Transcribers log #015 THE CHAPMAN COUSINS of Butlerville, Ohio
Welcome to... My Darling Emma 1857 If you are NEW HERE be sure to read the beginning of the journey I am on transcribing my family's 19th century letter collection! “I feel best in my everyday duds but one has to do different from that when there is young gents around” -Susan Virginia Chapman (age 24) circa 1872 N ow let’s jump right into the next group of letter writers shall we… M y Chapman ancestors are on great great grandma Emma's maternal side of the family tree. Her mother's sister, Rachael Ann Pidgeon , married one George Washington Chapman . I have correspondences from both Rachael Ann & George W. and also their oldest child Susan Virginia in the letter collection. They are who I will focus on in this post. So here we go... George W. (1817-1862) worked in the Grain Mill industry. He married Rachel Ann (1821-1889) on October 11, 1847, in Frederick, Virginia when he was 29 and she 26. A few years later, the couple and a few kids la...