Joseph Smith Chapman was born 17 November 1838 Far West , Caldwell County , Missouri , United States to Welcome Chapman (1805-1893) and Susan Amelia Risley (1807-1888) and died 13 July 1917 Heber City , Wasatch County , Utah , United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Jane Matthews (1836-1899) 19 September 1870 in Salt Lake Endowment House , Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah .
Vital Stats Son of Welcome Chapman (1805-1893) Susan Amelia Risley (1807-1888)
1838-Nov-17 : Birth in Far West, Missouri
1839 : Family Relocates to Nauvoo, Illinois
1847 : Pioneer Migration to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah
1850 : Family Relocates to Manti, Sanpete Co, Utah
1862 : Family Relocates back to Salt Lake City, Utah
1870-Sep-19 : Marriage to Mary Jane Matthews (1836-1899)
1917-Jul-13 : Died in Heber City, Wasatch Co, Utah, (buried at Heber City Cemetery) Biography Joseph was born at the LDS Colony of Far West Missouri, just two weeks after anti-Mormon mobs had ransacked the town and imprisoned the church leaders, including his namesake, the prophet Joseph Smith.
After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley , Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.
This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Children of Joseph Chapman and Mary Matthews Joseph Welcome Chapman (1871-1872)
Don Carlos Chapman (1873-) - m. Mary NelsonJosephine Chapman (1875-1934) - m. Edwin George TolhurstJohn Matthews Chapman (1878-1973) - m. Jennie Alfreda Dahlman
Children
Offspring of Joseph Smith Chapman and Mary Jane Matthews (1836-1899)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Joseph Welcome Chapman (1871-1872)
Don Carlos Chapman (1873-)
Josephine Chapman (1875-1934)
John Matthews Chapman (1878-1973)
Siblings
Offspring of Welcome Chapman (1805-1893) and Susan Amelia Risley (1807-1888)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Almina Chapman (1833-1833) 28 March 1833 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States April 1833 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States
Chestina Chapman (1833-1833) 28 March 1833 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States April 1833 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States
Rosetta Anise Chapman (1834-1914) 4 September 1834 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States 3 November 1914 Malad , Oneida County , Idaho , United States Jerome Bonaparte Kempton (1820-1899)
Amelia Caroline Chapman (1835-1913) 20 March 1835 Hubbardsville , Madison County , New York , United States 13 March 1913 Clear Creek , Box Elder County , Utah , United States Jerome Bonaparte Kempton (1820-1899)
Joseph Smith Chapman (1838-1917) 17 November 1838 Far West , Caldwell County , Missouri , United States 13 July 1917 Heber City , Wasatch County , Utah , United States Mary Jane Matthews (1836-1899)
Hyrum Smith Chapman (1841-1928) 3 October 1841 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois , United States 22 January 1928 Bluewater Village , Cibola County , New Mexico , United States Rhoda Ann Fullmer (1847-1917)
Benjamin Chapman (1843-1843) 12 August 1843 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois , United States 27 September 1843 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois , United States
Levi Chapman (1845-aft1903) 20 April 1845 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois , United States 1903 California , United States Cadelia Case (1845-1900)
Fidelia Chapman (1846-1909) 10 November 1846 Winter Quarters , Douglas County , Nebraska , United States 16 July 1909 Malad City , Oneida County , Idaho , United States Richard Babbitt (1842-1917)
Welcome Chapman (1849-1900) 2 October 1849 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 20 February 1900 St. Johns , Apache County , Arizona , United States Mary Adeline Potter (1854-1874) Harriet Zelnora Marsden (1854-1884) Harriet Ann Davis (1868-1945)
Offspring of Welcome Chapman (1805-1893) and Ann Mackey (1839-1926)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Phoebe Ann Chapman (1856-1932) 1 December 1856 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 17 December 1932 Fountain Green , Sanpete County , Utah , United States James Campbell Livingston (1858-1924)
Fannie Chapman (1858-1861) 20 October 1858 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 15 October 1861 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States
Samuel Welcome Chapman (1860-1940) 3 December 1860 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 23 June 1940 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States Lillies Staines Lyon (1861-1942)
Anthony Chapman (1862-1947) 2 December 1862 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 25 May 1947 Ogden , Weber County , Utah , United States Kate Braithwaite (1866-1947)
Lois Chapman (1864-1939) 27 November 1864 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 28 April 1939 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States Walter Williams (1863-1904)
Calantha Chapman (1866-1866) 24 October 1866 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 31 October 1866 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States
John Chapman (1868-1869) 19 April 1868 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 25 August 1869 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Harriet Amelia Chapman (1869-1871) 8 November 1869 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 18 October 1871 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Henry Welcome Chapman (1874-1876) 7 July 1874 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 24 May 1876 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Lillie Sarah Chapman (1881-1882) 22 December 1881 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 23 October 1882 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Offspring of Welcome Chapman (1805-1893) and Catherine Ann Stayner (1839-1910)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Jesse Welcome Chapman (1857-1940) 22 February 1857 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 28 March 1940 Nooksack , Whatcom County , Washington , United States Elizabeth Ann McLane (1859-1893) Mary Elizabeth Noakes (1877-1902) Mary May Belle Low (1874-1943)
Eliza Ella Chapman (1859-1930) 1859 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 18 July 1930 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Elizur Chapman (1859-1936) 1 February 1859 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 22 August 1936 Burley , Cassia County , Idaho , United States Amelia Elizabeth Snyder (1867-1939)
Catherine Lorella Chapman (1863-1867) 14 May 1861 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 6 February 1867 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Jeremiah Chapman (1865-1866) 6 September 1865 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah , United States 8 November 1866 Utah , United States
William Chapman (1867-1869) 14 October 1867 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 26 September 1869 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States
Ellen Chapman (1874-1949) 2 March 1874 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 18 July 1930 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States James Edward Collard (1872-1930)
Allie Andrew Chapman (1876-1901) 21 June 1876 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 30 June 1901 Fountain Green , Sanpete County , Utah , United States Clara Catherine Jensen (1883-1960)
Benjamin Welcome Chapman (1881-1925) 1 March 1881 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States 11 March 1925 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , United States Edna Pearl Taylor (1886-1966)
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