Marcus B. Chapman

1875 - 1959  (83 years)

• Name	Marcus B. Chapman  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Sep 1875	Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 May 1959	Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [3]
  Burial	Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [4]
  Notes	He was born eight months after his father died. BIRTH RECORD: Liber B, page 71: Marcus B. Chapman b 9-6-1875 in Odessa Twp, to Samuel B. Chapman, bpl NY, residence "dead" & Mary (middle initial A. or W.) Chapman, bpl MI, res Odessa. DEATH RECORD; MI State File No. 5-30674 (copy made): Marcus B. Chapman d Ionia Co Hospital May 4, 1959, b Odessa Twp Sept 6, 1875 to Samuel and Mary Ann (maiden name unknown) Chapman, deceased wife's name Ida, occup Building Mover (retired), age 83, buried Lakeside Cem, Lake Odessa, MI. Informant for death record information was "Bureau Social Aid Records, Ionia". Social Security #368-26-5671. IONIA DAILY SENTINEL-STANDARD, Tues., May 5, 1959 (copy made): "Deaths - Lake Odessa - Marcus B. Chapman, 83, died at about 4 p.m. Monday at Ionia County Memorial hospital where he had been a patient at Eckert's nursing home since last fall. Mr. Chapman was born September 6, 1875, the son of Samuel and Mary Ann Chapman. He was a retired farmer and building mover. His wife, the former Ida Welch (sic), died in 1935. He has no immediate survivors. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Pickens funeral home with burial in Lakeside cemetery." THE LAKE ODESSA WAVE, MI; Thursday, May 7, 1959, front page: "Marcus Chapman Died Monday- -Marcus B. Chapman, 83, lifelong resident of Odessa township, passed away Monday afternoon at the Ionia County Memorial hospital where he was a patient about a week. Mr. Chapman was a farmer and in his early life was a building mover. He lived in his small farm home on Musgrove Hwy until taken to the Eckert Nursing Home at Ionia last fall. There are no immediate survivors. His wife, the former Ida Welch (sic) passed away in 1935. Funeral services were held Thursday (today) at 10 am at the Pickens funeral chapel with burial in Lakeside Cemetery." (All of the above courtesy of LaVonne Bennett) (Research): Census Listings: 1930 U.S. Federal Census Michigan, Ionia, Odessa, District 28 #84-84 Chapman, Marcus Michigan Canada-English New York M W 54 M 46 Farmer Chapman, Ida Michigan New York York F W 64 M 19 (Medical):Chronic myocarditis (1 month), Intestinal Obstruction (3 days)
  Person ID	I11825	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel B. Chapman,   b. 25 Feb 1821, Webster, Monroe County, New York d. 31 Jan 1875, Michigan (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Welch,   b. 28 Dec 1840, Michigan d. 19 Jul 1921, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1871	Ionia County, Michigan   [5, 6]
  	Samuel B. Chapman and Mary Ann Smith [nee Welch, the widow of Franklin Smith] were married 10-7-1871 (IOCOC72#1071). (Courtesy LaVonne Bennett)
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida Soules,   b. Abt 1872, Mulliken, Eaton County, Michigan d. Abt 1935 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1922	Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [7]
  	Chapman, Marcus B. The marriage license indicated that he was 46 years of age, had not been married previously, was a resident of Lake Odessa, born in Lake Odessa. His occupation was farming, his parents Samuel Chapman and Mary A. WELCH. marr 3-3-1922 at Lake Odessa His bride was listed as Ida Dunham, with a second name listed: Ida Soules. She was 50, of Lake Odessa, bpl Mulliken, MI (east of Lake Odessa), occupation housekeeper. Her parents were Nathaniel Soules and Mary A. Miller. She was shown as previosuly married (IOCO2-67#6156)(Courtesy of LaVonne Bennett)
  Family ID	F4989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Sep 1875 - Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan Marriage - 3 Mar 1922 - Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan Death - 4 May 1959 - Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan Burial - - Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Chapman, Marcus, Death Certificate Ionia County, Mich. Death Certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S149] Bennett, Lavonne (lib@iserv.net)-Ionia County, Mich. Genealogist and Researcher, Supplied by LaVonne Bennett (Reliability: 3). [S170] Lakeside (Lakewood) Cemetery transcription, Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan; http://ionia.migenweb.net/cem.htm#Odessa. [S170] Lakeside (Lakewood) Cemetery transcription, Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan; http://ionia.migenweb.net/cem.htm#Odessa, Instead shows DOD as 5-7-1959 (Reliability: 3). [S1243] Website "Michigan GenWeb" Ionia County Lakeside Cemetery, (http://ionia.migenweb.net/cemetery/lakeside-a-e.htm). [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/, Marian's last name is misspelled as Shimtz. (Reliability: 3). [S149] Bennett, Lavonne (lib@iserv.net)-Ionia County, Mich. Genealogist and Researcher. [S149] Bennett, Lavonne (lib@iserv.net)-Ionia County, Mich. Genealogist and Researcher, Supplied by LaVonne Bennett) (Reliability: 3).