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Eben Miles Chapman

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Eben Miles Chapman

Birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Death
13 Apr 1936 (aged 78)
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Spencerville, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA
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Johnny Appleseed's Nephew, Once Hicksville Resident, Dies of Injury


Funeral for Eben M. Chapman, 77, nephew of the famed John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, were to be held at Spencerville, Ind., today from the Roscoe Walter funeral home. Interment was to be in the Spencerville cemetery.


Mr. Chapman, who gained considerable publicity last year while investigating the burial place of his noted uncle, died in a Fort Wayne hospital where he had been confined for several months after fracturing a hip in a fall.


He was a former resident of Hicksville and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Chapman, pioneer residents of west of Hicksville.


Surviving are three sons, William and H. J., Fort Wayne, and Charles, Spencerville.


Defiance Crescent-News

Defiance, Ohio

Apr. 16, 1936


Johnny Appleseed's Nephew, Once Hicksville Resident, Dies of Injury


Funeral for Eben M. Chapman, 77, nephew of the famed John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, were to be held at Spencerville, Ind., today from the Roscoe Walter funeral home. Interment was to be in the Spencerville cemetery.


Mr. Chapman, who gained considerable publicity last year while investigating the burial place of his noted uncle, died in a Fort Wayne hospital where he had been confined for several months after fracturing a hip in a fall.


He was a former resident of Hicksville and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Chapman, pioneer residents of west of Hicksville.


Surviving are three sons, William and H. J., Fort Wayne, and Charles, Spencerville.


Defiance Crescent-News

Defiance, Ohio

Apr. 16, 1936


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  • Created by: JC
  • Added: May 14, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129804236/eben_miles-chapman: accessed ), memorial page for Eben Miles Chapman (20 Mar 1858–13 Apr 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129804236, citing White City Cemetery, Spencerville, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by JC (contributor 46984629).