Levi Lester Chapman

Brief Life History of Levi Lester

When Levi Lester Chapman was born on 6 February 1899, in Washington, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Reeves Chapman, was 24 and his mother, Annie Laura Holman, was 23. He married Ruth Gladys Hunter in 1919, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Perry, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 11 August 1961, in Madison, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Perry, Illinois, United States.

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Levi Lester Chapman
1899–1961
Ruth Gladys Hunter
1897–1990
Marriage: 1919
Lee Edward Chapman
1920–1945
Raymond Dennis Chapman
1922–1982
Velma Doris Chapman
1924–1990

Sources (8)

  • Levine Chapman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Levi Lester Chapman, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • Levi L Chapman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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