PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS:  Chapman, Thomas P. (1885)

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Bios:  Calhoun, Calvin, Chapman, Clark, Coe - Portage County, Ohio, from 
"History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago,
1885

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THOMAS P. CHAPMAN, farmer, P.O. Edinburgh, was born in Edinburg Township,
this county, February 5, 1837, son of James and Mary E. (Inghram) Chapman,
the former born in England January 15, 1800, came to America in 1829, the
latter born in Chester County, Penn., January 6, 1811.  They were married
March 10, 1831, and during the same year they came to Columbiana County,
Ohio, and in 1834 to Edinburg, this county, where they remained until their
death.  The father died April 8, 1872, the mother November 9, 1879.  Our
subject was married November 26, 1863, to Mary M. Knight, born in Ellsworth,
Mahoning Co., Ohio, August 2, 1844, daughter to James and Susan Knight, the
former born in Chester County, Penn., May 20, 1812, the latter in Ellsworth,
Mahoning county, June 18, 1818.  Mr. and Mrs. Knight first settled in
Mahoning County, Ohio, and thence removed to Ashtabula County, where they
remained some time; then returned to Mahoning County, and from there moved
to Newton Falls, Trumbull County, in 1856, where they lived for several
years, when they finally settled in this county in April, 1865, and here
died, August 28, 1884, and May 25, 1883, respectively.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Chapman have been born two children:  James W., born June 27, 1865, and Lina
M., born September 6, 1867.  Mr. Chapman has been a farmer all his life, and
owns forty-eight acres of land where he and his family reside.  He has been
for eighteen years a member of the I.O.O.F.