Elmwood, built by Hugh Caperton about 1840, Union, WV
 

CAPERTON FAMILY

John Caperton (died about 1789) and Polly Caperton had seven children. Hugh, Adam, Sarah, Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth, William and James.

Adam, son of John and Polly, married Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth Fudge.

Children of Adam and Elizabeth:

John(married Lucy Ryan,then Elizabeth Gibson),

George-1777-1836(married Eleanor Conn),

Elizabeth-b.1778-1821,married Archibald Brooks,

Hugh b.1781-1847,married Jane Erskine, then Delilah Beirne nee Alexander. Hugh returned to Union, WV after his father was killed in Kentucky. With Henry Alexander he began a mercantile store and became very successful. In 1840 he built Elmwood. Previous to the building of Elmwood, it is believed that he lived on the land surrounding Elmwood. Click here to read the will of Hugh Caperton.
 
 

The children of Hugh and Jane Erskine were:

Elizabeth (1807-1862) married William Steenbergen, Jr.,

Lewis Erskine (1808-1874) married Frances Carthrae Alexander,

Allen T. (1810-1876) marrried Harriette Echols

Margaret Melinda (1812-1844) married Oliver Beirne,

William G. (1815-1852) married Harriette Boswell Alexander,

John Alexander, (1817-1900) married Mary Elizabeth Coke, nee Gutherie,

Hugh Caperton, Jr, (1821-1877) married Eliza Jan Mosher,

Mary Jane (1823-1874) married John Echols,

Sarah Ann (1826-1908) married James F. Preston,

George Henry (1828-1895) married Mary Eliza Henderson,
 

Other surnames appearing in the Caperton line:
 

Abel , Ailstock, Alderson, Alexander, Allison, Armistead, Armstrong, Atkinson, Austin

Baird, Banks, Barker, Barnhardt, Barrett, Baxter, Beall, Beals, Beirne, Belcher, Bennett, Bingham, Bishop, Bissett, Blake, Blankenship,Blanks, Blasdel, Bolton, Boone, Boswell, Bowe, Bowman, Bragg, Brainard, Brannan, Braxton, Brooks, Brown, Broyles, Burnam, Burnett, Burns, Burnside, Burrows

Caffey, Calloway, Cannaday,Carlton, Carter, Catlin, Cawood, Chambers, Chapman, Chewnings, Chilholm, Clanton, Clarke, Clark, Chevez, Clement, Clements, Coffee, Coffey, Cole, Colvin, Cook, Cooper, Comwell, Conn, Cornwell, Couch, Coulter, Cowan, Cowsert, Cox, Craighead, Crews, Croft, Cummings, Cunningham, Curry

Dans, Darby, Davis, DeBerry, Decherd, DeMoville, Dennis, DePlace, Dew, Dingess, Dobs, Dudley, Duncan, Duns, Dupre,Durant, Durrett

Eastland, Echols, Edwards, Elmore, Erskine, Estes, Estill, Evans, Everhart, Ewing

Fairbanks, Fandrich, Fesmire, Finley, Fischer, Fitzpatrick, Ford, Forshee, Fort, Foster, Fowler, French, Fudge

Garner, Garrett, Garrison, Gary, Gautier, Gerhart, Gibson, Gilbert, Glover, Good, Goodrich, Gordon, Gore, Graham, Gray, Green, Gregory, Grills, Gunn

Hagan, Hailey, Gale, Hall, Hamlin, Hancock, Handley, Hanger, Hannon, Haralson, Hardie, Hardy, Hargess, Harlow, Harper, Harrison,Harwell, Hawks, Hays, Herefort, Herring, Heyman, hinds, Holt, Hopkins, Horsely, House, Howard, Huff, Hughes, Hunter, Hurt

Ingles, Inglett

Jackson, Jeffries, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan

Keeling, Kelly, Kierneff, King, Kirtner, Kiser, Keith, Kukendall

Lander, Lane, Leake, Lewis, Lincoln, Lindsey, Lipe, Loller, Loyd, Lynn

McBryde, McCarley, McCauley, McClaugherty, McCorkle, McCutchen, McDonough, McGhee, MacGregor, McKinney, McKoun, McLain, McMillan, McNat

Malone, March, Martin, Mason, Mathews, Matthews, Medlin, Melvin, Messer, Metcalf, Myers, Miles, Miller, Mills, Molloy,Modey, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morton, Moser, Munday, Mundy, Murdock, Murray, Myers

Neely, Nevis, New, Nicholson, Noble, Northcott, Norwood

Oder, Oliver, Owen

Page, Parker, Patton, Peck, Pettey, Pettrey, Phelps, Phillips, Pierson, Pigg, Pollock, Pope Posey, Potts, Powell, Preston, Price

Rains, Ranken Rankin, Ray.Reaves, Reece, Reed, Reynolds, Richmond, Riley, Roach, Robinson, Rosser, Rowe, Rude, Ryan

Sanderson, Sandifer, Scoggins, Scott, Scruggs, Shannon, Sharp, Shaw, Shelton, Shepherd, Shewey, Shirley, Shumate,Sims, Sivley, Sloan,Smart, Smith, Soape,Sobe, Swope, South, Springfield, Squier, Stanley, Starr, Steadman, Steenbergen, Stephenson, Sterne, Stevens, Stiles,Stoddert, Stodghill, Stone, Sumner, Sutten, Sweeney,

Talbott, Tanner, Taylor, Thomas, Thomopson, Thrailkill, Three, Tidwell, Tippett, Tittsworth, Todd, Tomkies, Toney,Topp,Townsend,Turner, Turpin

Vannica, Vickers, Vollmer, VonAhlefeld

Wade, Wailes, Warren, Warwick, Watson, Webb Wells, Wellman, Weltmer, White, Whitson, Wiley, Williams, Willis, Wilson, Witt, Wood,Woods,

Yarnell