Biography - Ezra Chapman
EZRA CHAPMAN. The son of Asa and Susanna (Berry) Chapman, of Providence, RI
he was born in Whitestown, NY on 28 Jan 1797. He had only a common school
education and was a machinist by trade, at which he has worked thirteen years
and followed farming since. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, and
Postmaster. He married Sarah Ann Lanfear on 8 Apr 1825. They have had two boys
and three girls. One girl died and one boy received a wound the the army from
which he died. After working in a machine factory about three years it stopped.
He then went to Western PA and worked at a variety of occupations, barely making
a living, being just after the close of the war of 1812. At the end of five
years Mr. Walcott proposed to open his works when Mr. C. returned, and went to
work. The fellow workmen indulged in gambling but Mr. Chapman would never take
part. he advised all young men to abstain from it. P.O. Ontario.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
Portraits contributed by Bob Miller, extracted from the 1886 Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago
