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Pvt Joseph Chapman

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Pvt Joseph Chapman

Birth
Tyrrell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
18 Feb 1883 (aged 69)
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Plot
Section 2, Lot 63
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Veteran of the Black Hawk War
Illinois Militia
S. Pruitt Company
Regiment 1
Samuel Whiteside Brigade
place of enrollment: Edwardsville
Mustered Out May 27, 1832

Joseph married Rachel English (could be spelled Inglis) on December 24, 1839 in Macoupin County, Illinois. Rachel was born in New York and died in 1886

From "Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912--Volume 1", Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & NY, 1912, page 390:
"Joseph Chapman was born in North Carolina in 1813 and came to Staunton, Illinois, in 1818. After service in the Black Hawk war he came to Upper Alton in 1836, and engaged in the mercantile business until he was elected to the office of county clerk in 1861. After a four year term, he entered the abstract business of Chapman and Leverett in Edwardsville, of which he continued to be the head until his death. He was also an associate judge of the county court when the present courthouse was built. He occupied the office of justice of the peace during his long residence in Edwardsville. He died on Feb. 18, 1883, aged seventy years."

The military stone was placed in 1929 on his unmarked grave.

Joseph's granddaughter, Minna Inglis Clark Fletcher (1879-1969), aka Inglis Fletcher, was known nationally and internationally as an author of historical novels. Her books were published in 12 languages and appeared on many best seller lists (this information is from 1949). Her manuscripts and papers can now be found in East Carolina University's Manuscript Collection at Joyner Library.

Note: of the family known to be buried in the Chapman plot (Joseph and his children Louise, Saretta, Charles, Ada) the only markers are Joseph's military stone and that of his daughter Ada.
Veteran of the Black Hawk War
Illinois Militia
S. Pruitt Company
Regiment 1
Samuel Whiteside Brigade
place of enrollment: Edwardsville
Mustered Out May 27, 1832

Joseph married Rachel English (could be spelled Inglis) on December 24, 1839 in Macoupin County, Illinois. Rachel was born in New York and died in 1886

From "Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912--Volume 1", Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & NY, 1912, page 390:
"Joseph Chapman was born in North Carolina in 1813 and came to Staunton, Illinois, in 1818. After service in the Black Hawk war he came to Upper Alton in 1836, and engaged in the mercantile business until he was elected to the office of county clerk in 1861. After a four year term, he entered the abstract business of Chapman and Leverett in Edwardsville, of which he continued to be the head until his death. He was also an associate judge of the county court when the present courthouse was built. He occupied the office of justice of the peace during his long residence in Edwardsville. He died on Feb. 18, 1883, aged seventy years."

The military stone was placed in 1929 on his unmarked grave.

Joseph's granddaughter, Minna Inglis Clark Fletcher (1879-1969), aka Inglis Fletcher, was known nationally and internationally as an author of historical novels. Her books were published in 12 languages and appeared on many best seller lists (this information is from 1949). Her manuscripts and papers can now be found in East Carolina University's Manuscript Collection at Joyner Library.

Note: of the family known to be buried in the Chapman plot (Joseph and his children Louise, Saretta, Charles, Ada) the only markers are Joseph's military stone and that of his daughter Ada.

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