Gustavus Adolphus Elgin Chapman

Birth: 16 Mar 1876
Death: 7 May 1900 (aged 24)
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery

Covington, Covington City, Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.7736015, Longitude: -79.9831009
Memorial ID: 57858973 View Source

According to "Mosby's fighting parson" he drowned in a flood.

however....
The Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Wednesday, May 10, 1916, page 2
Sixteen Years Ago
May 6, 1900, Sunday. Elgin Chapman, son of Rev S F Chapman of Covington, Va, committed suicide at that place by shooting himself.

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Mary Lewis Chapman Stephenson

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