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Squire Caple (Jefferson County, Kentucky, cooper and soldier.)

b. 1839-10-31 d. 1907-08-07

Jefferson County, Kentucky, cooper and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Nelson Caple and Sarah Caple. Married to Frances Jane Purcell Caple in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 16, 1865. Attended school in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Cooper in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and private from September 9, 1861, to September 28, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Rutherford County, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862. Captured and paroled on January 13, 1863. Captured in Grainger County, Tennessee, on March 15, 1864. Prisoner of war from March 15, 1864, to September 1, 1864. Accused of the murder of Joseph B. Norton in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 258A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 741.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0194.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000812401.

"Arrest of Supposed Murderers," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), March 8, 1866, p. 1.

"Street Car's Victim Identified by Son," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 9, 1907, p. 10.

"Squire Caple (1839-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143925138, accessed May 12, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143925138.

Citation

Caple, Squire. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213850 (November 12, 2026).

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