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born 1854, Mary Elizabeth (4) born 1856, Samuel Jackson (4) born 1858, Henry Clinton (4) born 1869. Louisa B. (4) married William H. Ashley 1871, they had William Henry (5), Edgar Chapman (5) Charles Horner (5) William H. (5) married Emma R. Gill 1897 and had Charles Edgar (6), born 1899, who married Opal Ridenhower and has Elizabeth. Edgar Chapman (5) married Gertrude Davis 1899, children, Edgar Chapman Jr. (6) born 1900; Deneen Davis (6) born 1904, Mary Louise (6) born 1909. Charles Horner (5) married Edna Fisher 1900 and has William Richard (6) born 1901, who married Julia A. Bridges (6). Samuel Jackson (4) married Carrie Campbell, died 1905; Harry C. (4) married Mamie Cantwell 1900, children, Catherin (5) born 1901 and Elizabeth (5), residents of Chicago, Ill. Mary E. (4) married Lafayett Putman in 1879, they had Ione (5) born 1881, Don William (5), Catherin (5), Alma Bernice (5). Ione (5) married John Foster. This family lives in Attica, Ind. Franklin J. Chapman (3) moved from this county to Carbondale, Ill., some time in the sixties and none of his family reside in the county. Jerome B. (3) married first Laura Russell of Massac County, they had Franklin Jackson (4) born 1858, Libbie Elanor (4) born 1860. Frank- lin J. (4) married Ruth Madden 1880, they had Franklin Jackson Jr., (5), Bess Madden (5). F. J. Jr. (5) married Lisa Wallace 1920. He is a business man of Chicago, Ill .; Bess M. (5) married George E. Galeener, 1912, and has Edwin Chapman (6); Libbie E. (4) married William R. Wiley and had Loyd (5) born 1881, Laura Vale (5) born 1884, Bardine R. (5) born 1887, John Jerome (5) born 1890, Carl Herbert (5) born 1892. Loyd (5) married Lena Hughes, children Blanch Lena (6) born 1903, Melbyrne Loyd (6) born 1906, Alice May (6) born 1910; Laura V. (5) married George H. Massey 1914, has Jeanne (6); Bardine R. (5) married H. C. Mclaughlin and has Oral Wayne (6) born 1907, Olga Laura (6), born 1910; John Jerome (5) married and has Donald (6). W. R. Wiley moved from this county about 1884 and the family resides in Auburn Washington; Jerome B. (3) married second Clara (Russell) Adams 1883, they had Samuel Jackson (4) born 1884, Jerome B. (4) born 1890, Samuel J. (4) married Pearl Woodward and has Virginia (5) born 1912; Jerome B. (4) was accidently killed in a motorcycle accident when a young man. Solomon Chapman (2) married Sarah Ann, they had Permelia (3), Amanda (3), George W. (3), Lucretia E. (3), Daniel (3), Wm. H. (3), Permelia (3) married Tipton Collier of Massac County; Amanda (3) married Gilbert Padget, had one or two children, one son lived in Chicago 1900; Amanda (3) married second Mr. Brown and had two children; Lucretia E. (3) married Frank Hayward; William H. (3) married Mary Burris, had Olive (4), Luela (4); William H. died at Annapolis, Maryland, while serving in the Civil
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War. Olive (4) married Mr. Alread and moved to Texas; Luela (4) married I. N. Davies of this county, they had Olive Gertrude (5), Daisy Ethel (5). James Otis (5), Goss Loyd (5). Olive Gertrude (5) married Frank Crowder, their children were Ruth (6), Pearl (6), Ferrel (6), Halie (6), Thelma (6), Daisy E. (5) married S. H. (see Taylor) ; married second CSolumbus R. Verhines and has Thelma (6), Wilma (6), Dorthy (6), Davis (6), Luela (6). J. Otis (5) married Clate Keeler; Goss L. (5) married Mamie Wigam and has James Loyd (6) and Brad (6). Daniel Chapman (2) married Elizabeth Du- Poister, they had Daniel Clinton (3) born 1828, Sarah (3) born about 1830, James Monroe (3) born 1832, Amanda (3) born about 1834, Thomas (3) born 1837, Tamberlin (3) born about 1838, Leonidas (3) born 1840. Daniel C. (3) married Mary Elizabeth Rose 1853, their children were Pleasant Thomas (4) born 1854, James Clinton (4) born 1856, Sidney Ann (4) born 1858, Daniel Leonidas (4) born 1861, Elizabeth Sherman (4) born 1865, Ida Catherine (4) born 1867, Estelle Belle (4) born 1874, Charles Hiram (4) born 1877. Pleasant T. (4) married Leorah May Copeland 1882, their children are Daniel Ward (5) born 1883, Marian (5) 1887, Ralph D. C. (5) born 1892. D. W. (5) married Cora Burnett; Marian (5) married Paul C. Raborg 1908. She married second Major John N. Greely 1920 and has John Chapman (6) born 1924. Ralph (5) married Beatrice V. Copley 1920. James C. (4) married Celia Ann Oliver 1889 and has Oliver D. (5) born 1889, James Clinton (5) born 1892, Robert Edward (5), Joe L. (5), Mary (5), George (5), Robert E. (5) married Gladys Broadway 1917 and has Robert (6) born 1917, Margaret D. (6) and Morris (6) born 1919; Sidney Ann (4) married Alonzo G. Benson 1878, they had Eva Alonzo (5) born 1879, Arthur Chapman (5) born 1880, John Sidney (5) born 1883, Mary Celinda (5) born 1885. Eva A. (5) mar ried A. J. Kuykendall and has Andrew Jackson (6) born 1903, Sidney Alonzo (6). A. J. (6) is married and lives in the east. Arthur C. (5) married Fay Herrin, children James (6), Sidney A. (6), Rose Mary (6) born 1922; John C. (5) married Albertie Lowery 1905 and has Elsie (6) born 1905, Paul (4) born 1910, Helen (6) born 1912; Mary C. (5) married first Mr. Hudgens 1905 and had Sidney (6) born 1905; married second O. H. Guinn and has one son. D. L. (4) married Kate Thomas, a native of Wales, 1889. They had Richard Daniel (5) born 1891, who married Regna Moss and has Mary Moss (6); Pleasant Thomas Jr., (5) born 1895 married Florence Simpson they have Betty Ann (6). The father of these boys was called Tobe and died when a young man; their mother died a few years later. They both served in the World War. Dick as a Lieutenant in France and Pleas Junior in the Transportation Department; Elizabeth (4) married J. N. Benson 1885 and has Eugene Chapman (5) and James Daniel (5)
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married Anna (Simmons) Verhines 1924; Estella B. (4) married Noel Whitehead 1893 the children are Noel Paul (5), Clinton Silvester (5), Mary Elizabeth (5). Noel P. (5) married Alice Chester and has John (6). Mary E. (5) married William Walker. Paul served in France as a Lieutenant in the World War. Clinton served in the Navy during the same war. Chas. H. (4) married Nelle Perkins 1903; they have Helen (5) born 1915; their daughter Harriet died in youth. Sarah (3) married Starling Simmons, chlidren Richmond (4), Frank (+), and Mary (4). Richmond (4) married Cora Woodward. Frank (4) married first Delia Pruett and had Vernie (5), he married second Ida Bridges, several children; Mary (4) married Marshall Dunn 1883, children Allie (5), Levi (5), May (5), Elizabeth (5). The two latter families live in Missouri. Amanda (3) married Samuel Damron about 1856, they had James M. (4) born 1857, who married Florence Scott and their children were Loyd (5), Normand (5), Florence (5). The mother and daughters live in California. Samuel T. (4) who married Anna Chapman (4), they had Samuel (5). Thomas J. (3) married Margaret Van Meter 1857, they had Anna (4) born 1864. who married first Samuel T. Damron (4), second Walter Will- iams, they live at Ashland, Ill. James M. (3) married Sarah Van Meter, they had Bertha (4) who married a Mr. Pool, Raymond (4) and James (4). This family lived near Cameron, Mo. Tamberlin (3) married Sarah Burk 1866 and had Tamberlin Burk (4) born 1867, Edwin Mace (4) born 1869, Andrew Daniel (4) born 1870, Sarah Elizabeth (4) born 1873. Tamberlin B. (4) married Anna B. Hagler 1892 and has Harry Laurence (5), Vera Ethel (5) born 1895, Macy Daniel (5) born 1896, Stella Catherine (5) born 1906. Vera Ethel (5) married George L. Rudolph 1915. T. B. (4) and family reside in Boise, Idoha. A. D. (4) married Rosa Weaver of Teras; they reside in that state. E. M. (4) married Daisy Blake, they have Virginia (5) and are residents of Clovis, N. M. Sarah E. (4) married O. A. Arpin, 1892 and had Sarah Josephine (5) born 1883, Tamberlin Edward (5) born 1884. Sarah J. (5) married F. H. Freeback 1913 they have three children; Tamberlin E. (5) married in 1912, has two sons, Sarah E. (4) died about 1921, the family lives in Elpaso, Texas. Leonidas Chapman (3) was born and raised in this county, was a soldier in the Civil War and married Sarah A. Francis, also of this county, they had James Monroe (4) born 1867, Mary Elizabeth (4) born 1868, Sarah Ann (4) born 1871, Nancy Catherine (4) born 1872, Margaret (4) born 1875, Samuel Edmond (4) born 1877, Daniel Leonidas (4) born 1879, Bertha (4) born 1885. James M. (4) married Jennett Murlin 1893, they had Fern (5) who married Charles Johnson 1911, they had William Gilbert (5) Carl (5), Elenor (5), Anita (5). Mary E. (4) married Grant Whiteside 1886, they had John Lee (5)
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born 1888, Sherman Daniel (5) born 1890, James Grant (5) born 1898. John L. (5) married Retta Simpson and has George (6). Sherman (5) married Lorene Martin and has Ralph (6) and Evalin (6). Grant (5) married Grace Pfluger and has Cornelia (6) and Lewis Edward (6); Sarah Ann (4) married John D. Gillespie 1893 and has Roy Francis (5) born 1895, Leon (5) born 1900. Roy F. (5) married May E. Laughlin 1917; Catherine (4) married Charles Kenroyer; Margaret (4) married Eugene Freeman and has Eugene Jr. (5) and Helen Reason (5); Samuel E. (4) married Florence Burson 1903; Daniel L. (4) married Mary E. Tender 1906, they have Lauren (5) born 1907, Mary V. (5) born 1910, Loyd (5) born 1913; Bertha May (4) married Thomas Fitzpatric 1902, Daniel Chapman (2) married second Mrs. Elizabeth House and had Hiram (3) who married Elizabeth Bradley. They removed to Missouri where they raised their family. Hiram (2) was an early teacher of this county died when a young man. Permelia Chapman (2) married Ishmael Veach, about 1822, they had Freelan (3), Albert (3) born 1824, Almina (3) born about 1826. Lucinda (3), Melissa (3), Pleasant G. (3), Mariah (3), Allen (3) killed at Shiloh during Civil War. Freelan (3) married Sally Chapman (3). James Albert (3) married Nancy Buckhanan 1846, and had Thomas (4), James (4), George (4); Albert (3) married second Laura Du Poister 1864, and had Martha (4), Mary (4) Lucinda (4), Amanda (4). Albert (3) married third Mrs. Matilda (Stone) Barn- well and had Sarah (4), Frank (4), Jennie (4), Thomas (4) married Jane Thomas, they had Fred (5), Bell (5). He married second Adeline Simpson and had Walter (5) who married Dora Farmer. Fred (5) married Della Jones (see Simpson). Belle (5) married Mr. McGeever and had Sylvia (6), Gertrude (6). J. C. (4) married Jose- phine Ausbridge,. George (4) married Jane Silevan, children Bertha (5) married Charles Hood. Oscar (5), Gertrude (5) married Roy Isom, children, Roy Veach (6), Frances (6); Norman (5), Charles (5), Fanny (5). Martha (4) married James Meredith. Mary (4) mar- ried Mr. Lindsey. Lucinda (4) married Monroe Trigg and had Newton (5), Frank (5), May (5). Amanda (4) married Mr. Jennings and had two children; Sarah (4) married William Anderson and had Myrtle (5), Julia (5), William (5), Albert (5); Myrtle (5) married Everett Beggs and has children Gladys (6), Evyline (6). Albert (5) married Bertie Kerley. These families live in St. Louis; Frank Veach (4) married Ann Johnson and has Dimple (5), Roy (5), Clarence (5). Dimple (5) married Mr. Hurley. Clarence (5) married Lottie Holcomb. Frank (4) married second Mary Smart and has Allen (5), Olive (5), Dallas (5) Lula (5), Ethel (5) Albert (5). Jennie (4) married Frank Shavitz and has Miriam (5), Ruth (5) and two others. Alimina (3) married J. L. Thomas, an early minister of
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this county and had John F. (4) born 1845, Frank D. (4) born 1848, Mary (4) born 1851, John F. (4) married Mary J. Barnwell, and they had William (5), Laura (5), Ella (5). Frank (4) married Ellen Glanahan had Della (5), Anna (5), Almina (5), Frank (5) and Hal (5). Frank (5) married Myrtle Moore of this county and is a business man of Vienna, Ill. Mary (4) married William Jones and had Effie (5). Lucinda (3) married Wiley Holt and had Ishmael (4), Lucinda Jane (4), Ellen (4), Alice Mary (4), Ishmael (4) married Addie Beggs and had Wiley (5), William (5) and Charles (5). Wiley (5) married Chloe Burnett and has Gladys (6). Charles (5) married Fannie Kelly. Lucinda J. (4) married John Whiteside and has Minnie (5), India (5) Lula (5), John (5), James (5), Ettie (5), Charles (5), Coy (5), Reverdia (5). Minnie (5) married Ed. Ross and has Neoma (6) and Claude (6); India (5) married Otis Barnwell and they have Lowell (6), Ina (6), Opal (6), Clyde (6), Uel (6), Fredia (6), John (6), Leota (6). Lowell (6) married Lutie Mollahan. Lula (5) married William Gray and has Herman (6), Hazel (6), Murel (6), Howard (6), Kenneth (6). John (5) married Ruth Barney and has Catherine (6). James (5) married Della French and has Gladys (6), Herbert (6), Glen (6), Lyndell (6). Ettie (5) married Walter Mc- Fatridge and has Loise (6), Charles (5) married Minnie Taylor and has Emaline (6). Coy (5) married Ela Warcheck. Ellen (4) married Marshall Turner and had William (5), John (5), Addie (5), Mary J. (5). William (5) married Mary Kinslow and had Walter (6), Ruth (6). John (5) married Jennie Kinslow and had Arthur (6) Addie (5) married Tobey Cress and has three children. Mary J. (5) married Mr. Hinkle. Alice (4) married Frank Mathis and had Mary (5), Benjamin (5), Alvin (5), Nora (5), Cressie (5), Charles (5), Fay (5). Mary (5) married Charles Kelley and had Alvin (6) and Benjamin (6). Both married Keislers. A. Mary (4) married John Davis and had Thomas (5), Everett (5), Bronzie (5), Esco (5), Afton (5). Melissa (3) married Hardy Holt and had Gastie (4). They removed to Kentucky. Pleasant G. (3) married Belle Keith and had Allen (4), Florence (4), John (4), Edward (4), Thomas (4). Pleasant G. (3) married third Amy Van Cleve and had Ray (4) and May (4). Allen (4) married Mattie Harvick, 1882 and had Bertha (5) and Ward (5). Bertha (5) married Mr. Oaker and has one son. Ward (5) married and died young, leaving one daughter. Florence (4) married T. M. Van Cleve, a teacher of Saline County and a native of this county, has Fredia (5), Hilda (5), Fred and Ed (5). Fredia (5) married Amos Pullian. Hilda (5) married Clyde Doly and has Caro- line (6). Ed (5) married Edna Simpson 1922 and has Thomas Edgar (6). John (4) married Rose Sams and has Earl (5), Delia (5), Helen (5), Ethel (5), Mary (5), John (5) Beatrice (5) and Lois (5). Earl
