William Chapman Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submmitted by Dale Patterson 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: William Chapman: was born January 23, 1782, in Virginia. Moved to then Brooke County, but now Hancock County, West Virginia, with his father, George Chapman, in the fall of 1795. On the 29th of March, 1806, he married Miss Wilcoxton, who was born July 4th, 1785. They settled on a farm now owned by G. W. Chapman's heirs, April 1, 1819. He was the father of nine children -- four sons and five daughters. His wife died on the 2d of March, 1873. Mr. C. died April 5, 1875 at the advanced age of ninety-three years.