Wow!!! I didn't expect this! I hope some of the Chapmans are on the
Internet and recognize some of their ancestors...I am making a data base so
when I find them, they will have it.
Thanks so very much for all your time and effort. This is what I love
about genealogy...everyone is so helpful and believe me, I do the same for
others as well.
Sonja
In a message dated 4/27/2010 7:36:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rlcogar(a)bellsouth.net writes:
I couldn't find direct descendants of Walter, but here are some ancestors.
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Some Descendants of WALTER A. COLTON of Vermont & Illinois; and A. B.
CHAPMAN
of New York & Illinois.
For COLTON, see also:
"Reverend Walter Colton Lineage"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coltoninfo/revwaltercolton
/surnames.htm
Google Books: A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford,
Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn., 1639. Compiled by James
Broughton, Brooklyn, N. Y. Publisher: William F. Jones (1903).
Internet Archive: American Libraries
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092541055/cu31924092541055_djvu.txt
The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt
to
trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry
Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; (1878). Author: Phoenix, S. Whitney (Stephen
Whitney), 1839-1881.
For CHAPMAN, see also:
Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/genealogyaweekl02weekgoog
Genealogy : a journal of American ancestry (1912), by W. M. Clemens and L.
H.
Weeks.
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1 WALTER A. COLTON was born about 1835 in VT, and died 12 Oct 1921 in
Kankakee, Kankakee Co IL. WALTER married LOUISA JANE CODY about 1864,
daughter
of SAMUEL L. CODY and CATHERINE ________. LOUISA was born about 1842 in IL.
Ancestry.com
1860 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Lee County, Town of Wyoming
PO Paw Paw DW FAM June 20
[ w / Andrew J. Fuller family ]
COLTEN Walter 22 VT Farm Laborer
Ancestry.com
1870 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Town of Norton
PO Cabra DW22 FAM21 July 22
COLTON Walter A. 34 VT Farmer 5000 900
COLTON Louisa 27 IL Keeping House
COLTON Carrie 4 IL
FRENCH Angeline 14 NY Dom. Servent
HOSE John M. 24 OH Farm Laborer
Ancestry.com
1880 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Norton
DW_ FAM_ June 1
CALTIN Walter A. 44 Head VT VT VT Farmer
CALTIN Louisa 37 Wife IL NY NY Keeping House
CALTIN Carrie T. 14 Dau IL VT IL At School
CALTIN Walter E. 7 Son IL VT IL
CALTIN John E. 38 Brother NY VT VT Portrait Dealer
BELL Ida A. E. 21 Boarder IL NY CAN School Teaching
SKELTON Jas 69 Boarder VA VA VA Brickmason
Archive.org
History of Norton Township, by Amelia Majorowiz, Kankakee County
Bicentennial
Commission [Illinois]
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnortont00kank
"Walter A. Colton served 6 years as supervisor of Norton Township and was
for
fifteen years sheriff of Kankakee County."
Wyoming County, New York Land Records
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~woolsey/resources/deeds/de
eds_wyoming_co_ny.html
5 Apr 1883. Lucy B. Colton, John E. Colton, of Arcade, NY, Jane C. Graves
of
Castile, NY, Walter A Colton & Louisa his wife of Caberry Illinois TO
Henry
Woolsey of Java NY for $2950 land in village of Arcade, Wyoming Co, NY
being
part of Lot 23 Twp 7 R 4 Begin in center of North Street at the SE corner
of
Daniel PO. Shedd then N etc E etc then S etc E etc then S etc W etc then S
etc
to center of said street then S etc W etc to beginning 25 acres also a
strip
of land on the W side of the above described premises one rod wide at the
road
containing 89/100 of an acre, also another piece of land prt of the same
lot
town & R in said village of Arcade etc containing 50 rods of land etc Wit:
7
Apr 1883 G. A. Barnes, J. P. John E. Colton, Lucy B. Colton, Jane C.
Colton,
Jane C. Graves, Walter A. Colton, Louisa C. Colton.