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Veach (5) married Ruth Boaz and has Rosanna (6) and Virginia (6). Delia (5) married Logan Williamson and has Helen Francis (6). Helen (5) married Everett McMahan and has Everett Lee (6), John Hugh (6), Earle (6). Ethel (5) married W. N. Carter and has Rose Mary (6) and Susanna (6). Mary (5) married George Brush. Edward (4) married Myrtle Burris and has Ina (5), Amy (5), Ray (5) and May (5) have removed from the county. Thomas (4) married and lives in Portland, Oregon. Mariah (3) married Frank Silevan and had Mary (4), Melissa (4) Ettie (4), Minnie (4). Melissa (4) married H. C. Chapman (3), 1890 and has Earl C. (5) born 1892, Frank S. (5) born 1896, Ward W. (5) born 1898, George W. (5) born 1910, Lawrence W. (5) born 1904, William L. (5) born 1906, H. C. Jr. (5) born 1908. This family lives in Sanger, Texas; Ettie (4) married Lawrence Woollard and has one son, Dona (5). Minnie (4) married Charles Mangum and Mary (4) married Charles Murrie. George W. Chapman (2) married Cynthia Jobe 1835 and had William (3), Luc- retia (3), Amanda (3), Martha A. (Polly) (3), Elizabeth (3). William (3) married Miss Waters (not certain) and had Clinton (4), Mary (4) Robert (4), who died 1884, Franklin (4), Thomas (4). Franklin (4) married Luella Casper of New Burnside Township and they had several children and removed to Oklahoma. Mary (4) married Mr. Spillman, had Anna (5); married second Mr. Stiff, three children. Polly (3) married Hiram H. Wise and had children T. C. (4), Frank- lin M. (4), William (4), George O. (4), Charles H. (4), Florence (4), Mary (4). Thomas C. (4) married first Mary McSparin. They had O. A. (5) and James T. (5). He married second Margaret Reeder, their children were Mollie (5), George N. (5), Donzella (5), Harry H. (5), Flo (5). Mollie (5) married Walter Smith. George N. (5) married Lula Etherton. Donzell (5) married J. B. Morray. Harry H. (5) married Beatrice Jones. Flo (5) married James Steagall. Frank M. (4) married Cora Randall. He took the name of his mother, Chapman, they had Ines (5), Paul (5) Ruth (5). Inez (5)
married Dr. William Whittenburg, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and has Frank Chapman (6), Sara (6). Paul (5) married and died, leaving one daughter in California. Ruth (5) married J. W. Taylor of Stil- water, Okla. George O. (4) married Esther Jones, one son, George M. (5). Mary (4) married A. I. Sumner and had Inez (5) who mar- ried Mr. Craig; Laura (5) married Mr. Norman; and Ralph (5) Eugene (5), Carl (5). Charles H. (4) married Emma Duty, had chil- dren Earnest (5), Ava (5), Jet (5). Florence M. (4) married G. S. Burnett, had children Iva (5), Donzella (5), Hugh (5), Frank (5), George (5), Calvin (5), Leota (5), Dorothy (5) and Dorris (5). Amanda (3) married George Graves, had children Mary (4), Margaret (4), Alice (4). Mary (4) married Columbus Medlin and had Grace
