Samuel Lee Chapman

1873 - 1903  (29 years)

• Name	Samuel Lee Chapman  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Jul 1873	Michigan   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Mar 1903	Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan   [2]
  Burial	Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	LaVonne Bennett found, at the Ionia County Courthouse, the death record of Samuel Lee Chapman: "CHAPMAN, Lee died 3-22-1903, married, age 30 years, in Odessa Twp, of mitrial insufficiency. He was born in MI, was a teacher, and his parents were Samuel B. Chapman, residence NY, and Mary WELCH (IOCOB270#5850)." LaVonne did not find a Lake Odessa newspaper obituary for him. At the time of the 1900 census, Samuel was married and living with his wife Marion and infant son, Lee. They lived next door to his mother in Ionia County. Son Clare was born in 1903, less than a year before Samuel's death. His wife Marion remarried, and in 1910, she both sons, listed as Herbert Lee and Clare, were living with her second husband, John S. Caie. Marion and John had a newly born daughter. In 1920, Herbert Lee and Clare were living with their maternal grandmother in nearby Eaton County, while their widowed stepfather was living with their three half-sisters in Detroit. The paternal grandmother of Herbert and Clare was Mary Ann Welch Smith Chapman. Her probated Will #8880, Ionia County, MI, was filed 8-15-1921. Mary Ann Chapman's real estate was valued at $6,500; personal estate at $100. Administrator Marcus B. Chapman of Lake Odessa was also one of the heirs, along with: Elmer Smith, son, age 55 (or 56?), of Lake Odessa; W. B. Smith, 53, Grand Ledge; Clair Chapman, nephew, 19, Grand Ledge; Herbert Chapman, nephew, 21, of Montana [in another section of the papers, they were referred to as grandchildren]; and Marcus, 46, Lake Odessa. (Research): Census Listings: 1900 Census Michigan, Ionia County, Odessa Township ED #21 39-41 Chapman, Lee Head July 1875 Mich NY Mich Teaching School Chapman, Marion Wife Mar 1876 Mich Mich Mich Chapman, Lee Son May 1900 Mich Mich Mich
  Person ID	I12242	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   [3, 4]
  	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	Marion Wright,   b. Mar 1876, Michigan d. Abt 1918, Michigan (Age ~ 41 years)
  Children	1. Herbert Lee Chapman, Sr.,   b. 12 May 1900, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan d. 24 Jul 1986, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas (Age 86 years)   2. Clare Wright Chapman,   b. 13 May 1902, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan d. 11 Jan 1963, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F5084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jul 1873 - Michigan Death - 22 Mar 1903 - Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan Burial - - Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Ionia County, Odessa Township ED #21 39-41 (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.