1890 --- census not available
Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Norton Township, Cabery Village
DW283 FAM283 June 18
COLTON Walter A. Head M-36 Apr 1835 VT VT VT Farmer
COLTON Eliza Mrs 57 Wife M-36 Nov 1842 IL NY NY
COLTON Cody Rae 19 Dau Jan 1881 IL VT IL Domestic
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Cabery is a village
located in Ford and Kankakee counties in the U.S.
state
of Illinois. .... The county line between Kankakee County and Ford County
runs
right through the middle of town on Main Street."
Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee City, Ward 4
55 S. Washington Ave. DW19 FAM19 April 15
COLTON Walter A. 74 Head M1-45 VT VT VT Own Income
COLTON Louisa 67 Wife M1-45 IL PA NY
CHAPMAN Cody R. 26 Dau M1-8 IL VT IL Music Teacher, City 1/1
CHAPMAN Colton H. 7 GSon IL IL IL
Ancestry.com
1920 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee, Ward 4
945 S. Washington Ave. DW116 FAM122 January 10
COLTON Walter 84 Head VT VT VT
COLTON Louisa 77 Wife IL NY NY
NOTE: Listed on same page and just below their daughter Cody Dunlap.
Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950)
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html
COLTON WALTER A. Cert.0035366 1921-10-12 KANKAKEE, KANKAKEE (Filed
21-10-13)
.... 2 CARRIE COLTON was born about 1866 in IL.
.... 2 WALTER E. COLTON was born about 1873 in IL.
.... 2 CODY RAE COLTON was born about 1881 in IL. CODY married FRANK O.
CHAPMAN, son of A. B. CHAPMAN and JULIA SOPHIA HOLMES. FRANK was born
about
1868 in IL. CODY next married ANDREW GILL DUNLOP. ANDREW was born about
1875
in Canada, and died 21 May 1933 in Kankakee Co IL.
NOTE: Cody and Frank had one child, and were divorced before the summer
of 1918.
NOTE: WWI Draft registration card (1918) shows Andrew Gill Dunlop, 815 S.
3
Ave, Kankakee, age 45, b. 23 Apr 1873, foreman at Paramount Knitting Co,
Kankakee, wife Cody Colton Dunlop.
Ancestry.com
1920 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee, Ward 4
815 S. Third Ave. DW115 FAM121 January 10
DUNLAP Andrew G. 45 Head CAN(Sco) SCO(Sco) SCO(Sco) (Imm.1900, Nat.1903)
Salesman, Clothier
DUNLAP Cody 37 Wife IL VT IL Attendant, At Home
CHAPMAN Colton 17 StepSon IL IL IL
NOTE: Listed on same page and just before Cody's parents, Walter & Louisa
Colton.
1930 - Andrew G. Dunlap, 55, widowed, living alone in Kankakee City,
Kankakee
Co IL.
Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950)
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html
DUNLOP A. G. Cert.2460121 1933-05-21 KANKAKEE, KANKAKEE (Filed
33-05-23)
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1 A. B. CHAPMAN was born about 1835 in NY. A. B. married JULIA SOPHIA
HOLMES.
JULIA was born about 1836 in Westford, NY, died 29 Feb 1908 in Kankakee Co
IL,
and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee Co IL.
NOTE: A. B. and Julia had one child, and were divorced before Jun 1920.
Ancestry.com
1860 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Iroquois County, Buchanan
PO Middleport DW333 FAM323 June 18
CHAPMAN A. B. 25 NY Farmer
CHAPMAN Julia 23 NY
JONES William 24 OH Farm Laborer
Ancestry.com
1870 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Iroquois County, Martinton Township
PO Watseka DW33 FAM35 July 12
CHAPMAN A. B. 39 NY Farmer 7200 11000
CHAPMAN Julia 34 NY Keeping House
CHAPMAN Frank 2 IL At Home
NOTE: The following record may refer to this A. B. Chapman:
Iroquois County Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/moredata/civil1.htm
Civil Cases circa 1858-1877 Index A thru E
CHAPMAN, A. B. WAMBA, Adam 4279 assumpsit
CHAPMAN, Alpheus B. PELKEY & SCOON 1263 injunction
Ancestry.com
1880 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Town of Kankakee
DW344 June 21
CHAPMAN A. B. 46 Head NY CT CT Merchant
CHAPMAN Julia S. 42 Wife NY CT NY Keeps House
CHAPMAN F. O. 11 Son IL NY NY
1890 -- census not available
Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee City, Ward 2
245 Harrison Ave. DW213 FAM228 June 9 & 11
CHAPMAN Julia S. 64 Head (Div) Mar 1836 NY CT NY 1/1
CHAPMAN Frank O. 29 Son Jun 1870 IL NY NY Bookkeeper
KVGS County Death Records Index
http://www.kvgs.org/deathindex/content1601.html
Book 4, p. 180. State of Illinois, Certificate of Death. Kankakee County.