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(5), Webb (5). Margaret (4) married Frank Medlin and had Inez (5), George (5). Alice (4) married Mr. Gregg, had two children, Lucretia Finch (3) married Jay Van Trammell 1864, had children, Thomas F. (4), Amanda E. (4), Jehu (4), Cynthia J. (4), Minnie (4), James Webb (4). Thomas F. (4) married Bell Mofield, they have Jay V. (5), Clara (5), Thomas (5). Jay V. (5) married Pearl Mason and they have Nellie (6), Mason (6), Thomas F. (6), Lucretia (6). This family resides at Stonefort, Ill. Amanda E. (4) married L. O. Whitnel and has Ella (5), Josiah (5), George Trammell (5). Ella (5) married George Beardsley, a prominent attorney of Kansas City, Mo., and has Melvill (6), Henry (6). Josiah is an attorney of East St. Louis, Ill. George T. married Amanda Sacks and is a civil engineer of East St. Louis. Jehu (4) married Latta Cox and has Jean Elizabeth (6), Phillip Webb (6). Cynthia (4) is a teacher of E. St. Louis, Ill. Minnie (4) married Dr. Gilbert Brewer of Stonefort, where they reside, and has Cynthia (5), Gray (5), Gilbert (5). J. W. (4) is a graduate of the Naval Academy and has reached the rank of Lieut. Commander in the U. S. Navy. Elizabeth (3) married Christopher Camden had several children all are now dead. Mack (4) married Belle Snyder and left several sons. Cynthia (4) married a Mr. McGee and left two children. Monta (4) married Mr. Lawrence Warren Chapman (2), from the best information, married Polly Harris and had William (3), who was killed at Fort Donelson 1862; Marcus D. Lafayette (3), Francis Theodore (3), who died in this county 1899, Marcus D. (3) married Ellen Read, 1860 and had Samuel Jackson (4) born 1861, Cora (4) born 1866, Dora (4) born 1869. Samuel J. (4) married Laney Darck 1895 and had Ralph W. (5), born 1896, he served in the World War as Yeoman in the Navy, Opal (5) born 1898. John D. (5) born 1906, Charles A. (5) born 1910. Cora married Thomas Wallace 1884 and had James Wallar (5) born 1885, Dora (5) born 1888, Estelle (5) born 1890, Charles Samuel (5) born 1893, Moody C. (5) born 1896, Ted (5) born 1902. J. Wallar (5) married Kattie Holcomb 1909, and has Thomas Warren (6) 1910; Dora (5) married A. E. Lamerson 1910 and has Mary Estella (6), born 1911, they reside in Rawlins, Wyoming; Estella (5) married Agustus P. Huff, 1914 and has Estella Elizabeth (6) born 1917 and lives in Cheynne, Wyoming. Samuel J. Chapman, the pioneer came here about 1817 from New York State. A son of Wesley Reynolds says, the tradition in their family is; Ivy Reynolds, his grandfather, with a Mr. Chapman and his wife and a Mr. Drake built a boat in Cin- cinnati and floated down the Ohio in 1817, landing at what is now Golconda. The reason for supposing this was Samuel Chapman and wife, is that the other Chapmans, except Daniel, the Revolutionary soldier, coming here married in this county. He owned land at
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Bloomfield and was postmaster there in 1819. He also owned land east of the court house square in Vienna and on the left of the road leading to the cemetery. He kept tavern here for many years and was a prominent citizen of his time. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving from New York State, was wounded at Lundy's Lane for which he drew a pension. (For family see Chapman.) Col. D. Y. Bridges belonged to one of the oldest families of the county and was a son-in-law of Samuel J. Chapman. He was connected with all the movements of progress in the county and Vienna from the time of his manhood until his death which occured in 1857. (For family see Chapman.)
