Laura A. Chapman was
born in February 1867 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Edward L. Chapman and Anna Elizabeth Jones.
Around
1868, Laura’s family 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.
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.
Laura’s
father died in 1894, leaving her mother a widow. She lived with her mother until her mother’s
death in 1934.
In
1900, Laura was living with her mother and brother, Edward, in a house on Polk
Avenue in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.
In
1920, Laura and her mother were living in a home on Morton Street in Great
Bend, Barton County, Kansas.
Laura
A. Chapman died on June 15, 1958 in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. She was buried alongside her parents in the
Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, Benton County, Kansas. She was 91 years old at her death.
Notes
for Laura A. 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, 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.