Mrs. Julia Sophia Holmes Chapman died 29 Feb 1908 Kankakee, age 72. Burial
02
Mar 1908 Mound Grove. Born Westford NY. Lived in Illinois 51 years.
.... 2 FRANK O. CHAPMAN was born about 1868 in IL. FRANK married CODY RAE
COLTON, daughter of WALTER A. COLTON and LOUISA CODY. CODY was born about
1881
in IL, and died after 1920. CODY next married ANDREW GILL DUNLOP. ANDREW
was
born about 1875, and died 21 May 1933 in Kankakee Co IL.
NOTE: Frank and Cody had one child, and were divorced before the summer
of 1918.
NOTE: The following record may refer to this Frank:
Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950)
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html
CHAPMAN, FRANK O. Y-73 Cert.0000337 1942-04-16 KANKAKEE, KANKAKEE TWP
........ 3 COLTON H. CHAPMAN was born 10 Feb 1903 in IL, and died 13 Oct
1978
in CO. COLTON married FLORENCE MARGARET ________ in 1924 in Kankakee Co
IL.
FLORENCE was born 05 Dec 1903 in IL, and died 10 Apr 1999 in Cortez,
Montezuma
Co CO.
Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee City, Ward 4
55 S. Washington Ave. DW19 FAM19 April 15
COLTON Walter A. 74 Head M1-45 VT VT VT Own Income
COLTON Louisa 67 Wife M1-45 IL PA NY
CHAPMAN Cody R. 26 Dau M1-8 IL VT IL Music Teacher, City 1/1
CHAPMAN Colton H. 7 GSon IL IL IL
Ancestry.com
1920 United States Federal Census
Illinois, Kankakee County, Kankakee Township, Kankakee, Ward 4
815 S. Third Ave. DW115 FAM121 January 10
DUNLAP Andrew G. 45 Head CAN(Sco) SCO(Sco) SCO(Sco) (Imm.1900, Nat.1903)
Salesman, Clothier
DUNLAP Cody 37 Wife IL VT IL Attendant, At Home
CHAPMAN Colton 17 StepSon IL IL IL
Ancestry.com
1930 United States Federal Census
Colorado, Archuleta County, Pagosa Springs Town
Pagosa Street DW44 FAM45 April 9-11
CHAPMAN Colton H. 27 Head (m.age.21) IL IL IL Overseer, Farm Properties
CHAPMAN Florence 26 Wife (m.age.20) IL IL IL
CHAPMAN Walter 2-8/12 Son IL IL IL
Ancestry.com
United States Obituary Collection
Durango Herald - April 1999
Florence Margaret Chapman
"Private funeral services will be held for Florence Margaret Chapman, who
died
Saturday, April 10 in Cortez. She was 95. Mrs. Chapman was born Dec. 5,
1903,
in Waldron, Ill. She married Colton H. Chapman in 1924 in Kankakee, Ill.
The
couple moved to Pagosa Springs a few years later. Ten years later, in
1938,
they moved to Durango. Mrs. Chapman was a professional pianist. Following
her
husband’s death on Oct. 13, 1978, the city of Durango changed the name of
Durango’s ski area from Calico Hill to Chapman Hill. Mr. Chapman was the
initial volunteer to operate and develop the ski area. Mrs. Chapman was
also
preceded in death by a son, Walter Chapman, in 1966 ...."
............ 4 WALTER CHAPMAN was born about 1927 in IL, and died in 1966.
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