Adin B. Capron

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Adin B. Capron

| image = Adin B. Capron.jpg

| state = Rhode Island

| district = 2nd

| term_start = March 4, 1897

| term_end = March 3, 1911

| preceded = Warren O. Arnold

| succeeded = George H. Utter

| office2 = Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

| term_start2 = 1887

| term_end2 = 1892

| preceded2 =

| succeeded2 =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1841|01|09}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Mendon, Massachusetts, U.S.}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1911|03|17|1841|01|09|mf=yes}}

| death_place = {{nowrap|Stillwater,
Providence County,
Rhode Island, U.S.}}

| resting_place = Swan Point Cemetery
Providence, Rhode Island

| parents = Carlile Willis Capron
Abigail (Bates) Capron

| spouse = Irene Ballou
Phebe Almira Mowry

| children = Helen Mowry Capron
John Mowry Capon
Adin Mowry Capon
Almira Mowry Capron

| relations =

| profession = Miller
Politician

| party = Republican

| alma_mater = Westbrook Seminary

| nickname =

| allegiance = {{flagicon|USA|1865}} United States
Union

| branch = United States Army
Union Army

| serviceyears =

| rank = 30px Brevet Major

| unit = 2nd Rhode Island Infantry

| commands =

| battles = American Civil War

| mawards =

}}

Adin Ballou Capron (January 9, 1841 – March 17, 1911) was an American miller and politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. He served in the American Civil War and was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Early life and military career

Born in Mendon, Massachusetts,{{cite book|last=Mendon (Mass.)|title=Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850|date=1920|publisher=Wright & Potter printing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsmen00baldgoog/page/n44 40]|url=https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsmen00baldgoog }} Capron attended Woonsocket High School and Westbrook Seminary, near Portland, Maine.{{cite book|last=Neale|first=Walter|title=Autobiographies and portraits of the President, cabinet, Supreme court, and Fifty-fifth Congress, Volume 1|date=1899|publisher=The Neale company|page=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT380 }} He settled in Stillwater, Rhode Island, and engaged in milling and dealing in grain. He enlisted as a sergeant in the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry in May 1861. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant major on July 11, 1861, and commissioned lieutenant in September 1861.{{cite web|url= http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tcwlmo&id=I65513 |title=The Wright Family Genealogy|publisher = Ancestry.com|access-date= March 27, 2014}}

He served in the Signal Corps until the close of the Civil War, having been commissioned first lieutenant on March 3, 1863, and subsequently promoted to the rank of captain and major by brevet.{{cite book|last=Herringshaw|first=Thomas William|title=Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits|date=1909|publisher=American Publishers' Association|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_urzTAAAAMAAJ/page/n536 552]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_urzTAAAAMAAJ }}

Political career

From 1887 to 1892, Capron served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and was speaker of the State House in 1891 and 1892.{{cite book|last=United States. Government Printing Office|title=Congressional serial set|date=1918|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|page=530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA530 }} He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.{{cite book|last=Neale|first=Walter|title=Autobiographies and portraits of the President, cabinet, Supreme court, and Fifty-fifth Congress, Volume 1|date=1899|publisher=The Neale company|page=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT380 }}

Capron was elected as a Republican candidate to the 55th United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving in Congress from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1911.{{cite book|last=Herringshaw|first=Thomas William|title=Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits|date=1909|publisher=American Publishers' Association|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_urzTAAAAMAAJ/page/n536 552]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_urzTAAAAMAAJ }} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.

After leaving Congress, he resumed his former business activities in Stillwater, where he died March 17, 1911. He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Thomas E.|title=Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated|date=1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|page=296|isbn=9780806348230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA296 }}

Family life

Capron was the son of Carlile Willis Capron and Abigail (Bates) Capron.{{cite web|url= http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tcwlmo&id=I65513 |title=The Wright Family Genealogy|publisher = Ancestry.com|access-date= March 27, 2014}} He married Irene Ballou in August 1868 and she died ten months later.{{cite book|last=Ballou|first=Adin|title=An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America|date=1888|publisher=Press of E. L. Freeman & son|page=[https://archive.org/details/anelaboratehist00ballgoog/page/n1173 1088]|url=https://archive.org/details/anelaboratehist00ballgoog }}{{cite book|last=Bayles|first=Richard Mather|title=History of Providence County, Rhode Island, Volume 2|date=1891|publisher=W. W. Preston|page=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nM84AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA221 }} Following her death, Capron married Phebe Almira Mowry in April 1874. Capron and Phebe had four children: Helen Mowry Capron, John Mowry Capon, Adin Mowry Capon and Almira Mowry Capron.{{cite web|url= http://www.civilwarsignals.org/brown/signalmen/320/adinbcapron.pdf|title= Adin B. Capron|publisher = Civil War Signals|access-date= March 27, 2014}}