Amos Ellmaker Kapp, Northumberland,
Northumberland, PA
His Ancestors and Descendents
Portrait of Amos Ellmaker Kapp which hangs
over the mantel at the Hunter House,
Northumberland County Historical
Society, Sunbury, PA. He was an extremely industrious
man who invested in
transportation businesses in Northumberland County including
canal
boat, stagecoach and railroad
lines. He was early in his career
associated with
William Calder a long time
friend and business associate from
Harrisburg.
Over the years he had eleven
children but managed to become wealthy anyway.
Daguerreotype of Amos Kapp in the PA State Museum archives donated
by his daughter Helen Virginia Kapp along with family artifacts including an
old standing case clock, buggy wips and clothing of the day. This likeness was
probably made about 1850 when Mr. Kapp was in his early40s.
Daguerreotype
of Margaret Catherine Withington with her daughter Clara donated to the PA State
Museum. The image has badly deteriorated with time but still shows a reasonable
likeness of Catherine who was about 30 and her daughter 9 or 10 years old.
The
quilt shown to the left is reproduced from a picture of the quilt made by Amos
Kapp's sister, Catharine in 1814. Catharine had attended the Moravian boarding
school (now called Linden Hall) in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1746 it
is one of the oldest girl's schools in the United States.
The background quilt of this page is reproduced from a picture
of the
quilt which was made for Amos Kapp by his
nurse, Kitty Dupes, when
he was born in 1809. It is illustrated as
one of the oldest surviving quilts
preserved at the State Museum of
Pennsylvania. The quilt was
donated in 1929 by Helen Kapp, Amos's daughter.
Reproductions
of the quilts from the book "Saved for the People o Pennsylvania"
by Cawley,Ezbiansky and Norberg, PA Historial and Museum Commission, Harrisburg
1997
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