owned, free of mortgage

    head Oliver Capbles [sic], male, white, 62, married, born Maryland, superintendent, bone mill

    wife Elenor -, female, white 60, married, born Pennsylvania, no occupation

    daughter Stella Caples - [sic], female, white, 28, single, born Pennsylvania, bookkeeper, newspaper

    lodger James Devlin, male, white, 30, married, born Pennsylvania, solicitor, insurance

    lodger Mary Devlin, female, white, 30, married, born Pennsylvania, no occupation

    lodger Irwing Grass, male, white, 20, single, born New York, manager, millinery store

14. ↑ Department of Health, Pennsylvania, death certificate, no. 7455 (14 Jan 1926), Oliver S Caples; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_649063_0660-00488 : accessed 4 December 2020).

    Oliver S. Caples

    male, white, married to Eleanor Byers, merchant

    born 13 June 1857, Mt Savage, Md, to Jacob Caples (born PA) and Hannah Newton (born England)

    informant Mrs Oliver Caples, 233 Market St

    died 14 Jan 1926, 233 Main St, Johnstown, Cambria, of angina pectoris, with diabetes mellitus contributing; confirmed by 'auscultation + percus'

    buried 16 Jan 1926, Grand View

15. ↑ 'Interment Details', no. 16756 (1926), Oliver S. Caples, Grandview Cemetery (http://www.grandviewjohnstownpa.com/interment-details.php?inter_no=16756 : accessed 4 December 2020).

    interment no. 16756

    Oliver S. Caples

    lot 39, section ED2

    interred 16 Jan 1926, died 14 Jan 1926, Johnstown, PA

    born Mt Savage, MD, 68 years old

See also

• Oliver S. Caples, on FamilySearch's Family Tree