Thursday, March 12, 2015

Edward Lafayette Chapman (1882-1940)

Edward Lafayette Chapman was born August 13, 1882 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  He was the son of Edward L. Chapman and Anna Elizabeth Jones.

Edward married Alberta Allen around 1906 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  They were both 24 years old.  Alberta was born in April 1882 in Stafford County, Kansas, the daughter of Albert Spencer Allen and Elizabeth Mosey.

Edward and Alberta were the parents of one child:

Martha Allen             born 1914

Edward and Alberta were living with Alberta’s parents in 1910.  Their home was on Stone Street in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.  At that time, Edward was employed as a cashier at a bank. 

On September 12, 1918, Edward registered for the draft for the First World War.  He was working in insurance and investments and he was described as tall and stout, with blue eyes and brown hair.  Edward did not serve in the war.

By 1930, Edward and Alberta were living in a home worth $40,000 on Eighth Street in Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.  Living with them was their daughter and Alberta’s mother, Elizabeth Allen.  Edward was the vice president of a bank.

In 1940, Edward and Alberta were living on West 7th Street in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.  Edward was working as the Assistant State Treasurer at that time.

Edward Lafayette Chapman died in 1940 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.  He was buried in the Neodesha Cemetery in Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.  He was 58 years old at his death.

Alberta Allen Chapman died 32 years later in September 1972 in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.  She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Neodesha Cemetery in Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.  She was 90 years old at her death.



Notes for Edward Lafayette 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
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 3, Barton, Kansas; Roll: T624_432; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1374445.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Military:  Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Barton; Roll: 1643422.  Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
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: Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas; Roll: 726; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 268.0; FHL microfilm: 2340461.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
1940 US Census:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: T627_1260; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 89-39A.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Notes for Alberta Allen
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
1885, 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: 19A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1240471.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

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