Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Rufus Chapman    
                Born: Apr-10-1832           1,2
                Died: Sep-19-1889           1
              Buried: Grove                 1
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Abraham Chapman   (1800 - 1859) 
              Mother: Olive Hickman   (1801 -     ) 
                Wife: Margaret E. Peck   3  
       Also known as: Marguerite Peaks 3
                Born: ca 1831               2
              Census: 1910                 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Sotha Peck   (1807 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary ___   (1807 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Lloyd W. Chapman      
                Born: Oct-24-1853          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  4
                Died: Feb-27-1952          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  5,6
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,7
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1940                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1920, 1930     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
          Occupation:                      attorney  5,6
          Occupation:                      mayor of West Union (2 terms)  5
          Occupation:                      Doddridge County Prosecuting Attorney (1933-1937)  5
          Occupation:                      school land commissioner (1913-1931)  5
                Wife: Louisa Frasure  b. 1858  d. Jan-27-1926  
       Also known as: Lucy A. Frashure 8,9
             Married: Oct-20-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
                Wife: Laura Alice Kinney  b. Jun- 3-1858  d. Mar-16-1945  
             Married: Aug-10-1927          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Martha J. Chapman      
                Born: May-23-1855          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  11,12,10
                Died: Oct- 4-1921          in Harrison Co, WV  11,12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  13,11
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1871                 in Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Columbus Carroll Richards  b. May-23-1848  d. Dec-23-1928  
       Also known as: Lum Richards 14
             Married: Nov-26-1871          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
           M Child 3: Gordon Batell Chapman   10   
       Also known as: Gordie B. Chapman 15
                Born: Mar-  -1868          at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  16,10,12,17
                Died: May-10-1944          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,12
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  11,18
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1919                 saddler & harness man  19
          Occupation: 1910, 1916           harness maker  20,21
                Wife: Mary S. Warner  b. Jun-  -1875  d. Feb-22-1902  
         Census name: Mollie S. Warner 
             Married: Sep- 4-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  22
                Wife: Queen Victoria Pierce  b. 1874  d. Apr-25-1951  
       Also known as: Victoria Pierce 10,23,24
             Married: Mar- 7-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Obituary, Age given at time of marriage would put birth in about 1862, but obituary and death record specify Oct 24 
1853, age at death 98.  Death record gives birthplace as Doddridge County, but marriage record states Barbour County, 
and obituary specifies "Arnold's Run, Elk District of Barbour County." 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(8) Obituary of husband. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(14) Marriage record of daughter. 
(15) Death record of daughter. 
(16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) 
(17) Birth record of son. 
(18) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(19) West Union Herald, 17 Apr 1919. 
(20) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) 
(21) West Union Record, 10/26/1916. 
(22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(23) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(24) Headstone. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1910, location specified as Middle Fork of Hughes River.







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