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Capron, Adin Ballou

soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 9, 1841, in Mendon, Mass. He enlisted as sergeant in second Rhode Island infantry in 1861; promoted to sergeant-major and lieutenant, and ordered on detached service in the signal corps in December, 1861. He served in the signal corps until the close of the war, having been commissioned first lieutenant in the signal corps, United States army, in 1863, and receiving promotion to the rank of captain and major by brevet. He was elected a representative to the general assembly of Rhode Island in 1887; served during 1888-92; and was speaker in 1891-92. He subsequently was elected a member of the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.