[Glover August 2oo2 Research Program.FTW]

[Glover Faulkner May 2002 Research and Add ons.FTW]

[Glover Capps.FTW]

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------ James Ruffin CAPPS got his st art working as a farmer in Harnett
County, NC around 1880 for George James HO DGES (son of John HODGES and
Rebecca ALLEN). In 1881 he married George James HODGES's step-daughter,
Sarah Catherine WHITTINGTON (daughter of Anna [possib ly McLamb] ENNIS and
W. Bryant WHITTINGTON). Anna Ennis WHITTINGTON married G eorge James
HODGES after her first husband (W. Bryant WHITTINGTON) died somet ime
between 1860 and 1861, possibly as a consequence of the Civil War. James
Ruffin continued to work for and with George HODGES through at least
1900, for census records of that year show him and his brother William
Henry CAPPS farming the land across the road from Hodges's home and
Hodges's Chapel Churc h. That church burned down in 1992 and was replaced
by a new Hodges Chapel Ch urch located on the land they farmed. The
Hodges's home is still there, locat ed next to Hodges's Chapel cemetery.
Behind the new Church is a small home th at once belonged to James
Ruffin's daughter, Loula F. CAPPS and her husband W illiam Archie SANFORD.
James Ruffin lived with them in the later years of his life. For more
information on the Hodges's family, I recommend "Remembering Our
Goff-Hodges and their Kin" by V. Mayo Bundy. This book was given me by
Talmage Vernon CAPPS, Jr, who is also the one who pieced together the
puzzle of how the Hodges, Capps and Whittingtons are interrelated.
------ By 1910, ho wever, he was working in a cotton mill, according to
census records of that y ear, and in 1925 he lived at 101 North 17th
Street, Erwin, NC. It was here he and his wife cared for Talmage Vernon
CAPPS, Jr. (their grandchild) for the first several months of Talmage's
life. This was only two blocks from the clo th house where James Ruffin
worked at the Erwin Cotton Mill. His job was to i ron the cloth before it
was shipped out.
----- Talmage recalls vividly that when James Ruffin got too old he was
retired from the mill with no pay. For a long time he would keep going
back and iron for nothing. But then he would g et caught and sent back
home. This did not stop him though and he would alway s keep going back.
------ Talmage V. CAPPS, Jr. reports that he was usually ca lled Ruffin,
but that lots of younger people called him "Uncle Pete." He does n't know
where the name "Uncle Pete" came from. Talmage remembers him as abou t
5'8" or 9" and a little heavy, but not much. Roger Eugene CAPPS remembers
his great-grand father as "Little Grandpa" because Roger's grandfather,
Will iam "Lonnie" Alonzo CAPPS, was taller and hence called "Big Grandpa".
Roger r emembers him as always well-dressed, but shorter, maybe 5' 4".
------ Talmage had this to say about James Ruffin on 15-Nov-1993: "I
don't think I've known a more humble and likeable person. I never met
anyone who did not like him. I never heard him say a harmful thing or
ever belittle anyone.... I believed h e stayed with Loula and Arch Sanford
more than anyone else. He was a true gen tleman."
------ James Ruffin's death certificate says that the immediate cause of
his death was myocarditis (disease of the heart) due to hypertension and
arteriosclerosis. According to the certificate, he had myocarditis for
seve n years and hypertension and arteriosclerosis for fifteen years.
James Ruffin is buried in Hodges's Chapel cemetery; also there are his
wife, her mother a nd step-father, as well as James Ruffin's daughter
Loula and her husband Arch ie.
Sarah: Roger Capps reported the spelling of her name as Whittington[1538690.ged]

