Dwight R. Chappel
d. Aug. 14, 1914
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. KS 7th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 3/1/1865
He came from a family that was native to Otsego county, New York where he was born. His mother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, and the latter's father, and two brothers were also Baptist clergymen.
In 1849 his father took the family to West Virginia, settling at Parkersburg, but sold out there and moved to Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, where they were living when the Civil War broke out.
Because of their northern birth and sympathies, they were told to leave in twenty-four hours. They left practically everything they had, went to Washington City and then on to their old home in New York.
Dwight came to Kansas and joined the army here, doing valiant service in a regiment that helped make history. When the war was over, he came to this vicinity, took a homestead and engaged successfully in farming, on the place which is now occupied by his son, Walter, and family.
Dwight R. Chappell, one of the pioneers of Kansas and a resident of this vicinity since the close of the war, in which he fought in the famous Seventh Kansas "Jayhawker" regiment. Mr. Chappell served in Company F. of the famous Kansas Seventh and after the war settled on a farm just across the river from Chanute, where he remained until about two years ago, when he moved to the city.
Sources: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/Dwight_Chappell.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1822257
d. Aug. 14, 1914
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. KS 7th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 3/1/1865
He came from a family that was native to Otsego county, New York where he was born. His mother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, and the latter's father, and two brothers were also Baptist clergymen.
In 1849 his father took the family to West Virginia, settling at Parkersburg, but sold out there and moved to Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, where they were living when the Civil War broke out.
Because of their northern birth and sympathies, they were told to leave in twenty-four hours. They left practically everything they had, went to Washington City and then on to their old home in New York.
Dwight came to Kansas and joined the army here, doing valiant service in a regiment that helped make history. When the war was over, he came to this vicinity, took a homestead and engaged successfully in farming, on the place which is now occupied by his son, Walter, and family.
Dwight R. Chappell, one of the pioneers of Kansas and a resident of this vicinity since the close of the war, in which he fought in the famous Seventh Kansas "Jayhawker" regiment. Mr. Chappell served in Company F. of the famous Kansas Seventh and after the war settled on a farm just across the river from Chanute, where he remained until about two years ago, when he moved to the city.
Sources: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/Dwight_Chappell.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1822257
Dwight R. Chappel
d. Aug. 14, 1914
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. KS 7th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 3/1/1865
He came from a family that was native to Otsego county, New York where he was born. His mother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, and the latter's father, and two brothers were also Baptist clergymen.
In 1849 his father took the family to West Virginia, settling at Parkersburg, but sold out there and moved to Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, where they were living when the Civil War broke out.
Because of their northern birth and sympathies, they were told to leave in twenty-four hours. They left practically everything they had, went to Washington City and then on to their old home in New York.
Dwight came to Kansas and joined the army here, doing valiant service in a regiment that helped make history. When the war was over, he came to this vicinity, took a homestead and engaged successfully in farming, on the place which is now occupied by his son, Walter, and family.
Dwight R. Chappell, one of the pioneers of Kansas and a resident of this vicinity since the close of the war, in which he fought in the famous Seventh Kansas "Jayhawker" regiment. Mr. Chappell served in Company F. of the famous Kansas Seventh and after the war settled on a farm just across the river from Chanute, where he remained until about two years ago, when he moved to the city.
Sources: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/Dwight_Chappell.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1822257
d. Aug. 14, 1914
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/1/1862 as a Private.
On 3/1/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. KS 7th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 3/1/1865
He came from a family that was native to Otsego county, New York where he was born. His mother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, and the latter's father, and two brothers were also Baptist clergymen.
In 1849 his father took the family to West Virginia, settling at Parkersburg, but sold out there and moved to Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, where they were living when the Civil War broke out.
Because of their northern birth and sympathies, they were told to leave in twenty-four hours. They left practically everything they had, went to Washington City and then on to their old home in New York.
Dwight came to Kansas and joined the army here, doing valiant service in a regiment that helped make history. When the war was over, he came to this vicinity, took a homestead and engaged successfully in farming, on the place which is now occupied by his son, Walter, and family.
Dwight R. Chappell, one of the pioneers of Kansas and a resident of this vicinity since the close of the war, in which he fought in the famous Seventh Kansas "Jayhawker" regiment. Mr. Chappell served in Company F. of the famous Kansas Seventh and after the war settled on a farm just across the river from Chanute, where he remained until about two years ago, when he moved to the city.
Sources: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/Dwight_Chappell.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1822257
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