1869 - 1948

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• Birth	3 Nov 1869  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Feb 1948  [2]
  Person ID	I109220	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2002 00:00:00
  Father	Smith Rome CHAPMAN, b. 15 May 1827, Marietta, Washington Co, Ohio
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane SHANKS, b. 14 May 1835, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL
  Family ID	F45915	Group Sheet
  Family	Harriet Fredona ROBISON, b. 6 Oct 1875
  Married	17 Mar 1898  [2]
  Notes	CHAN23 Dec 2003
  Children	> 1. Leta Leona CHAPMAN, b. 24 May 1899, Okaw Twp, Shelby Co, IL > 2. Edward Robison CHAPMAN, b. 18 Mar 1901, Shelby Co, IL > 3. David Morris CHAPMAN, b. 31 Mar 1903, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL   4. William Oran CHAPMAN, b. 24 Jun 1906, Shelby Co, IL > 5. Smith Robert CHAPMAN, b. 28 Jan 1908, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL > 6. Era Elizabeth CHAPMAN > 7. Don CHAPMAN, b. 23 Jun 1912, Shelby Co, IL > 8. Earl Phineas CHAPMAN, b. 21 Jun 1914 > 9. Ralph Raymond CHAPMAN, b. 4 May 1918
  Family ID	F45995	Group Sheet

• Notes

  REFN: 11672 Edward P. Chapman's early life was spent on the farm where he attende d the rural school for a few months each winter until he was 16 year s ofage, when he dropped out of school entirely. At the age of 21 h e again entered the rural school and after attending two winter term s of five months each,he obtained a Teacher's Certificate, and bega n the teaching profession, which he followed for thirty-five years. Edw. P. Chapman's teaching record is as follows: Rural schools of Shelby County 14 years Mathematics, Shelbyville High School 8 years Arith. And Principal, Shelbyville Main St. School 6 years Prin. Findlay Grades and High School 4 years Prin. Strasburg Grades and High School 1 year Asst. Co. Superintendent of School 2 years Total 32 years. On February 11, 1929, Ewd. P. Chapman entered St. John's Sanitarium a s a patient to be treated for Tuberculosis of the Lungs. He was her e as a patientfor five years, lacking just five days.

• Sources

  [S2225] Dr. Leon D. Chapman. 16924 W. Links Dr., Surprise, AZ, USA, 85387, chapy@cox.net. These genealogy records are copyright protected. Please contact the author for use of these records. [S2229] World Family Tree Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (28 Jul 1997), Tree #1782.