Samuel Delano Chapman

1838 - 1910  (72 years)

• Name	Samuel Delano Chapman
  Birth	15 Jan 1838	Buena Vista, Marion, Georgia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Feb 1910	, Taylor, Georgia
  Burial	Butler Cemetary, Taylor, Georgia
  Person ID	I31606	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	23 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Abner Chapman,   b. Abt 1801, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA d. Aft 1870, Marion, Georgia, USA (Age > 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ellen DeWitt,   b. 1805, South Carolina, USA d. 1863, Marion, Georgia, USA (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Buena Vista, Marion, Georgia, USA
  Family ID	F10316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth G. Wadsworth,   b. 12 Jun 1840, Bibb County, Georgia, USA d. 12 Dec 1916, Butler, Taylor, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Samuel Chapman,   b. 3 Jul 1862, Marion, Georgia, USA d. 24 Feb 1950, Perry, Houston, Georgia, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Harriet Chapman,   b. 1866  [Father: natural]   3. Mary Susan Chapman,   b. 1868  [Father: natural]   4. William C. Chapman,   b. Abt 1871   d. 14 Dec 1924 (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Martin Chapman,   b. 1876   d. 13 Dec 1931 (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Female Child Chapman,   b. Abt 1879  [Father: natural]   7. John Forest Chapman,   b. 1 Jul 1879   d. 12 Aug 1955, Butler, Taylor, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F10307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jan 1838 - Buena Vista, Marion, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !CONFLICT: Place of birth may have been in Coweta, GA !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family information, census Member of Co. E, 63 Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. He was a private December 11, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal December 30, 1862; 1st Corporal Mar. or Apr. 1863; 5th Seregant July or August 1863.Surrendered and paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on May 12, 1865. Additional information From Kendall Chapman: an article by Tom Low, Shepherdstown, W.V., Aug1989 Company E, 63rd Georgia Regiment Initially stationed at Thunderbolt, south of Savannah, at a fortguarding the river enterance to that city. Units there were both infantry andartillery. Transferred with most of his regiment to Dalton, Georgia in May, 1864and fought in the Atlanta Campaign against Sherman. The regiment wasparticulary distinguished at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain in hand to hand fightingand was complimented in general orders. Served in Gereral Hardee's Corps in the Battle of Atlanta and was severely wounded on July 22, 1864 when a shell exploded near his face, causingblindness in his left eye and deafness in his left ear. (The famous Cycloramapainting in Atlanta depicts the fierce fighting on that day.) He was evuated to a hospital at Citronelle, Alabama and was surrendered there on May 4, 1865and paroled at Meridan, Mississippi on May 12, 1865. Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.