When Welcome Octavius Chapman was born on 7 February 1876, in Parleys Park, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Chapman, was 34 and his mother, Rhoda Ann Fullmer, was 28. He married Ernestina Olena Tietjen on 11 October 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bluewater, Valencia, New Mexico, United States for about 25 years and Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1945, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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This is the oldest recorded burial in the cemetery. James Thompson “Jimmie” Lisonbee BIRTH: 15 Nov 1839 Monroe, Sevier County, Utah, USA DEATH: 9 Dec 1877 (aged 38) Lehi, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA BURIAL: City of Mesa Cemetery Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA MEMORIAL ID: 27546250
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
Possible Related NamesWelcome Octavius Chapman I was born the7th of February 1876, in Parleys Park, Summit County Utah or on Silver Creek, five miles northeast from Park City. My father had a fine ranch with a natura …
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