I'm a member of Ancestry.com, and have been doing quite a bit of research on my own family over the past few months.
I just did a little digging, and from what I can tell, it looks like Capote's father was Arch Persons IV, born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1897 and died in 1981. If this is true, then he was too young to be playing in the SL in 1909.
His father however, appears to have been Arch Persons III, born in 1866, and died in 1917. It is possible, looking at the card, that the Arch Persons on the card, was Capote's grandfather (the picture does appear to be an older man). It is also conceivable that Arch III, if he was a baseball player, could've played baseball in Cuba, which would match with Arch IV's birthplace.
I've also found census records for Capote's mother, but nothing connecting her with Arch Persons yet.
It's too late for me to continue digging tonight, as I have to get to bed, but I'll do some more digging on Ancestry.com tomorrow evening and see what I come up with.
Steve
Last edited by Steve D; 07-09-2012 at 10:15 PM.
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