Husband: Winfield Scott Chapman
Born: Oct-12-1849 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Dec- 2-1927 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1,3
Resided: at Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 1
Father: Stewart L. Chapman (1824 - 1912)
Mother: Mary Jane Paugh (1830 - )
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Jennie May Hall 5
Also known as: Jane 5
Married: Jan- 2-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 6
Born: Nov-13-1865 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 1,7,8 (see note 1)
Died: Jun-11-1930 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3,1
Resided: 1927 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Father: John Allen Hall
Mother: Juliann Startzman
F Child 1: Winnie Snow Chapman Census name: Snow Chapman Born: Sep- 9-1893 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9,7,10 Died: Jul-24-1964 in Wood Co, WV 11,10 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Roswell Proctor Nay b. Jul-15-1891 d. Oct-31-1957 Married: 1914 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
F Child 2: Mary Fay Chapman Also known as: Mary Faye Chapman 8 Born: Aug- 7-1903 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9 (see note 2) Died: Oct-23-1993 14,10 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16 Resided: 1923 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1940 telephone operator 17 Husband: Jefferson Moore Robey b. ca 1905 Married: Jun-30-1923 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Divorced: bef Apr 1940 17 Husband: Howard Lee Ayers b. Mar-19-1901 d. Dec-21-1959 Married: Jul-11-1942 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Obituary of father. (5) Death record of husband. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Winfield S. Chapman, widowed, 43, farmer, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Jennie M. Hall, single, 26, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 2 1893. (Note: All other records indicate Winfield Chapman's birthplace to be Barbour County.), MR p. 80. (7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Snow Nay. (13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) City Directory. (17) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (18) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Jefferson Moore Robey, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Oxford (Doddridge Co); and Mary Faye Chapman, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman. Married Jun 30 1923 at the M.P. parsonage in Pennsboro. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543220&Type=Marriage. (19) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Howard Lee Ayers, divorced, 41 (sic), b. Mar 19 1890 in Smithville, res. Smithville, son of Hugh P. & Ina Ayers; and Mary Fay Robey, divorced, 38, b. Aug 7 1906 in Pullman, res. Parkersburg, dau of Eber & Fannie Wilson. Married Jul 11 1942 in Spencer. (NOTE: There are several inconsistencies in this marriage record. Although husband's age appears to be correct based on census records, his stated birth date is clearly incorrect. His headstone shows it as Mar 19 1901, corresponding to census records. Wife's stated information, however, is incorrect on several counts. Her stated age does not correspond to her stated birth date, which in turn differs from both her headstone date (Aug 7 1904) and birth record (Aug 7 1903). Furthermore, the couple identified as her parents were, in fact, not her parents and could not have been. Her birth record identifies her parents as Winfield Scott Chapman and Jennie May Hall, and she appears with them in the 1910 Census. Eber Wilson died in 1897, and his wife Frances "Fanny" Peppers Wilson was born in 1852 and would have been a widow in her early 50's when Mary Fay Chapman Robey was born. Eber and Fanny Wilson were actually the maternal grandparents of the husband in this marriage, Howard Ayers. This marriage record is the only instance we have found that Mary was apparently residing in Wood County, and it is the only instance we have found that either Mary or Howard was associated with Roane County, where the ceremony took place. We can only speculate as to the reason for the misinformation.), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10265575&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Headstone has birth date of 1866, but 1900 Census shows birth date as Nov 1865, and death record specifies Nov 13 1865. Headstone has no death date. Note (2) Birth date given in Social Security records as Aug 7 1904, and date on headstone is also 1904. But her birth record shows it as Aug 7 1903.