Died at the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. Gill, one and a half miles west of Lewis Station, on Friday morning, Dec. 15, 1893, with typhoid fever. Mrs. Francis R. Chapman, whose maiden name was Shuman. Born Dec. 28 1828 in Gallipolis, Ohio, married to the late W. B. Chapman in 1852 in West Virginia. She suffered about 15 days in her illness, her devoted daughters and loving sons ministering to her wants. She and her husband had eight children, five still living, the others in the spirit land with their father: two sons, Edward and Marida, live one and a half miles north of Lewis; Mrs. Thomas Dalton in Lewis and Mrs. Henry Dickenson at Coalgate, I.T. She gave her heart to God as a child, first united with the Methodist church, to which her people belonged, but after she came to Missouri and settled down with her husband, she joined the Dunkard church. Burial in the Drake cemetery.
Died at the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. Gill, one and a half miles west of Lewis Station, on Friday morning, Dec. 15, 1893, with typhoid fever. Mrs. Francis R. Chapman, whose maiden name was Shuman. Born Dec. 28 1828 in Gallipolis, Ohio, married to the late W. B. Chapman in 1852 in West Virginia. She suffered about 15 days in her illness, her devoted daughters and loving sons ministering to her wants. She and her husband had eight children, five still living, the others in the spirit land with their father: two sons, Edward and Marida, live one and a half miles north of Lewis; Mrs. Thomas Dalton in Lewis and Mrs. Henry Dickenson at Coalgate, I.T. She gave her heart to God as a child, first united with the Methodist church, to which her people belonged, but after she came to Missouri and settled down with her husband, she joined the Dunkard church. Burial in the Drake cemetery.
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