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• Name: Willis Augustus CHAPMAN
• Sex: M
• Birth: 19 Sep 1853 in Paradise, Illinois ^b
• Death: 8 Jan 1890 in St James, Minnesota ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Newton Whittlesey CHAPMAN Birth: 16 Apr 1824 in Orange Co, Indiana Death: 12 Jul 1893 in Tuscola, Illinois
Mother:

• Mary Jane BRAGG Birth: 29 Nov 1827 Death: 15 Oct 1883 in Tuscola, Illinois

Family:
Marriage:

• Lilla May CLARK on 21 Dec 1880 at St James, Minnesota .^m1
  
• Lilla May CLARK Birth: 14 Jan 1859 in Garden City, Minnesota

Children:

1. Rosie A CHAPMAN
2. Winthrop Severance CHAPMAN Birth: 27 Sep 1881 in St James, Minnesota
3. Lawrence Haskell CHAPMAN Birth: 8 Oct 1885 in St James, Minnesota
4. Merrill Clark CHAPMAN Birth: 7 Jul 1888 in St James, Minnesota Death: 8 Aug 1890 in St James, Minnesota

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Chapman MARSHALL p18, Kingsbury MARSHALL p68],

place:

[Ref: Chapman MARSHALL p18, Kingsbury MARSHALL p68],

parents:

[Ref: Kingsbury MARSHALL p68]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Kingsbury MARSHALL p68],

place:

[Ref: Kingsbury MARSHALL p68]

Sources with Information about marriage to Lilla May CLARK

date:

[Ref: Chapman MARSHALL p18, Kingsbury MARSHALL p68],

place:

[Ref: Chapman MARSHALL p18, Kingsbury MARSHALL p68],

child:

[Ref: Chapman MARSHALL p18, Kingsbury MARSHALL p68, WatonwanCoMN MemRec p533]

Research Notes:
As compiler and printer of the first MARSHALL FAMILY RECORD, he should be gratefully remembered by all descendants of the Marshall family. Just a quarter of a century ago, in 1887, he issued an 18 page pamphlet and freely distributed copies among those interested; his records date back to 1632, were carefully gathered and compiled from Martha Marshall's M.S.S., and are usually reliable and accurate. For his work as genealogist we owe his memory kind and grateful thoughts. As a man and citizen, there is no doubt of the high place he held, and we wish it were possible to print entire the eloquent words written in memoriam of his death. From the Business Men's Association of St. James, we quote briefly: "He was a man whom it was an honor to know; he was an honor to his profession, and his life was such as to make him an exemplary citizen and a valuable member of society. His presence was everywhere welcomed, and his personal modesty and retiring disposition could not prevent his true merits from being discovered and properly estimated. He was ever ready to assist in helping any public enterprise, and much bears the impress of his energetic push as an efficient manager. His probity, courtesy and kindness endeared him to a large circle of friends. His character was manly, his life was true, and a sincere sympathy, and to his little ones we can point out no more worthy example than the manly, independent record made by their father." [Ref: Kingsbury MARSHALL p69]



Pedigree of Willis Augustus CHAPMAN
                            /-----Benjamin CHAPMAN
                   /-----Benjamin CHAPMAN
                  |         \-----Jemima GATES
          /-----Thomas Fuller CHAPMAN
         |        |         /-----Caleb FULLER
         |         \-----Caroline Matilda FULLER
         |                  \-----Hannah WELD
 /-----Newton Whittlesey CHAPMAN
|         \-----Abigail Stickney JACKSON
Willis Augustus CHAPMAN
 \-----Mary Jane BRAGG



Descendants of Willis Augustus CHAPMAN