Please add/correct/connect as you can ... James <possibly T.> Chapman was born about 1826 in Connecticut according to the 1860 census for Henry Co., TN. For some reason he left CT at some point and moved all the way down to Georgia where he married his wife Susannah H. about 1850. I have found a record of a marriage between a James Chapman and a Susannah H. Gilpin on 5 Dec 1849 in Upson County, GA but have yet to positively confirm if this is "my" James and Susannah yet. It is known that James and Susannah were in Georgia for the birth of their first child in 1852 because on several census records, GA is given as her state of birth. James and Susannah had the following children: 1. Mary Ann "Mollie" Chapman born 1852 in GA. She was married to James Beaird about 1872. James Beaird died about 1884 and Mary Ann "Mollie" Chapman died in 1886 in Christian County, KY. They had the following children: Mary Jimmie Beaird, Benjamin Beaird, William Beaird, Brank Beaird, Robert Beaird, and Charles Elmo Beaird. 2. Benjamin Franklin Chapman born about 1854 in TN. Haven't a clue what happened to this child. He was in the 1860 census for Henry County, TN. He lived long enough that he left enough of a legacy that his sister named one of her children after him. 3. Frances A. Chapman born abt 1856 in TN. She married a Thomas A. Beard/Beaird on 25 Dec 1876 in Christian County, KY. Thomas A. Beard/Beaird and James Beaird who married Mollie Chapman may be related. Don't know what happened to Frances after her marriage as I have been unable to find her. 4. DeWitt C. Chapman was born abt 1858 in TN (probably Henry County). He dies after the 1880 census as he is listed listed in his sister Mollie's home as a "boarder" in Christian County, KY. Don't know what happened to him after that except that he left enough of a legacy that his younger brother named my great grandfather after him. 5. Ruby Chapman was born 1861/1862 in TN (either Henry County or Montgomery County). She married later in life to John Combs in Sherman, Grayson, TX but the couple never had children of their own. Ruby raised her sister Mollie's children after Mollie's death in 1886. 6. James Thurston Chapman (some say "Jr." after his father) born 30 Apr 1863 in TN (either Henry County or Montgomery County). He married Lee Ella McCarter on 12 Feb 1885 in Clarksville, Montgomery, TN. James Thurston Chapman died 6 Oct 1931 in Christian County, KY and is the patriarch of the Chapman family of that area. They had the following children: Susie Eleanor Chapman, James Allen Chapman, Gertrude Chapman, Della Mary Katherine Chapman, Fannie Myrtle Chapman, Minnie Mae Chapman, DeWitt Edward Chapman, Sarah Lillian Chapman, Odis Perman Chapman, and Annie Elizabeth "Bess" Chapman. Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net http://www.easyfunschool.com Free Newsletter: EFSNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com