Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Chapman, Samuel E. 1878 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 11, 2005, 4:46 pm Author: C. H. Ellis SAMUEL E. CHAPMAN was born in Moskoka, Ontario, Canada., November 22, 1878. When eight years of age his parents moved to what is now the town of Wesley, in Faulk county, South Dakota. When nineteen years of age he commenced working from home and received his own wages. When twenty-one years old he filed on a homestead on the north-west quarter of section 30, township 119, range 66 (now the town of Wesley). At the age of twenty-four he married Miss Nina E. Thorn, who was born in the town of Ransom, Hillsdale county, Michigan. To them have been born three children, viz: Laurene Eva, Maurice Kdvvard and Helen Violet. In addition to his homestead he has two other adjoining quarters of the same section, in all 480 acres, two hundred of which are under cultivation. Mr. Chapman has principally confined himself to mixed farming, making a specialty of raising hogs and now has fifty head, and has just disposed of twenty-five more. He has twenty horses, good substantial farm buildings, and a fine flowing artesian well with a water motor for grinding feed. This year's crop yielded 4000 bushels of small grain and 100 tons of hay. He has all the necessary machinery to work his farm and is counted among the independent and reliable farmers in east Faulk county. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF FAULK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS ILLUSTRATED 19O9 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/faulk/bios/gbs118chapman.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb