Brief Life History of Anderson
When Anderson Chapman was born on 8 April 1816, in Monroe, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Chapman, was 26 and his mother, Anka "Ankey" Harvey, was 26. He married Lucretia Hatfield on 31 March 1835, in Henry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Richland Township, Rush, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Hanover Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died on 5 March 1906, in Hanover, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hanover, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States.
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- Andrew Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anderson chapman - Government record: birth-name: Anderson Chapman
- Anderson Chapman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822
Historical Boundaries 1822: Rush, Indiana, United States
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
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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