Son of John Mallory Chapman and a Miss Wallace.
CO. D. 7th WVA CAV. Civil War
The Chapman family moved to what is now West Virginia in the 1830's from Culpeper Co., Virginia.
John Mallory Chapman settled his family on the Mud River near the present town of Milton.
One of John Mallory's sons, John Wesley, purchased land on Rocky Fork, Mason Co., West Virginia and built a log home in 1862.
Family legend has it that John Wesley went AWOL from the Union Army in the Spring of 1862, built his home and returned to the Army in December of that year. John Wesley's first wife bore him two children: Wilbur and Jennie, and died in childbirth.
He second married Mary Wright and they had six children: Byrd, Rosetta (1898) Birth Record, James W. (1891) Birth Record, Jim, Fannie, and Lewis b. Dec. 23, 1892. Son Lewis inherited the family farm upon the death of his father in 1927.
(History of Mason County West Virginia 1987, p. 65)
1880 Census of Hannan District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Jno. W Chapman, 30, 1850, Head, VA (Farm Laborer)
Angeline Chapman, 18, 1862, Wife, VA (Keeping House)
Son of John Mallory Chapman and a Miss Wallace.
CO. D. 7th WVA CAV. Civil War
The Chapman family moved to what is now West Virginia in the 1830's from Culpeper Co., Virginia.
John Mallory Chapman settled his family on the Mud River near the present town of Milton.
One of John Mallory's sons, John Wesley, purchased land on Rocky Fork, Mason Co., West Virginia and built a log home in 1862.
Family legend has it that John Wesley went AWOL from the Union Army in the Spring of 1862, built his home and returned to the Army in December of that year. John Wesley's first wife bore him two children: Wilbur and Jennie, and died in childbirth.
He second married Mary Wright and they had six children: Byrd, Rosetta (1898) Birth Record, James W. (1891) Birth Record, Jim, Fannie, and Lewis b. Dec. 23, 1892. Son Lewis inherited the family farm upon the death of his father in 1927.
(History of Mason County West Virginia 1987, p. 65)
1880 Census of Hannan District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Jno. W Chapman, 30, 1850, Head, VA (Farm Laborer)
Angeline Chapman, 18, 1862, Wife, VA (Keeping House)
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