Brief Life History of William Marshal
When William Marshal Chapman was born in 1827, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Chapman Jr., was 37 and his mother, Mary, was 34. He married Mahala Crabb in 1850, in Dallas, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Dallas, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Benton Township, Dallas, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 6 July 1863, in Webster, Missouri, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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- "United States Census, 1840"
- William Marshall Chapman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998; Inventory of the Estate of William Chapman
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Greene, Missouri, United States
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Niangua created from Non-County Area 32 1843: Niangua renamed Dallas County
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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