Biography of Charles Capp, pages 628/629. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. Charles Capp While success cannot be achieved without unflagging industry, the utility of effort is often noticeable in the business world and results from the fact that it is not combined with sound business judgment. Many a man who gives his entire life to toil, earnest and unremitting, never acquires a competency, but when his labor is well directed, prosperity always follows. Mr. Capp is one whose work has been supplemented by careful management and today he is among those who have triumphed over adverse conditions and won success. Charles Capp was born in Lorain county, Ohio, on July 12, 1864, the youngest son born to Edward and Sarah Capp. His early life was spent on the paternal farmstead and his education was secured in the district schools of that locality. After the death of his parents, and that of his elder brother in 1882, Mr. Capp went to Morenci, Michigan, to carry on the latter’s business. After spending five years in that city as a stock dealer and butcher, Mr. Capp came to Butler, Indiana, and entered into a partnership with his brother Edward in the meat business. They started in on a small scale, but by strict attention to their enterprise and fair dealings with their patrons, they built up a large and prosperous business, so that later on they were enabled to purchase a building of their own. Edward Capp sold his interest in the business to his brother William, but eventually the subject bought his brother’s interest and conducted the meat market successfully for twenty years. In1903 Mr. Capp purchased the Madden farm, located east of Butler, on which he built a slaughter house and a large stock barn, and in 1908 sold his meat market in Butler to A. L. Lake, of Spencerville, Indiana. Mr. Capp has continued to butcher for the local trade, but is giving his chief attention to the buying and selling of live stock of all kinds, in which business he has met with pronounced success. He is a good judge of live stock, and has bought and shipped immense quantities throughout this locality. He possesses splendid business qualifications, and by untiring perserverance and the exercise of sound judgment he is achieving a splendid success in his enterprise. On November 24, 1889, Charles Capp was united in marriage with Lizzie Swift, of Fayette, Ohio, and to this union have been born six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Capp are well known throughout this community and enjoy the friendship of all who know them, who esteem them because of their excellent qualities and genuine worth. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com