Does anyone have a connection to a William (or William John) Chapman married to a Sarah
Jane Rodgers; marriage probably in late 1820s or 1830s; resided PA and/or OH. William/John
Chapman, a farmer, was supposedly a native of PA, a soldier in the Mexican War of
1846-1848, died soon after his return to private life.
A daughter of William/John Chapman and Sarah Jane Rodgers was Sarah Chapman (born 1835 or
1836 in Ohio); this Sarah married John Hicks in Washington Co, OH. John Hicks died soon
after his return from the Civil War and Sarah Chapman Hicks married Vivian Benjamin
Chapman in Washington County, OH on the 28th of March 1867.
Sarah Chapman Hicks, widow, was supposedly a distant cousin of her new husband, Vivian
Benjamin (V.B.) Chapman. V.B. was the son of William Chapman and Sarah Truax; was a
great-grandson of George Chapman and Johannah LeMaster of Brooke County, WV.
Any info on William/John would be greatly appreciated. Pat Pulasky