CHAPMAN, Lewis K.

LEWIS K. CHAPMAN, Notary Public, Springboro, was born at Saratoga Springs, October 31, 1814; son of Peter and Mercy (Keeler) Chapman, natives of New York. Our subject, the third child of the family, came to this county in May, 1836, and in May, 1837, married Robey Thomson, of Warsaw, N.Y., daughter of Alexander Thomson, who moved to this county in the fall of 1835. To this union were born eleven children, viz.: Orson A., Fannie E., Millie J. (who is practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Penn.), Helen M. (wife of Lewis Offensens), James H., Lewis K. (killed while coupling cars, October 14, 1873, at Rome, Ohio), Sarah A. (at home), Peter M., Frank E., Robey L. and John E. (both at one time school teachers). Millie J. taught school for twenty- seven terms; she graduated from the Normal School at Edinboro, Erie Co., Penn., in 1871; read medicine in Titusville, this county, and received a diploma from the Homoeopathic Medical Institute, at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are members of the Universalist Society of Conneautville, Penn. When they were married there were present sixty- five guests, besides members of their own family, and of these guests only three are now living. They commenced housekeeping on a farm in Beaver Township, this county, and in 1850 moved to Spring Township, where Mr. Chapman engaged in grist and saw- mill business for several years. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1856, serving continuously for five terms of five years each. He was the first to establish the common school system in Beaver Township, and held the office of School Director for over twenty- six years. For past five years he has been acting as Notary Public; in politics he is a Republican. In 1851, his residence, with nearly all its contents, was destroyed by fire.

History of Crawford County PA 1885
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