Caperton, Allen Taylor, 1810-1876

found: In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1876, 1876:p. 1 (Mr. Caperton, from the Committe on Claims)

found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 20, 2008(Caperton, Allen Taylor; a Senator from W.V.; b. Nov. 21, 1810; d. July 26, 1876)

found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. website, September 25, 2015(Caperton, Allen Taylor, (son of Hugh Caperton), a Senator from West Virginia; born near Union, Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), November 21, 1810; attended the public schools of Virginia and Huntsville, Ala., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; graduated from Yale College in 1832; studied law in Staunton, Va.; admitted to the bar and practiced; member, Virginia house of delegates 1841-1842; member, State senate 1844-1848; delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1850 and 1861; member, State house of delegates 1857-1861; elected by the legislature of Virginia a member of the Confederate States Senate and served until 1865; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate from West Virginia and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 26, 1876; interment in Green Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va)

found: Wikipedia website, September 28, 2015(Allen Taylor Caperton ... a United States Senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875-1876 ... graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville ... in 1861, he was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention)