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Sarah Alvira <I>Landon</I> Chapman

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Sarah Alvira Landon Chapman

Birth
Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois, USA
Death
10 Jul 1924 (aged 67)
Burial
Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec.25. Chapman Maus.
Memorial ID
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CHAPMAN. Died 10-08-1924. Mrs. Sarah A. Chapman passes away at her home on West Pearl St., Sunday evening, August 10, 1924, at 6 o'clock p.m., after an illness of many months, Mrs. Chapman, who was the widow of the late Senator Theodore S. Chapman, was 67 years, 8 months and 29 days of age. She was born in Jersey County, Nov. 11, 1856, the daughter of William D. and Alvira Landon, who had emigrated to this county from Middlebury, Vermont. From the old Landon homestead, the farm northwest of Jerseyville lately occupied by Asa Beckner, she was married to Theodore S. Chapman on Dec. 31, 1874. This union was a particularly happy one, and was blessed with four sons, Judge Harry L. Chapman of this city, Theodore S., of Chapman, Cutler & Parker, Chicago; Paul W. of Chicago , of the P. W. Chapman & Co. Investment Bankers of Chicago and New York; Truman L. Chapman, President of the Great Western Gypsum Co., of Los Angeles, Calif. Senator Chapman who had become a member of the State Legislature from this district, died Dec. 12, 1914, and the next year Mrs. Chapman moved from the family home, Homeridge Farm, north of Jerseyville, to the beautiful new home she erected on West Pearl Street. Mrs. Chapman was a life-long member of the Baptist Church and very active in all church work. She as for many years, teacher of the Naomi Class, until her health began to fail a year or two ago, and since then had been a counselor of the class. She was also a member fo the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist Church. Besides her four sons and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Chapman is survived by one brother, William D. Landon, three sister, Mrs. Alice Workman of Auburn, Mrs. Emma Everts and Mrs. Mary Cowan of this city. Funeral services were held from the Baptist Church. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. R. B. Favoright officiating. Her four sons served as pallbearers. Interment in Cemetery was private.
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CHAPMAN. Died 10-08-1924. Mrs. Sarah A. Chapman passes away at her home on West Pearl St., Sunday evening, August 10, 1924, at 6 o'clock p.m., after an illness of many months, Mrs. Chapman, who was the widow of the late Senator Theodore S. Chapman, was 67 years, 8 months and 29 days of age. She was born in Jersey County, Nov. 11, 1856, the daughter of William D. and Alvira Landon, who had emigrated to this county from Middlebury, Vermont. From the old Landon homestead, the farm northwest of Jerseyville lately occupied by Asa Beckner, she was married to Theodore S. Chapman on Dec. 31, 1874. This union was a particularly happy one, and was blessed with four sons, Judge Harry L. Chapman of this city, Theodore S., of Chapman, Cutler & Parker, Chicago; Paul W. of Chicago , of the P. W. Chapman & Co. Investment Bankers of Chicago and New York; Truman L. Chapman, President of the Great Western Gypsum Co., of Los Angeles, Calif. Senator Chapman who had become a member of the State Legislature from this district, died Dec. 12, 1914, and the next year Mrs. Chapman moved from the family home, Homeridge Farm, north of Jerseyville, to the beautiful new home she erected on West Pearl Street. Mrs. Chapman was a life-long member of the Baptist Church and very active in all church work. She as for many years, teacher of the Naomi Class, until her health began to fail a year or two ago, and since then had been a counselor of the class. She was also a member fo the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist Church. Besides her four sons and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Chapman is survived by one brother, William D. Landon, three sister, Mrs. Alice Workman of Auburn, Mrs. Emma Everts and Mrs. Mary Cowan of this city. Funeral services were held from the Baptist Church. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. R. B. Favoright officiating. Her four sons served as pallbearers. Interment in Cemetery was private.


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