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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CAPITO, Gustav B.
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Sandy Spradling
SSpradling@AOL.com
September 26, 1999
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 427-428
GUSTAV B. CAPITO, M.D., of Charleston, W. Va., was born in this city in 1878,
a son of Charles and Sophia (Bentz) Capito. His paternal grandparents were
Godfrey and Catharine (Miller) Capito, the former a native of Germany, who in
1856 settled with his family at Mason City, Va., where he was a well known
business man for many years, first as a blacksmith and later being engaged in
the brewing trade.
Charles Capito, who was seven years of age when the family settled in Mason
City, was there reared and partly educated, subsequently being a stud'ent for
six years at Concordia Col-lege, at Fort Wayne, Ind. He then returned home
and engaged in the drug business at Mason City, later becoming a grocer. In
1872 he came to Charleston, where he has since re-sided. For eleven years he
conducted a fancy grocery and vegetable business here, after which he went
into the wholesale liqu6r business, which he followed until 1905, when he
retired. Subsequently he became identified with the city's banking
interests, and since September 1, 1910, has been president of the Kanawha
Nationl Bank, of which he is also a director. He has also been officially
connected with the Kanawha Valley Building and Loan Association and other
important enterprises. He is one of the leading business men of the city and
for eleven years has been president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce.
Charles Capito was married in 1877 to Miss Sophia Bentz and they have four
children-Gustav, Bertha, Henry and Kate. Henry Capito is also a prominent
business man of Charleston, being superintendent of the Diamond Ice and Coal
Company.
Gustav B. Capito was educated in the public schools of Charleston and at the
Washington-Lee University, where he was graduated in '899 with the degree of
B.A. Later he entered the medical department of the college and was
graduated M.A., M.D. in the class of 1905. He also pursued medical studies
in 1904 and 1906 at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, and later in Berlin,
Germany. Then returning home he began medical practice in his native city and
has already achieved a good professional reputation. He is interested in
hospital work and is a close student of medical science. He belongs to the
county, state and national medical associations. Perhaps few men of his age
could be found better equipped for his profession, and with the excellent
beginning he has already made, it may be confidently expected that his future
will be one of still more honorable achievement.
Sandy Spradling
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