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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