Sorry for getting this in so late. I live 10 miles from the Urbana University, in Ohio.
They also have some other books about Johnny, but I also think Robert Price's book to
be the best one.
Those of you who find Johnny in your lines, and are interested in sharing his apple tree
growing, can contact Urbana University to get information on ordering an apple tree.
These trees are actual trees, started by grafts from the only proven tree still living in
Ohio by Johnny Appleseed.
You may also wish to visit the museum at the university and see items that are linked to
Johnny.
I have been trying to find my link with John Chapman's family. However, my
Chapman's seem to live in close proximity to areas where Johnny had been, including
within 10-20 miles from Johnny's last apple orchard. The only way I can find a
connection is through Amanda Broom Dock Gephart. Her first husband, Philip Dock, was a
sibling of my ancestor, Margaret Katheryn Dock Koch.
If anyone wishes more info, please let me know.
Kim Chapman Moore
CHAPMAN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:10:22 -0700
From: Jean Snow
To: CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Johnny Appleseed
Thanks, Diana. There are lots of us who can claim collateral relationship
to this amazing man (I'm also a 4th cousin 4 times removed). For those
wanting to learn more I highly recommend Robert Price's scholarly, but very
readable, Johnny Appleseed, Man & Myth (Urbana University Press, no doubt
still in print).
I also recommend, for children, Steven Kellogg's Johnny Appleseed, A Tall
Tale Retold and Illustrated (Morrow Junior Books). This is far from the
hokey Disney video which makes Appleseed look pretty dumb!
Jean Chapman Snow
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