Individual Details

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
David A. Capps of Hegira KY was age 26, b. 6 Feb 1891 in Hegira, KY. Farming for himself. Has wife and three children dependant on him and claims examption. Medium height, Blue eyes, dark hair.

US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File.
David Arvin Capps, b. 6 Feb 1891; d. 3 apr 1973; Enlisted 18 Sep 1917; Discharged 19 Jun 1919.

US Army Transport Service. U.S.S. Mongolia, from Saint Nazaire, France, 27 May 1919, to Boston, 7 Jun 1919. Headquarters Company, 358th Infantry.
David A. Capps, Pvt. Notify in case of emergency: Mr. James A. Capps, father, Hegira, KY

1920 Census. Carvers Prec, Cumberland Co, KY, Hh 17
Nathan T. Riddle, 54, Farmer
Virginia A., wife, 50
James E., son, 26, Farm labor, Working out
Hettie A., dau, 21, Teacher, Rural School
Curtis E., son, 19, Farm Labor, Working out
Thomas M., son, 17
Simon K., son, 14
Geroge H., son, 12
Eulah Capps, Dau, 28
Jesse M., grandson, 7
Granvil G., grandson, 6
Stanley L., grandson, 3 years, 11 months
Colonel E., grandson, 1 year, 8 months
David A., son-in-law, 29, b. KY, farm labor, working out

1930 Census. Dist 4, Cumberland Co, KY, Hh 155
Tom Riddle, 64, married at age 25, Farmer
Virginia A., eife, 60, married t 20
Hettie A., dau, 30
George, son, 23, Farm labor
Eula Capps, dau, 38, widowed (actually separated/divorced), married at 20
Marvin, grandson, 18, Farm labor
Granvil, grandson, 16, Farm labor
Loyd, grandson, 14, Farm labor
Elmer, grandson, 11
Delmer, grandson, 8

2nd wife - Verna Azalene Short. Married 3 Dec 1925, Bowling Green, Warren, KY. One marriage record, Sumner Co, TN dated 1 Feb 1973. He was 77; she was 74. Did they divorce sometime in between the marriages?

1940 Census. Bowling Green, Ward 1, Warren Co, KY, Hh 1216
Lived in same place in 1935
David A. Capps, 50, b. KY, coal yard
Berna, wife, 39, b. KY

1954 Bowling Green KY City Directory
Capps, David A (Verna A) Sergt. Police dept. home: 110 1/2 E. 10th
Verna A. Mrs. Nurses aise, City-County Hosp. home 110 1/2 E. 10th

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, 5 Apr 1973, Thursday, p. 7
BOWLING GREEN _ David A. Capps, 79, died here Tuesday. He was a retired Bowling Green Police Department Captain, retiring in 1959 after almost 16 years with the force. His wife, Mrs. Verna Short Capps, survives. Funeral, 2 pm Friday, J. C. Kirby Funeral Home here.

Birth	6 Feb 1891	Kentucky
Death	3 Apr 1973	Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky

Spouse	Eula Laverta Riddle (1891 - 1967)
Child	Granville Glenn Capps (1914 - 1961)
Child	Stanley Loyd Capps (1916 - 1992)

Father	James Allen Capps (1867 - 1923)
Mother	Mary Elizabeth Coop (1872 - 1950)