Charles Fayette Chapman (1843 - 1914)

Born 16 Aug 1843 in Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1914 at age 70 in Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Corporal Charles Chapman served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company B

Charles was born in 1843. At age 18, Charles enlisted in Company B of the 103rd OVI. He was appointed Corporal on 16 Aug 1864. He passed away in 1914.

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Biographical Sketch

"C. F. Chapman, a prominent manufacturer of Perrysburg, was born August 16, 1843, in Berea, Ohio. His family is of old New England stock, and his grandparents, Nathan and Mary (Whitney) Chapman, were among the first to come from Connecticut and settle on the Western Reserve. Typical pioneers, hardy and self-reliant, they lived to the patriarchal ages of ninety-six and ninety-nine, respectively. They located in Portage county, where their son, Nathan M., our subject’s father, was born, in 1816. He married Miss Orra Collins, a native of New England, and in 1840 moved to Berea, where he engaged in the stone business and in the manufacture of wooden bowls. In 1862 he came to Millbury, Wood county, and is now living there, retired from active business. His wife died in 1880, at the age of fifty-nine. They had three children: George W., who resides at Millbury, Ohio; C. F., our subject; and Stella Angus, of Toledo."

"The subject .of this sketch was educated in Berea, and in 1862, when only eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Company B, 103rd O. V. I., assigned to the army of the Ohio. He served as a private, and later as a non-commissioned officer, and took part in every battle in which his command was engaged, not absenting himself from duty a single day from the time he went to the front until the close of the war. Returning home, in 1865, he engaged in the wooden-ware and lumber business, at Millbury. Under his management the manufacture of specialties in wooden ware was largely increased, the trade of the firm now extending to all parts of this country, and to Europe as well. On January 1, 1887, he formed a partnership with the late A. G. Williams, continuing until 1892, when the latter sold out to H. H. Sargent, of Monroeville, Ohio, the firm opening an office in Perrysburg, from which Mr. Chapman still manages his wide and varied business interests. Their factories have been located at various points in Canada, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, and they still have one at Aylmer, Canada, although their work is principally carried on in Michigan, in the factories at Boone and Copemish. Mr. Chapman was married December 4, 1867, to Miss Philinda P. Tracy, who was born in Bowl- ing Green, Ohio, July 13, 1844. They have four children: Edith, Charles F., Jr., Gertrude, and Linda Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are both leading members in the M. E. Church. In polit- ical connection he is a Republican; socially he is a member of the G. A. R. , and of the Knights of Honor."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Beers, 1897, P. 985

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Original data: United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2019.

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Graves Registration Cards Collection, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53725557/charles-fayette-chapman: accessed 19 April 2023), memorial page for Corp Charles Fayette Chapman Sr. (16 Aug 1843–3 Jan 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53725557, citing Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Lavidaloca (contributor 47233220).

• Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Beers, 1897, P. 985. https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p15005coll18/id/17795/