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Born 1831
From History of Portage County, Ohio (1885)
HOMER CHAPMAN, farmer, P. O. New Milford, was born in Rootstown Township, this county, November 19, 1831; son of Nathan and Mary Chapman, natives of Connecticut, the former born February 5, 1783, coming to this county in 1805; the latter, born October 2, 1787, came to this county in 1806. They were married in 1806, and remained here until the death of the father in 1881. The mother still survives. Our subject, the youngest in their family, was married, February 2, 1857, to Zeviah E. Buttles, born in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio, March 18, 1832, daughter of Friend and Electa Buttles, natives of Connecticut, and who after marriage settled in Trumbull County; they died in West Farmington. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have four children: Leora E. (wife of F. P. Rood); Carrie M. (wife of W. W. Phelps); Eda M.; and Charles H. Our subject is a farmer and owns thirty-seven acres of good land where he and his family reside, and are respected by all who know them.
As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Homer Chapman: Solon J. Friend Buttles (b. 1835)
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