Samuel B. Chapman

1821 - 1875  (53 years)

• Name	Samuel B. Chapman  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	25 Feb 1821	Webster, Monroe County, New York   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 1875	Michigan   [1, 2, 5, 6, 8]
  Buried	Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [5]
  Notes	He is shown on the Murray-Snead-Barbee-Jones-Bishop-Mastroni-Raddeman-Kirtley-Workman tree on Ancestry.com as a son of Peter Chapman and Mercy Keeler. Benjamin Dwight--in Volume II (p. 1005) of "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass."--described him as, "a farmer at Odessa, Mich (since 1851)...he is a supervisor of the town." According the "History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men and Pioneers" by John S. Schenck, Philadelphia, D.W. Ensign & Co. 1881, the first framed house in Odessa was built by Emory Russell after 1842. Other early settlers in and near the Russell neighborhood were Nelson Merrill, Emanuel Cramer, S.B. CHAPMAN, A.A. Haskins, A.J. Clark, P.S. Lapham, David Crapo, John D. Hight, Reuben Haight, George E. Kelly, James N. Galloway, and Asa Houghton. For some years the settlements in Odessa concentrated about the Russell neighborhood. In the year 1852 there were but four settlers in the western half of the town. These four were Solomon Foght, S.B. CHAPMAN, Joseph Houseman and Eber Rush, located respectively on sections 21 and 33 (p. 315). Jurors for 1847 included Samuel Chapman Voters in Odessa in 1848 and 1849 included Samuel B. Chapman Samuel B. Chapman was elected Supervisor of Odessa Township in 1852; Treasurer in 1855; and Supervisor in 1856-1857 LaVonne Bennett, a Ionia county genealogist, kindly provided the following information relating to the probate of the Chapman estate. Ionia County Probate Court, Probated Will #611 (New Series), Samuel B. Chapman: The first item in the file was an unsigned 8-26-1925 letter to W. C. McCartney, giving him license to sell real estate of Samuel B. Chapman. The seconnd item was an 8-21-1925 letter from Lake Odessa State Savings Bank to Judge of Probate, Ionia County, stating lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in block 21 of village of Lake Odessa owned by Samuel B. Chapman were sold 4-3-1877. Samuel B. Chapman died on Sunday, 1-31-1875, leaving no will. Widow was Mary A. Chapman, petitioner for appointment of adminstrator of estate. It was a $7,500 valued estate. Other heirs were: Emma June Chapman, daughter of deceased (dodc); Theressa T. Partello, dodc, of Barry County; Martin Chapman, son; Ella Chapman, dodc; Eva Chapman, dodc; Samuel D. (sic s/b L.), son. Residence of all but Theressa was Ionia County. [Note, Mary was still pregnant with his youngest son, Marcus, who was born in September 1875]. Publication in Lake Odessa Wave-Times 2-12-1875. James Leek, Administrator. Inventory of goods, properties, crops, $150 of household furniture. Among the list of creditors: Mary Ward, $3.65; Jas. J. Brown, $22.05; Martin Chapman, $35.00. 10-7-1871 document: Dower rights to Mary A. Chapman for east 3/4 of north east 1/4 of Section 33, and north east 1/4 of south east 1/4 of Section 32, all in Twp 5N, Range 7W. In James Leak's 3-23-1875 petition to be named the administrator of Samuel's will, he states: ".....for the following among other reasons the widow is not able to work or take charge of her interest in said estate and the heirs are of them three minors and under Guardianship and those who are of age are not in circumstances to carry on to advantage of the whole of said real estate and further the estate has a large part of said land under a crop of wheat down by said deceased in his lifetime which will require the same care and attention necessary to protect crops on the whole of said lands." 11-14-1876: List of above children, with addition of Marchus B. Chapman. Paid to Mary A. Chapman: $550 for support of minor heirs under age 7 years, $145 distribution of shares, from Samuel Chapman estate, for Samuel Lee and Marcus B. Chapman, minor heirs. 11-15-1876: $150 to Mary A. Chapman. 