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Horace Capron Military person

Horace Capron (August 31, 1804 – February 22, 1885) was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States Commissioner of Agriculture under U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaidō Development Commission.His collection of Japanese art and artifacts was sold to the Smithsonian Institution after his death.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 31, 1804
Birth place	Attleboro Massachusetts
Date of death	February 22, 1885
Place of death	Washington D.C.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington D.C.) , Washington D.C. , Georgetown (Washington D.C.)

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