Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Capell, George F. 1848 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE F. CAPELL.

George F. Capell has been engaged in business as a contractor and builder of
Ottumwa for the past thirty-five years and has won an enviable reputation and
gratifying prosperity in this connection. His birth occurred in St. Lawrence
county, New York, on the 6th of February, 1848, his parents being William P. and
Mary (Cook) Capell, both of whom were natives of New Hampshire. They passed away
in St. Lawrence county, New York. Their children were seven in number, three of
whom still survive, as follows: Sarah L., who is the wife of David Richardson;
Martha E., who gave her hand in marriage to J. G. Taylor, and George F., of this
review.

The last named attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education
and spent the period of his minority under the parental roof. In 1869, when
twenty-one years of age, he came to Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, and has here
resided continuously since. He has engaged in business as a contractor and
builder for thirty-five years. Many contracts have been awarded him in
recognition of his ability in this line, and numerous substantial business
structures and attractive residences of Ottumwa stand as monuments to his skill.
He owns a handsome home in this city and has long been numbered among its
prosperous and representative residents.

In 1879 Mr. Capell was united in marriage to Miss Emma Spencer, a native of
Davis county, Iowa, and a daugther of Horace A. and Eveline (Rudd) Spencer. The
father, who was born in New Hampshire, came west at an early day. Unto our
subject and his wife have been born two children: Harvey, who is deceased, and
G. Vernon, at home. Mr. Capell gives his political allegiance to the republican
party and is identified fraternally with the Modern Woodmen of America,
belonging to Camp No. 103. He is a man of genuine personal worth, and his
sterling traits of character have established him on a high plane in public
regard.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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