Brief Life History of Melvin N.
When Melvin N. Chapman was born on 29 April 1901, in Carroll, Indiana, United States, his father, David B. Chapman, was 31 and his mother, Mirtha Alice Nice, was 29. He married Florence Irene Dunkin on 10 October 1924, in Young America, Deer Creek Township, Cass, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 27 September 1985, in Logansport, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Young America, Deer Creek Township, Cass, Indiana, United States.
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- Melvin Chapman, "United States Census, 1950"
- Melvin N. Chapman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Melvin N. Chapman, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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