George W. Chapman Biography   Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:
George W. Chapman:
    son of William Chapman was born where New Cumberland is now located, in 
Hancock County, West Virginia, February 11, 1813.  He was married May 11, 
1843, to Hannah Stockdale, of Ohio.  They settled on his father's farm, and 
in a few years purchased said farm of his father, which he owned and lived 
on, following farming as his vocation, until deceased.  They reared a family 
of six children -- Thomas B.,  Mary E.,  William J.,  Sarah A. and Jackman S. Chapman, who is at home on the farm.  William and Sarah are deceased.  
Thomas B. and Martha A are in Oakland, California.  Mary E. is living in 
Pittsburgh.  His wife died May 4, 1872, aged 48 years, 6 months and 29 days. 
He died May 25, 1878.