This section is devoted to the Writings of, for, and about Caperton's. 'Letters' contains transcriptions, and when possible, images of letters written to from and about Caperton's. 'Newspapers' and 'Magazines' contains both transcriptions and images of, Caperton articles found in newspapers. 'Books' is a database listing of books written by for and about Caperton's. 'Obituaries' contains both a transcription of the Obituary as well as an image of the original document where possible. If you would like to make contributions of material to this section, please email me at
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Letters
This collection consists of letters to, from, and about Caperton's. 'Letters' contains transcriptions, and when possible, images of letters written to from and about Caperton's.
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Books
This is a collection of books containing information or stories about Capertons'. Some of the books listed contain historical information, while some are by Capertons. Still others were written 'about' Capertons'. Many of the books listed below may be difficult to locate today. Some of the more genealogically significant, but hard to locate books are available in CD Book form.
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Newspaper Clippings
There are numerous newspaper clippings of by or about Caperton's in the Caperton.info Archives, some dating back to the early 1800's. I have started to scan and place this collection on the site. I have placed both a transcription of the article and a scan of the actual clipping as well as the Henry number where possible. Some of these relate to family history and some are simply interesting reading.
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Inventions
The Caperton name has been involved in dozens of Patents in the United States from the beginning thru to about 1925 however I have been able to locate 4 patents patents actually issued to Capertons. Below is the listing of those patents along with the patent claim.
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