Brief Life History of Joseph Fields
When Joseph Fields Chapman was born on 15 September 1876, in District 721, White, Georgia, United States, his father, William Henry Chapman, was 28 and his mother, Mary Louisa Teasley, was 27. He married Minnie Grimalee Wall on 19 February 1908, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1935 and District 1648, Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 12 April 1949, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Clarkesville, Habersham, Georgia, United States.
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- Joseph F Chapman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joseph Fields Chapman, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Joseph F Chapman, "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998"
Spouse and Children
1876–1949 Male
1891–1985 Female
Children (11)
1910–2001 Male
1912–1939 Male
1914–2006 Female
1916–2010 Female
1918–2009 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1848–1929 Male
1848–1930 Female
Siblings (10)
1868–1869 Female
1870–1938 Female
1872–1959 Female
1874–1911 Male
1876–1949 Male
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World Events (8)
1878 · Liberian Exodus
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.
Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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