General Lorenzo Chapman was
born April 10, 1868 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. He was the son of Edward L. Chapman and Anna Elizabeth Jones.
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.
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.
General
married Viola “Ola” Brinkman on October 9, 1895 in Great Bend, Barton County,
Kansas. He was 27 years old and she was
22 years. Ola was born on February 18, 1873
in Sandyville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, the daughter of John Vernon Brinkman and Susan
Catherine Lebold.
General
and Ola were the parents of three children:
Elizabeth
Chapman born in 1896, died on August 30,
1896
Lawrence
Brinkman Chapman born September 15,
1898
Vera
Catherine Chapman born
December 28, 1901
In
1900, General and Ola were living in a home on Broadway in Great Bend, Barton
County, Kansas. General was working as a
bank clerk at that time. By 1910,
General was listed as the president of a bank.
General
Lorenzo Chapman died on March 20, 1911 in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri. The cause of death was “acute
dilation of the heart.” He was buried in
the Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. He was 42 years old at his death.
After
the death of her husband, Ola and her children moved in with her brother,
Charles, and sister, Lillian, in their house at 2323 Broadway Street in Great
Bend, Benton County, Kansas.
Ola lived
with her sister, Lillian, until Lillian’s death in 1954. After her sister's death, she moved to a home at 2408
Shawnee Drive in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. She lived there until at least 1859.
Viola
Brinkman Chapman died on March 7, 1961 in Great Bend, Barton County,
Kansas. She was 88 years old at her
death.
Notes
for General Lorenzo 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
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, 1895, 1905 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: 7A; 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: Great Bend Ward 2, Barton, Kansas; Roll: T624_432;
Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1374445. Ancestry.com. 1910
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Notes
for Viola Brinkman
Birth:
Ancestry.com. Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
"Ohio
Births and Christenings, 1821-1962." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and
compiled records.
1885 Kansas Census: Ancestry.com. Kansas
State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
1920 US Census: Year: 1920;
Census Place: Great Bend Ward 2, Barton, Kansas; Roll: T625_524;
Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 812. Ancestry.com. 1920
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Kansas City Directories: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories,
1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2011.
Death:
Info on Ancestry.com
Hello and Good afternoon! Andy Osterdahl from the Strangest Names In American Political History site writing to you, and I just wanted to send along the following link to an article I've written on General Lorenzo Chapman that you may find useful for furthering your genealogy page here. Chapman was a two term state senator from Barton County as well as a prominent banker in the city of Great Bend. I managed to locate two pictures of him, as well as an obituary, which may be of interest. His write up concludes the following article.
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Please feel free to contact me at my site's Facebook page if you are seeking further info on Mr. Chapman, I've managed to locate plenty in newspapers of the time!