Memorial and biographical history of Ellis county, Texas ... Containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects; with full-page portraits of the presidents of the United States, and also full-page portraits of some of the most eminent men of the county, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day ... Page: 313
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HITR PELI ONY 1
loaned money on Marvin College, and finally
had to take the college, but later, in 1878,
traded it for lands. Mr. Meek began life for
himself at the age of twenty-four years, with
comparatively nothing, and now has about
1,500 acres of fine land.
In 1846 he was married to Arteinessia
Davidson, a native of Dickson county, Tennessee,
born February 3, 1823, and a daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tidwell) Davidson,
natives of Dickson county, Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. Meek are members of the
Methodist Church South.
ILLIAM A. CHAPMAN, of Ellis
county, is a son of Philip Chapman,
who was born in 1810. In 1837 the
latter moved to Missouri, locating in Johnson
county, where he remained until 1850. In
that year he came to Ellis county, Texas, settling
two and a half iniles southeast of Ovilla;
for two years past he has made his home
with his son-in-law. He was a farmer by
occupation, and is a man of good habits, and
a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, of which lihe was an elder while in
Missouri. In 1834: he married Miss Celia
C. Hamilton, also a native of Tennessee,
and the daughter of James Hamilton,
a native of Tennessee. Mrs. Chapman was
born in 1812, and died in 1846; she was the
mother of five children: William A., our
subject; Sumner G., who died in the war, in
1863, .having been a member of the Twentyninth
Texas Cavalry, Company A.; Susan C.,who was first married to Joseph Plumrmer,
whodied in 1869, and then to M. G. Home,
of Hill county; James A.. who died in infancy,
and Sarah C., wife of G. G. King, a
farnner and stock-raiser of Hill county.
In 1847 Mr. Philip Chapman was married
to Miss Cynthia White, a daughter of It. M.
and Jennie White (deceased), natives of Alabama.
Two children were born to this union:
Robert M., engaged in the insurance business
at Greenville, atd Mary J., the wife of Rev.
I. S. Davenport, a Cumberland Presbyterian
minister of Ilardeman county.
William A. Chapman was born in Tennessee,
in 1835, and two years later moved with
his parents to Missouri, and in 1850 to Texas.
He remained at home until twenty-one years
of age, then worked for wages three years,
after which his father gave him the place on
which he now lives. In 1862 he enlisted in
the Thirtieth Regiment, Company K, Texas
Cavalry, and served to the close of the war.
Mr. Chapman now owns 700 acres in this
county, and also 600 acres in Stevens county,
300 of the former being under cultivation.
For his first house he had to haul the lumber
100 miles, in a wagon drawn by oxen. Politically
lie is Prohibitionist, socially a member
of the Grange, and both he and his wife
are members of the Cuumberland Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr. Chapman is a deacon.
He was married, in 1861, to Miss Melissa
Battler, a native of Texas, born in 1839, and
a daughter of William and Linney A.
(Laughlin) Buttler, natives of Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have had six children:Sumner F., who is attending the Missouri
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Memorial and biographical history of Ellis county, Texas ... Containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects; with full-page portraits of the presidents of the United States, and also full-page portraits of some of the most eminent men of the county, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day ..., book, 1892; Chicago. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33018/m1/305/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.