Capus M. Waynick

Who was Capus M. Waynick?

Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986), the son of Joshua James Newton and Anna (Moore) Waynick, was born in the Monroeton community of Rockingham County. His father, a Presbyterian, worked as a farmer, blacksmith, and building contractor. Capus Waynick received his early education at the Cross Keys School near Monroeton and, after the family moved to Greensboro in 1902, at the practice school of the State Normal and Industrial College for Women there. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1907, but left the university in 1909. He married Elizabeth McBee in 1915.

For more information, see the Capus Miller Waynick Papers online finding aid, which describes a physical collection of materials that are housed at Joyner Library, East Carolina University, in Greenville, N.C.