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------ James Ruffin CAPPS got his st art working as a farmer in Harnett
County, NC around 1880 for George James HO DGES (son of John HODGES and
Rebecca ALLEN). In 1881 he married George James HODGES's step-daughter,
Sarah Catherine WHITTINGTON (daughter of Anna [possib ly McLamb] ENNIS and
W. Bryant WHITTINGTON). Anna Ennis WHITTINGTON married G eorge James
HODGES after her first husband (W. Bryant WHITTINGTON) died somet ime
between 1860 and 1861, possibly as a consequence of the Civil War. James
Ruffin continued to work for and with George HODGES through at least
1900, for census records of that year show him and his brother William
Henry CAPPS farming the land across the road from Hodges's home and
Hodges's Chapel Churc h. That church burned down in 1992 and was replaced
by a new Hodges Chapel Ch urch located on the land they farmed. The
Hodges's home is still there, locat ed next to Hodges's Chapel cemetery.
Behind the new Church is a small home th at once belonged to James
Ruffin's daughter, Loula F. CAPPS and her husband W illiam Archie SANFORD.
James Ruffin lived with them in the later years of his life. For more
information on the Hodges's family, I recommend "Remembering Our
Goff-Hodges and their Kin" by V. Mayo Bundy. This book was given me by
Talmage Vernon CAPPS, Jr, who is also the one who pieced together the
puzzle of how the Hodges, Capps and Whittingtons are interrelated.
------ By 1910, ho wever, he was working in a cotton mill, according to
census records of that y ear, and in 1925 he lived at 101 North 17th
Street, Erwin, NC. It was here he and his wife cared for Talmage Vernon
CAPPS, Jr. (their grandchild) for the first several months of Talmage's
life. This was only two blocks from the clo th house where James Ruffin
worked at the Erwin Cotton Mill. His job was to i ron the cloth before it
was shipped out.
----- Talmage recalls vividly that when James Ruffin got too old he was
retired from the mill with no pay. For a long time he would keep going
back and iron for nothing. But then he would g et caught and sent back
home. This did not stop him though and he would alway s keep going back.
------ Talmage V. CAPPS, Jr. reports that he was usually ca lled Ruffin,
but that lots of younger people called him "Uncle Pete." He does n't know
where the name "Uncle Pete" came from. Talmage remembers him as abou t
5'8" or 9" and a little heavy, but not much. Roger Eugene CAPPS remembers
his great-grand father as "Little Grandpa" because Roger's grandfather,
Will iam "Lonnie" Alonzo CAPPS, was taller and hence called "Big Grandpa".
Roger r emembers him as always well-dressed, but shorter, maybe 5' 4".
------ Talmage had this to say about James Ruffin on 15-Nov-1993: "I
don't think I've known a more humble and likeable person. I never met
anyone who did not like him. I never heard him say a harmful thing or
ever belittle anyone.... I believed h e stayed with Loula and Arch Sanford
more than anyone else. He was a true gen tleman."
------ James Ruffin's death certificate says that the immediate cause of
his death was myocarditis (disease of the heart) due to hypertension and
arteriosclerosis. According to the certificate, he had myocarditis for
seve n years and hypertension and arteriosclerosis for fifteen years.
James Ruffin is buried in Hodges's Chapel cemetery; also there are his
wife, her mother a nd step-father, as well as James Ruffin's daughter
Loula and her husband Arch ie.
Sarah: Roger Capps reported the spelling of her name as Whittington

• Married: 18 DEC 1881 in Johnston Co., North Carolina

1. Talmadge Vernon Capps b: 1880 in Harnett Co., North Carolina
2. William Alonzo Capps b: 28 NOV 1882 in Harnett Co., North Carolina
3. Loula F. Capps b: 4 JUN 1884
4. George Anderson Capps b: 21 JUN 1887
5. Lillie A. Capps b: 9 JAN 1892 in 01/10/1892

• Married: 18 DEC 1881

1. Talmadge Vernon Capps b: 1880 in Harnett Co., North Carolina
2. Infant Capps b: 9 JAN 1892 in 01/10/1892
3. George Anderson Capps b: 21 JUN 1887