Monday, March 9, 2015

Anna Elizabeth Jones (1848-1934)

Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Jones was born in November 1848 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Jerome Bertram Jones and Elizabeth Merritt.  Annie was raised in Paducah.

Annie married Edward L. Chapman around 1866 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was 18 years old and he was 29 years.  Edward was born on August 11, 1837 in Bath, Somerset, England.

Edward was a veteran of the Civil War.  He fought for the Union in the 8th Missouri Infantry, first as a private from July 2, 1861 to May 3, 1864; and then as a captain in the 8th U.S.H. Artillery from May 21, 1864 to February 12, 1866.

Edward and Annie were the parents of five children:

Laura A. Chapman                          born February 1867
General Lorenzo Chapman           born April 10, 1868
Eugene Albert Chapman                born 1869
Leo G. Chapman                             born November 16, 1871
Edward Lafayette Chapman          born August 13, 1882

After their marriage, Edward and Annie settled in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  By 1868, the family had moved to Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, and they stayed there until around 1875.

In 1875, the Chapman family was living and working on a farm in Buffalo, Barton County, Kansas.  At that time, Edward’s property was valued at $1,000 and his personal property valued at $50.

Edward and Annie lost a child, Eugene Albert Chapman, on August 13, 1877.  Eugene was buried in Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  He was 8 years old at his death.

In 1880, Edward and Annie and their children were living in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  Edward was working as a Probate Judge at that time.

By 1885, the Chapman family was living in Ellinwood, Barton County, Kansas, where Edward was employed as a post master. 

Edward L. Chapman died on June 13, 1894, in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  He was laid to rest next to his son, Eugene, in the Great Bend Cemetery.  He was 56 years old at his death.

In 1900, Annie and her children, Laura and Edward, were living in a house on Polk Avenue in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.

Around 1904, Annie married a Mr. Atwood in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  He was not listed in the 1910 US Census with Annie, and by 1920 she was a widow once again.  Several trees on Ancestry.com list Willis C. Atwood as her second husband, citing a reference in the 1880 US Census, in which Willis is married to Ann E. Atwood.  Obviously this cannot be the same person who married Annie, as she was married to Edward in 1880 and listed in that census as his wife.  Further research has indicated that Willis C. Atwood is actually Willis Edward Atwood, born in Kentucky in 1842 and died in Kentucky in 1921, married to Ann E. and also to Elizabeth Frances Motley.

  In 1920, Annie and her daughter, Laura, were living in a home on Morton Street in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  Annie lived the rest of her life in this house.

Anna Elizabeth Jones Chapman Atwood died on November 20, 1934 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  She was laid to rest next to her husband in the Great Bend Cemetery.  She was 86 years old at her death.



Notes for Anna Elizabeth Jones
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
1850 US Census:  Year: 1850; Census Place: Paducah and Suburbs, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 156A; Image: 317.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1860 US Census:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: M653_383; Page: 939; Image: 603; Family History Library Film: 803383.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1880 US Census:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; Roll: 373; Family History Film: 1254373; Page: 37C; Enumeration District: 331; Image: 0076 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 
1875, 1885, 1925 Kansas Census:  Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
1900 US Census:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; Roll: 471; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1240471.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Emporia Ward 3, Lyon, Kansas; Roll: T624_445; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1374458 Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US Census:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Great Bend Ward 3, Barton, Kansas; Roll: T625_524; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 835.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930 US Census:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; Roll: 693; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 710.0; FHL microfilm: 2340428 Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.


Notes for Edward L. Chapman
Birth:  Census records
Military:  Ancestry.com. Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Bound Post Records, 1866-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas, Post Records (Bound Manuscript Collection 126). Topeka, Kansas: Kansas Historical Society.
Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Notes for Eugene T. Chapman
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

1875 Kansas Census:  Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

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