D. C. Chapman was a native of this county, born 1828, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (DePoister). D. C. settled in Tunnel Hill Town- ship in 1853, where he followed farming all his life. He was elected sheriff of the county twice and filled out the unexpired term of L. D. Craig. He was always ready to help anyone in need and his counsel and advice was always dependable. He was said to be a man with few if any, enemies. He served as a teamster in the Mexican War. His first farm was quite small having purchased the improvement from Dr. J. B. Ray, he added more from time to time, buying some from the government at a "bit" per acre and for some he paid $1.25 per acre. He was a republican, and a mason. He died in 1888. For family (see Chapman). His widow resided on the farm for several years, but spent her last days in the home of her oldest son P. T. in Vienna, having lived there twenty years. She died in 1920, lacking a few days of being eighty-five years old.
Pleasant T. Chapman was the son of D. C. and Mary (Rose) Chapman, and was born on the farm, eight miles north of Vienna, 1854. He is the fourth generation of that name, descending from Daniel Chapman, the Revolutionary soldier. Pleas, as he is familarily known, received his early education in the public schools of the county, going to Lebanon, Ill. for more advanced work, graduating from McKendrie College in 1876. He followed teaching for four years studying law in the offices of Judge H. H. Horner, of Lebanon and A. G. Damron of Vienna, between sessions. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and immediately began the practice of law in this county. meanwhile he engaged in other business. He with C. Cohn and J. N. Poor opened the first bank in Vienna in 1883. He was elected president when the bank was nationalized and has served in that capacity thirty-five years. He has at different times been interested in the mercantile, lumber and livery business, and for many years has been interested in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Chapman has also taken an active part in politics, and was elected Superintendent of schools, also county judge. In 1890 he was elected to the State
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Senate serving in that body, twelve years. In 1904 he was elected to represent the 24th district in Congress and was re-elected twice, retiring in 1911. Mr. Chapman has always been a republican in politics. He is a Knights Templar and thirty-second degree mason, belongs to the M. E. church and has served on the official board for years. He married Leorah May Copeland, a native of Pulaski County. Their son, D. W., better known as Ward is cashier of the First National Bank and a business man of Vienna, Ill. He volunteered in 1917 and served in the World War as a lieutenant in the Yankee or 26th Division, was wounded near Belleau Wood, France, by a shell, July the 11th, 1918. He recovered sufficiently to be on duty at Blois, France. He was severely injured in a railroad accident, Dec. 5, 1918, near Orleans, France and was a patient in French and United States hospitals until Jan., 1920. Marian, the daughter is the wife of Major John N. Greely of the regular army. Ralph, the youngest conducts an investment securities business in Chicago. He volun- teered for service in the World War in May, and entered the first training camp at Fort Sheridan. He was commissioned a Lieutenant, and went over seas, Sept. 1917. He served with the 5th Marines, in the second division for some time but was later transferred to the 9th Infantry. Was in action at the defense of Chatteau Thierry, and received the Crois de Guerre for service at Veaux. He was wounded near Soissons on the first day of Foch's offensive, July 18, 1918. Ward and Ralph are both graduates of the University of Illinois; Marian is a graduate of Monticello Academy, Godfrey, Ill.
F. J. Chapman, born 1858, was a native of this county and son of J. B. and Laura (Russell) Chapman. He was educated in the public schools of Vienna and the Southern Illinois Normal; engaged in the mercantile business in Vienna several years. After retiring from this he built the brick business building on the corner of 4th and East Vine, where he conducted a hotel a number of years. He also built several residences which he rented. In later years he fol- lowed the business of traveling salesman. He died in the prime of life. His widow, Ruth (Madden) is a native of this county, and has lived in Vienna most all her life. She resides with her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Galeener, is a faithful member of the M. E. Church and has belonged to that organization longer than any of the present members, except Mrs. Fanny Jackson. The son, F. J. Chapman, Jr., is a business man of New York City.
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