Background
Capen, Samuel Billings was born on December 12, 1842 in Boston, Master of Arts. Son of Samuel Childs and Anne Capen (Billings) Capen.
Capen, Samuel Billings was born on December 12, 1842 in Boston, Master of Arts. Son of Samuel Childs and Anne Capen (Billings) Capen.
Graduate English High School, Boston, 1858. (honorary Master of Arts, Dartmouth, 1893. Doctor of Laws, Oberlin, and Middlebury, 1900).
Entered carpet store of Wentworth & Bright, Boston, 1859. Became partner of William East. Bright, 1863, the firm finally becoming Torrey, Bright & Capen Company, of which has been secretary, treasurer and director President Congressional South.S. and Public Society, 1882-1899 (vice president, since 1899), American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, since 1899, Watch and Ward Society, 1904-1909. Vice president American Congressional Association, since 1903.
Director Boston City Missionary Society.
Trustee United Society Christian Endeavor. President Boston Municipal League, 1894-1899.
Member Boston School Committee, 1889-1892 (president 1892). President of the board of trustees Wellesley College, since 1905.
Chairman of the executive committee Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada Active in Boston Indian Citizenship Committee.
Chairman Committee of Arrangements for 2d International Congressional Council, Boston, 1899. Home: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Member Boston School Committee, 1889-1892 (president 1892).
Married Helen Maria Warren, December 8, 1869.