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RANSOM CAPPS
January 13, 1830 - October 15, 1921
Gerald Jones, a descendant of Samuel C.
Jones and Ransom Capps, provided the research on his
ancestors. He found his data at the Texas Ranger Library and was granted permission to place Texas Ranger markers on their graves. The following information on their history is
provided in this brief essay.
Ransom Capps, son-in-law of Samuel C. Jones was
awarded a Texas Ranger cross. He served in Ford’s
Company, Texas Rangers. He received an Indian Wars Pension
# SA-8333348. Ransom Capps was born in TN in 1830. He
arrived in Bexar County in 1851 and married Eliza Jane
Jones, daughter of Samuel C. Jones. He died in 1921 at
almost ninety-two and was buried in Coker Cemetery. In his
obituary in the San Antonio Express, he was described “as
among the best living pioneers of Texas whose deeds have
been immortalized in history and song.”
(Coker Cemetery History #15 by Bob Battaglia)
Above information provided in Coker Cemetery History
#2
by Dr. Tom DeKunder.
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