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William Lightfoot Chapman
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William Lightfoot Chapman 1
- Born: 1836, North Carolina, United States 1
- Marriage (1): Margaret Elmina Robinson about 1870
- Died: 14 August 1884 at age 48
 Noted events in his life were:
1. 1860 US Census, June 1860, Catawba, North Carolina, United States. 1 1860 US Census
Page 4, Household 30
, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
W. L. Chapman..23..NC
(Living with widowed mother.)
William married Margaret Elmina Robinson, daughter of Jesse Robinson and Mary Clay, about 1870. (Margaret Elmina Robinson was born on 9 March 1847 in North Carolina, United States,2 3 4 5 died on 7 December 1920 in Rutherford College, Burke, North Carolina, United States 5 6 and was buried on 9 December 1920 in Rutherford College, Burke, North Carolina, United States 5 6.). The cause of her death was Ruptured pulmonary artery; gastritis.
Marriage Notes:
Easily confused with this family was the un-related William Grant Chapman who married Elizabeth York and Margaret Hoyle. He was the son of John N. Chapman and Phoebe Denton. William Grant Chapman, who was born in 1840 in Burke County, North Carolina, had the following children with his first wife, Elizabeth York:
Emily Chapman
Riley Chapman
Ulysses S. Grant Chapman
Layfayette Chapman
William Grant Chapman had the following children with his second wife, Margaret Hoyle:
Sarah Ida Chapman
Harvey Todd Chapman
Eliza Alice Chapman
Rebecca M. Chapman
Laura Chapman
Leanna E. Chapman
None of these children are part of this particular Lightfoot Family tree. The "real" William "Lightfoot" Chapman is believed to have been married only to Margaret Elmina Robinson. There are no definitive census records for them as a family and their only known children were George Memory Chapman and Ethel May Chapman whose parents names are shown on each of their death certificate. On the 1900 census, Margaret did indicate that she had given birth to a total of 7 children and 5 were still alive at the time. It is unknown who the other 5 children could have been but there is a possibility that she might have been previously married and some of those 7 children could have come from that marriage.
One researcher shows that William Lightfoot Chapman was previously married in 1863 to Nancy Martin and they had a daughter Sarah C. Chapman born in 1844.
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Sources
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1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, p. 4, family 30, Nancy Mary Ann Williams; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1473181 : accessed 15 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.
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1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lovelady Township, Burke County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 13A, dwelling 246, family 251, Margaret Elmina Robinson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 7 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
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1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Lovelady Township, Burke County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 9B, family 172, Margaret Elmina Robinson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 7 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.
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"North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1609799 : accessed 6 Jul 2014), Name: Margret E. Robinson Chapman; Event Date: 07 Dec 1920; Event Place: Rutherford College, Burke, North Carolina; Citing Department of Public Health, Vital Records Section. State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
5
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 6 Jul 2014), 'http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87152911.
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"North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1609799 : accessed 6 Jul 2014), Name: Margret E. Robinson Chapman; Event Date: 07 Dec 1920; Event Place: Rutherford College, Burke, North Carolina.
