Horace Capron

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American businessman, agriculturalist, and Union Army officer (1804-1885)

United States Business ProfessionalsLived 1804 to 1885 · aged 80

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S. presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaido Development Commission. His collection of Japanese art and artifacts was sold to the Smithsonian Institution after his death.

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Capron in uniform

Grave of Capron at Oak Hill Cemetery

Awards 1

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Connected to Horace 6

Kanda TakahiraAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Itō ToshiyoshiAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Michizane KujoAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Ōkubo ToshitakeAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Yukio SakurauchiAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Brudenell WhiteAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

About this person

Horace Capron was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States secretary of agriculture under U.S. presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaido Development Commission. His collection of Japanese art and artifacts was sold to the Smithsonian Institution after his death.

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