Merced Express 12 Oct 1900 p3c3
Death of Joseph Chapman
Joseph Chapman, who has been a citizen of Merced for twenty six years died on Sunday night last from general debility. Mr Chapman was a native of Norwich, Conn. He was born in 1819 and was therefore 81 years of age at the time of his death. He was left an orphan at an early age and was taken by an uncle and aunt to Maryland where he was raised. When a young man he took a prominent part in politics and ran with the fire boys in the Maryland town in which he was raised. He was known among them as "Baltimore Joe" and learned a painter's trade and did a good business. In 1849 he came to this Sate and for a few years followed his trad in San Francisco. In 1852 he went to Chili and was in business there until 1855 when he returned to California and engaged in mining at Columbia and Sonora, Tuolumne county until 1874 when he came to Merced. He was never married. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from G E Nordgren's undertaking parlors and the internment was in the Merced cemetery.
His will, also listed in the paper, gave all his belongings to his dear niece, Belle Miner-Joyce of Chesapeake City, Maryland.
Death of Joseph Chapman
Joseph Chapman, who has been a citizen of Merced for twenty six years died on Sunday night last from general debility. Mr Chapman was a native of Norwich, Conn. He was born in 1819 and was therefore 81 years of age at the time of his death. He was left an orphan at an early age and was taken by an uncle and aunt to Maryland where he was raised. When a young man he took a prominent part in politics and ran with the fire boys in the Maryland town in which he was raised. He was known among them as "Baltimore Joe" and learned a painter's trade and did a good business. In 1849 he came to this Sate and for a few years followed his trad in San Francisco. In 1852 he went to Chili and was in business there until 1855 when he returned to California and engaged in mining at Columbia and Sonora, Tuolumne county until 1874 when he came to Merced. He was never married. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from G E Nordgren's undertaking parlors and the internment was in the Merced cemetery.
His will, also listed in the paper, gave all his belongings to his dear niece, Belle Miner-Joyce of Chesapeake City, Maryland.
Merced Express 12 Oct 1900 p3c3
Death of Joseph Chapman
Joseph Chapman, who has been a citizen of Merced for twenty six years died on Sunday night last from general debility. Mr Chapman was a native of Norwich, Conn. He was born in 1819 and was therefore 81 years of age at the time of his death. He was left an orphan at an early age and was taken by an uncle and aunt to Maryland where he was raised. When a young man he took a prominent part in politics and ran with the fire boys in the Maryland town in which he was raised. He was known among them as "Baltimore Joe" and learned a painter's trade and did a good business. In 1849 he came to this Sate and for a few years followed his trad in San Francisco. In 1852 he went to Chili and was in business there until 1855 when he returned to California and engaged in mining at Columbia and Sonora, Tuolumne county until 1874 when he came to Merced. He was never married. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from G E Nordgren's undertaking parlors and the internment was in the Merced cemetery.
His will, also listed in the paper, gave all his belongings to his dear niece, Belle Miner-Joyce of Chesapeake City, Maryland.
Death of Joseph Chapman
Joseph Chapman, who has been a citizen of Merced for twenty six years died on Sunday night last from general debility. Mr Chapman was a native of Norwich, Conn. He was born in 1819 and was therefore 81 years of age at the time of his death. He was left an orphan at an early age and was taken by an uncle and aunt to Maryland where he was raised. When a young man he took a prominent part in politics and ran with the fire boys in the Maryland town in which he was raised. He was known among them as "Baltimore Joe" and learned a painter's trade and did a good business. In 1849 he came to this Sate and for a few years followed his trad in San Francisco. In 1852 he went to Chili and was in business there until 1855 when he returned to California and engaged in mining at Columbia and Sonora, Tuolumne county until 1874 when he came to Merced. He was never married. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from G E Nordgren's undertaking parlors and the internment was in the Merced cemetery.
His will, also listed in the paper, gave all his belongings to his dear niece, Belle Miner-Joyce of Chesapeake City, Maryland.
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