Name: Christopher Colbert Chappell
Death date: 13 Dec 1937
Death place: Memphis, Hall, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 88 years 4 months 13 days
Birth date: 30 Jul 1849
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name: Cornelia J. Chappell
Father's name: James William Chappell
Father's birthplace: Tenn.
Mother's name: Lucy Freeman
Mother's birthplace: N.C.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Memphis, Tex.
Burial place: Lakeview, Tex.
Burial date: 15 Dec 1937

He was the seventh of fourteen children of Lucy Freeman and James Harvey Chappell.

John Harvey, 1 Jan, 1872 - 19 May, 1962, married Cornelia Ann Garner, both buried

buried Stockdale, TX, issue: James Jarrell, John Stanley, Vera, Inez, Vories Colbert, Marshal "Bill," and Mittie;

(2) Thomas Marshall, 27 May 1874 - 23 Sep, 1919, married first Muggie, issue Clyde Daniel and Colbert S., married second Valora Hamilton, issue: Willie Marsh, he buried Lakeview, Hall Co, TX;

(3) Rufus Benjamin, 10 Nov, 1875 - 21 Mar 1952, married Addie Chappell, issue: Rufus Brown, he buried Lakeview;

(4) Alfred Jefferson Chappell, 14 May, 1878 - , married Maud Holcomb, issue: Alfred (dsp), Cora Frances, Mary Maud, both buried Marcelina Cemetery, Wilson Co.,TX;

(5) Eliza Hester, 5 Apr, 1880 - about 1960, married Edd Holcomb (brother of Maud), issue: Elton, Debs, and Rupert; she buried at Oakman, Pontotoc County, OK

The next four children were born in Johnston Co, TX,

(6) Lucy Belle, 16 July, 1882 - 27 Sep, 1908, married Lonnie Braddy, issue: Jeffie, she buried Grandview, Johnston Co, TX;

(7) Jesse M. 12 Oct, 1884 - (dsp) 23 Dec, 1884, buried Grandview;

(8) infant daughter, 2 Sep 1885, buried Grandview;

(9) James William, 5 Jan, 1887 - 25 Dec, 1946, married Judson Calvinia Taylor, issue: James Edward, Margie May, Cornelia Christine, Colbert Taylor, Hester Hope, Addie Laverne (dsp), Alfred Marshall, Anna Ruth (dsp), and Virginia Ann, he buried Liberty Church cemetery near Lakeview, she Fairview Cemetery, Hall Co., TX

(10)Charles Wheeler, 16 Apr, 1889 - 21 Jan, 1940, married Bessie Lee Person, issue: Charles Welton, Melba Lee, and John Franklin, buried San Antonio, TX

(11)Sarah Missouri "Sally," 26 May, 1891 - 24 Sep, 1961, married Johnnie Herschel Blanks, issue: Willie Mae "Bill," Johnnie Elwood (dsp), Cornelia Josephine, Alta Jean, both are buried at Lakeview;

(12)Danny Lutitia, 16 Dec,1893 – Aug 1978, issue: Laura Frances, Patsy, and Donald, buried Restland Cemetery, Richardson TX,

(13)Squire Colbert, 29 Mar 1897 - 14 Apr 1977, married Mina Eltice Walls, issue: Selma, Collis, Deola Malloy, Wayland Dare, Norman Ralph, Randall Ray, James Marshall, and Douglas Allen, both buried McAllen, Hildago, TX.