Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ,Pa., November 7, 1849. His father, GeorgeT., and grandfather, John Capp, were natives ofthe same place, and the latter was a merchant ofJonestown, dying at the age of sixty-one great-grandfather, Daniel Capp. was a lumber-man and followed the river. The original nameof this family was Kopp, but the spelling waschanged for convenience. The original Michael. EDW
Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ,Pa., November 7, 1849. His father, GeorgeT., and grandfather, John Capp, were natives ofthe same place, and the latter was a merchant ofJonestown, dying at the age of sixty-one great-grandfather, Daniel Capp. was a lumber-man and followed the river. The original nameof this family was Kopp, but the spelling waschanged for convenience. The original Michael. EDWIN BOOKMYER. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 189 Kopp settled in Lebanon County. Our subjectsfather continued in the mercantile business until1875, when he sold out, and about that time hewas elected Justice of the Peace, lie died Octo-ber 26, 1885. Ior four j-ears he was Burgess Borough. lie took part in thcengage-mfnt at Gettysburg during the Civil War. Polit-ically he was a Republican, and in religious mat-ters was a member of the Lutheran Church. Our subjects mother, whose maiden name wasSarah E. BickeJ, was a daughter of Samuel Bickel,a merchant. The great-grandfather, .John , was in the War of 1812 and was appointedthe first Postmaster at Jonestown, holding theoffice for sixty years. After his death, wliicli oc-curred at that place in 1858, his son Samuel him,serving until 1861. He died in 1872,aged sixty-three yeai-s. Our subjects mother stillresides at the old homestead. John A. is one of three sons. Thomas H., whoserved three terms in the P
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