Jul-28-2018
Husband: Floyd Wirt Chapman Also known as: Wirt Chapman
Born: Nov-29-1860 in West Virginia 1 Died: Mar-30-1955 1 (see note 1) Buried: in Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH 2 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: David Maxfield Chapman (1839 - 1927) Mother: Ellen Costilow (1842 - 1919) Notes 3
Wife: Columbia Gaston 1 Married: Nov-29-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Born: Feb-15-1861 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 3 Died: Oct-16-1946 6 Buried: in Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH 3,2 Resided: 1911 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Samuel Morris Gaston (1825 - 1911) Mother: Elizabeth Law (1825 - 1882)
F Child 1: Leona Mae Chapman Born: Dec-22-1883 Died: May- 6-1967 Buried: in Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH Never married:
F Child 2: Laura Elizabeth Chapman Born: Feb-21-1885 in Wolf Pen Run, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9 Died: May-22-1983 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Otto D. Goodwin b. Jun-27-1880 d. Dec-13-1957 Married: Apr- 1-1912
M Child 3: Bruce Gaston Chapman Born: Jul-10-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV Died: Apr-21-1966 Buried: in Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH No children: 1 Wife: Anna Belle Wilson d. Feb- 5-1953 Married: Aug-18-1918 Wife: Helen Elsie Gillaghy b. Mar- 3-1907 d. Feb-14-1988
F Child 4: Emma Grace Chapman Also known as: Grace Chapman 1,10 Born: May-31-1889 in West Virginia 11,10,1 Died: Oct-29-1977 in Los Angeles Co, CA 11,10,1 Resided: in Yorba Linda, Orange Co, CA 12 Husband: Lewis Arthur Bortz b. Apr-15-1882 d. May- 7-1953 Married: May-25-1925 1
M Child 5: Lester Maxfield Chapman Born: Nov-20-1891 Died: Jun-10-1980 No children: Wife: Helen Annette McCloud b. Jul-26-1888 d. Apr-27-1970 Married: May-15-1919
F Child 6: Faye Marie Chapman Also known as: Metta Faye Chapman Born: Aug- 7-1894 Died: Feb- 5-1949 Husband: Daniel Wesley Ross b. Jul- 5-1901 d. Feb-18-1988 Married: Dec- 3-1933 No children:
M Child 7: Pallie Gail Chapman Born: Aug-10-1896 at Market, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14,10 Died: Apr-24-1976 in Athens, Athens Co, OH 10,15 Buried: in Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH Resided: in Athens, Athens Co, OH 10,15 Military: Jul-26-1918 - Sep-30-1921 Landsman for Electrician (Radio), US Navy Reserve Forces, World War I 13 Wife: Faye Mildred Marshall b. Sep- 7-1895 d. Jun-30-1987 Married: Sep- 2-1919
M Child 8: Harley Hall Chapman Also known as: Hall Chapman Born: Oct-14-1900 Died: May- 5-1979 Wife: Sarah Helen Falls b. Jul-21-1898 d. Aug-13-1979 Also known as: Helen Falls Married: Jan- 2-1925
F Child 9: Majel Ellen Chapman Born: Feb- 3-1905 Died: Apr-29-1981 Resided: in Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH 10 Husband: Otis Ray Kiracofe b. Mar-29-1901 d. Dec-24-1981 Also known as: Otis Roy Kiracofe 16 Married: Dec-23-1928
Sources: (1) Eleanor R. Goodwin, granddaughter of Floyd W. & Columbia Gaston Chapman. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 382. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 156. (5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (6) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (7) Obituary of father. (8) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 138. (9) Immediate family. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Death Record - Online. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in California before 1951. Name listed in SSDI as Grace Bortz. (13) Ohio Soldiers in World War I, 1917-1918 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Original data: "Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918. Vol. I-XXIII." Columbus, OH, USA: F. J. Heer Printing Co, 1926. (14) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (15) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (16) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) Event Notes Note (1) But Ota Reed Fraker reports date as Mar 31 1955.Name Index