Allyn Capron , was a Captain in the United States Army.
Capron was born in 1846 to Harriet and Erastus A. Capron. 1847 brought the death of Erastus in the MexicanAmerican War. Upon reaching age, Allyn was nominated by a U.S. Congressman to enroll, like his father before him, into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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