Dear Beverly,
On Ancestry there is a family tree that shows Louis Franklin Chapman b. Jun 21, 1881 in
Newton, MS, m. Jun 18, 1911 in Odell, TX to Viola Evalina Sullivan. Louis died on Oct 1,
1972 in San Diego, CA.
His WWI Draft registration card confirms the birthdate of June 21, 1881 and wife's
name Viola Chapman, he was living in Van Zandt Co. and spelled his name Lewis F. Chapman.
The California Death Index and Social Security Death Index show his name spelled as
Louis.
In 1900 in Justice Precinct 4, Henderson Co., TX., pg. 99A there is Lewis F. Chapman b.
Jun 1881 in MS living with his Uncle Abe L. Chapman (b. Oct 1839 MS, parents b. SC) and
Aunt Diana, also b. MS.
On
www.familysearch.org I found a reference to you Louis F. Chapman being the son of
Thomas Archalus Chapman and Nancy Adeline Walker. Attached is the data:
name:
Louis Franklin "Luke" /Chapman/
gender:
Male
birth:
21 JUN 1881
Bethel Community,Newton County,Mississippi
Parents
father:
Thomas Archalus /Chapman/
mother:
Nancy Adeline /Walker/
Marriages (1)
spouse:
Viola Eveline /Sullivan/
marriage:
18 JUN 1911
Wilbarger County,Texas
Submission
submitter:
kwalker1079048
submission date:
30 Jun 2006
submission id:
MMSS-MC1
person count:
19,648
Notes
"John Chapman of Spotsylvania County, Virginia Thomas Powe of Cheraw, South Carolina
and Related Families" Compiled by Elsie Chapman Edmonds 1971 page 164-169 5h Louis
(Luke) Franklin Chapman son of Archelus (Archie) Thomas and Nancy Adeline Walker Chapman b
21 June 1881 Bethel Community, Newton, Miss. m 18 June 1911 Odell, Texas. Viola Eveline
Sullivan b 29 June 1893 Hope, Ark. dau of Joseph Lafayette and Sarah Joan Rosenbaum
Sullivan. Moved to McCaulley, Tex. then 25 Nov 1912 moved to Van Zandt Co., Ben Wheeler,
Tex. to help his ill father, Archelus Thomas farm. Three years later returned to
McCaulley, Tex. In 1917 returned to Ben Wheeler to help father, then 6 Oct 1921 driving
two wagons, with 3 mules and 1 mare, all young, good stock, left for Odell, Tex., arriving
18 Oct 1921 to be near wife's parents, Ann was then 4 1/2 years old and in 1969 she
still remembers the trip vividly, particularly when they stopped in Wise Co. to buy feed
for the animals
and the property owner refused and made them move on. Floyd had suffered with the Asthma
over two years. They were hopeful West Texas would be more desirable than damp East Texas.
However, the sandstorms and dust caused frequent attacks and it was not until he began
working for CCC (Civilian Conservation Crops), one of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's projects to ease the depression, in Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona that
Floyd rid himself of asthma. In Odell, Louis was employed in the cotton gin business, when
cotton was in season. Other times in the year he helped others farm. He had the contract
to load bales of cotton from the platform into the railroad cars, as well as cotton seed,
to send to market. From Sept to Jan the income was considerable, but it had to be managed
wisely to care for a family of five growing children throughout the year. Owning a home,
having homegrown vegestables, fruit, meat and produce, and summertime employment in
cultivating land, hoeing cotton, etc., where everyone worked, kept them from going
hungry. In 1969, when so much attention is given to the affluent society, the children who
have everything they want, at a time when vice, drugs, pornography, crime, sex and the
Vietnam war dominate our society, we can look back to the 1930's - the depression
years when $1.00 went a long way, and gratefully say, "We had so little, yet we had
so much." We were poor, but we enjoyed a wealth of happiness in our daily toils, our
hopes and dreams for the furture - not in terms of money, but in knowledge. To enjoy good
health, a good education, and to serve mankind and God in the best way possible, was the
signal goal of each of the five children we grew to manhood or womanhood.
Louis and Viola made Odell, Tex. their home since 1921, except for 28 months during World
War II, from January 1943 to June 1945, when they lived in San Diego, California. Louis
helped build houses in California, and Viola, besides having Floyd and Arnold in the war,
contributed her part by working for Consolidated Aircarft Company, San Diego, where
fighting planes were built. They returned to Odell, where they felt most at home, retiring
to a small acreage of land where Louis raised a garden, cattle and hogs and Viola was very
active in church work. Through the years they have enjoyed very good health. Louis always
went in a run at work or play. In later years, after he returned from San Diego, he was
always restless, but he spent many hours rocking on the front porch, and singing his old
favorite church hymns in a melodious voice. He had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed
reminiscing of his early days n Mississippi and Texas. He began a hearing
loss while working at the Odell Gin, which continued to worsen, but with a hearing aid
the family was able to enjoy talking with him. Viola's rheumatism, at 78, had grown
worse, but she and Lewis, at 88, were still accomplishing much more than younger people.
By Ann Chapman Woodward.
. . . . .
Source Citation
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch
(
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SGKQ-6F5 : accessed 29 October 2011), entry for
Louis Franklin "Luke" /Chapman/.
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--- On Sat, 10/29/11, Beverly Alexander <alexbev(a)comcast.net> wrote:
From: Beverly Alexander <alexbev(a)comcast.net>
Subject: [CHAPMAN] Lewis F. CHAPMAN b. Abt 1882 MS and Viola SULLIVAN b. Abt 1894 Hope,
Hempstead Co, AR
To: CHAPMAN(a)rootsweb.com, Sullivan(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 4:07 PM
Dear Chapman and Sullivan listers,
I am a new researcher on this list. I am attempting to help a friend
establish a line to a patriot for a DAR line for their daughter. Their
information is extremely sketchy (and sometimes wrong)
Searching for any info on a Lewis F. CHAPMAN b. Abt 1882 MS (I was told he
was b. in Newton, MA) but the 1910, 1920 and 1930 Federal census is clear
that it is Mississippi, not MA. He married a Viola SULLIVAN b. Abt 1894 in
Hope, Hempstead Co, AR. They had at least 5 children, a Floyd V. CHAPMAN b.
Abt Dec 1912 in TX, and a daughter Annie Mae CHAPMAN b. Abt May 1917 in TX
(the family information shows 26 Mar 1917, but the 1920 Census info is quite
clear) appear in the 1920 Census.
In 1910, Lewis F. CHAPMAN shows as a brother-in-law in the family of Riley
A. TALLY and his wife Mary TALLY in Wilbarger Co, TX. This is where the
family info shows that Lewis's Daughter Annie Mae was born, but I have no
proof of that.
In 1920, Lewis and his wife are living in Prec. 5, of Van Zandt Co, TX. They
have the 2 children by then. 2 doors away is another CHAPMAN, a James R.
CHAPMAN, who could be a brother to Lewis F. CHAPMAN and Mary CHAPMAN TALLY
In 1930, Lewis F. CHAPMAN is living in Prec #7, Wilbarger Co, TX, and has 5
children, Floyd CHAPMAN 17, daughter Annie Mae is listed as Ellie Mae 13,
then Arnold CHAPMAN 9, Marie CHAPMAN 7 and Koyt CHAPMAN 6 months.
Does anyone have any information on this Chapman line or on the family of
the wife of Lewis F. CHAPMAN, Viola SULLIVAN?
v/r,
Beverly Alexander
Culpeper, VA
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