Gazlay Family History
Horace Congdon Chapman
Parents
| Father | George T. Chapman ( - ) |
| Mother | Sophia A. Main ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 26 February 2010; Last Edited: 31 October 2021 |
| Person ID | 560 |
| Name | Horace Congdon Chapman |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 17 April 1869 in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 16 October 1895 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island to Annie Dora Tefft2, 4 |
| Died | 14 January 1908 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut1, 3 |
| Buried | in Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut1 |
Biography
Horace worked a good part of his life as a clerk in Norwich. He was employed by J. C. Worth, Harwood, Bishop, and Bidwell, and Robert W. Otis. For some time he was a motorman on the trolley road. He was capable and proved trustworthy in every position he filled. He was of good habits and possessed a jovial and kind disposition and had many warm friends. Horace was married twice, and is survived by his second wife and two step children, his father, a brother, Stiles Chapman, who is employed in Taftville, and a sister, Mrs. Isaac Main of North Stonington.3
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Annie Dora Tefft (daughter of John H. Tefft and Ellen O. Boyens) |
| Born | August 1868 in Connecticut |
| Married | to _____ Phillips |
| Married | 16 October 1895 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island to Horace Congdon Chapman |
| Died | 10 December 1957 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Horace Congdon Chapman and Annie Dora Tefft: |
| 1. | Myrtle Edith Chapman (born Phillips) |
| Born | April 1888 in Connecticut |
| Adopted | (child of _____ Phillips and Annie Dora Tefft, adopted by Horace Congdon Chapman) |
| Married | 24 June 1918 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Jeremiah Halsey Brown |
| Died | 7 January 1969 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| +2. | Chester Arthur Chapman (born Phillips) |
| Born | 13 August 1891 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut |
| Adopted | (child of _____ Phillips and Annie Dora Tefft, adopted by Horace Congdon Chapman) |
| Married | 22 August 1918 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Ella Francis Corey |
| Died | 25 March 1958 in Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Sources
- Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939, Deaths in the Town of Norwich, Jan. 1st to 19th, 1908, Horace C. Chapman, married, died: 14 January 1908 in Norwich; born: 17 April 1869 in No. Stonington; age: 38 years 8 months 27 days; father: Geo. T. Chapman, born in Griswold, Conn.; mother: Sophia H. Main, born in Ledyard, Conn.; buried in Maplewood Cemetery.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 479, Sheet 5A, family of Horace C. and Annie D. Chapman.
- Obituary, The Day, New London, Connecticut, Horace C. Chapman, 16 January 1908.
- Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916. 16 October 1895 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, Horace Congdon Chapman, 25, son of George T. Chapman and Sovia Main; and Annie Dora Tefft Phillips, age 27, daughter of John H. Tefft and Ellen Bowen.