11-28-1876: Martin Chapman petitioned to sell real estate; heirs Maria T. Partello, Emma Chapman, Ella L. Chapman, Martin Chapman, all residing in Odessa, Evelyn D. Chapman residing in Saranac, Ionia Co, MI; Marcus B. and Samuel L. Chapman, both in Odessa. $3375 was paid by Abe Bywater for the Dower rights of Mary A. Chapman. $487.50 was paid to Martin L. Chapman." It seems an assessment of real estate was made, with the recommendation that sale, and subsequent division of the property, would devalue it. The file was very hard to read and I couldn't decipher all that took place, regarding the real estate, but it did appear Martin forced the sale. Oh, when I looked up Samuel B. Chapman's property in my plat book here, it turned out to be the whole west side of Lake Odessa's main street. I'm snail-mailing you copies showing location of his---and also B. Franklin Smith's---property. I also made copies of Ida and Mary's obituaries, which I'll send along, too. I (LaVonne) don't know why the first 2 items dated 1925 were in this file, unless someone filed quit claim deeds on property that was once owned by Samuel B., or something technical like that. Maybe they were cleaning up Mary Ann's 1921 estate yet. (Research): Census Listings: 1860 Census Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan #188-185 Chapman Samuel 39 M NY Elisa 38 F NY Marris C? 10 F NY Martin 8 M Mich Ella 18/12 F Mich Emma ?? F Mich 1870 Census Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan #67-66 Chapman Sm P 49 M W Farmer 5000 13 " Eliza 47 F W Keeping House E??? 22 F W at home MI Theresia 20 F W at home NY Martin 18 M W Farm laborer MI attended school Ella 11 F W MI attended scho Evaline 9 F W MI attended school
  Person ID	I11824	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza J. Dwinell,   b. 16 Jul 1822, New York ,   d. 23 Aug 1870, Michigan  (Age 48 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1845  [4]
  	"Eliza J. DWINELL b. July 16, 1822, m. Samuel B. Chapman of Webster." Benjamin Dwight, "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), Vol. II, Pages 1004 and 1005.
  Children	1. Emma June Chapman,   b. 27 Sep 1847, New York ,   d. 2 May 1895, Nashville, Barry County, Michigan  (Age 47 years)   2. Maria Theresa Chapman,   b. 3 Feb 1850, Webster, Monroe County, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Martin L. Chapman,   b. 14 Sep 1851, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. 21 Jul 1910, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 58 years)   4. Ella L. Chapman,   b. 17 Nov 1858, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Evelyn D. "Eva" Chapman,   b. 23 Nov 1860, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. Abt 1938, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F4988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Welch,   b. 28 Dec 1840, Michigan ,   d. 19 Jul 1921, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan  (Age 80 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1871	Ionia County, Michigan   [9, 10]
  	Samuel B. Chapman and Mary Ann Smith [nee Welch, the widow of Franklin Smith] were married 10-7-1871 (IOCOC72#1071). (Courtesy LaVonne Bennett)
  Children	1. Samuel Lee Chapman,   b. 6 Jul 1873, Michigan ,   d. 22 Mar 1903, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan  (Age 29 years)   2. Marcus B. Chapman,   b. 6 Sep 1875, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. 4 May 1959, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 7 Oct 1871 - Ionia County, Michigan Died - 31 Jan 1875 - Michigan Buried - - Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1232] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, "Murray-Snead-Barbee-Jones-Bishop-Mastroni-Raddeman-Kirtley-Workman". [S1234] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1867-1995. [S98] 1860 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. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Odessa Township, Ionia County #188-185 (Reliability: 3). [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), Vol. II, Pages 1004 and 1005 (Reliability: 3). [S1243] Website "Michigan GenWeb" Ionia County Lakeside Cemetery, (http://ionia.migenweb.net/cemetery/lakeside-a-e.htm). [S170] Lakeside (Lakewood) Cemetery transcription, Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan; http://ionia.migenweb.net/cem.htm#Odessa. [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), Vol. II, Page 1005 (Reliability: 3). [S149] Bennett, Lavonne (lib@iserv.net)-Ionia County, Mich. Genealogist and Researcher, Supplied by LaVonne Bennett (Reliability: 3). [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.