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WELCOME M. CAPRON, farmer; P. O. Laura; born in Pennsylvania in 1796; is a son of Labin and Hannah Capron, who were born in Massachusetts, and afterward settled in Pennsylvania, where our subject was born. They departed this life in the above State, his father, when in the 65th year of his age and his mother when he was quite young. They were parents of seven children, of whom only Uncle Welcome survives; the deceased are Wheaton, Amos, Nancy, Hannah, Sylvia and Alpha. By his last marriage he has had six children, viz., Louisa, Emma, Rowena, Adeline, Henrietta and Labin; Adeline alone survives. Our subject was reared on the farm, on which he labored till past 20, when he came to Ohio, and for one year stayed in Franklin, then came here, in which place he has lived since. His first purchase was 80 acres of land, which was partly improved and entered 120 acres, 80 of which was in Darke Co. He settled here in 1817 and has resided on his present place fifty-two years. June 6, 1819, he was married to Delana, a daughter of John and Tamar North, by whom he has had twelve children seven of whom are living, viz., Oliver, Levi, Hannah, Martha, Louisa, Nancy, and Sarah; the deceased are Lorenzo, Labin, Seth, Alpha and Mary. Seth was a member of the 71st O. V. I., from which he was discharged, then removed to Iowa, where he enlisted again, and, after the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in which he was engaged for three days, was taken sick and soon after died in Memphis. He has served as Constable in the township. He and his wife have been connected with the Christian Church for forty-five years, laboring long and earnestly in their Master’s vineyard. Their children are members of Christian churches, which affords their aged parents much pleasure. Oliver is an able minister in the denomination of Friends, and Levi, a minister of the Christian Church; both are men of ability, and have done much in building up the Christian religion.