Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman (1855 - 1932)

Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman, mother to 8 children, was born in 1855 in Bear Lake, Pennsylvania. She was born into the Johnson family and married into the Chapman family. Olive's partner was William F. Chapman. and they gave birth to Iva Louise (Chapman) Pell, Julian Deforest Chapman, Marion A. (Chapman) Hamilton, Eugene Deforest Chapman, Edna Bell (Chapman) Awald, Muriel William Chapman, Fay Oliver Chapman, and Herbert Francis Chapman. She died on April 27, 1932 in Mayville, New York at 77 years of age.
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Birth

 in Bear Lake, Warren County, Pennsylvania United States

Death

 on in Mayville, Chautauqua County, New York United States

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Average Age

Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman lived 7 years longer than the average Johnson family member when she died at the age of 77.

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Family

Partner: William F. Chapman
Children with William: Iva Louise (Chapman) Pell, Julian Deforest Chapman, Marion A. (Chapman) Hamilton, Eugene Deforest Chapman, Edna Bell (Chapman) Awald, Muriel William Chapman, Fay Oliver Chapman, and Herbert Francis Chapman

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Timeline

1855 - In the year that Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.

1861 - Olive was just 6 years old when on April 12th, the Civil War began with shots fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Confederate Army attacked the Fort a little over a month after the inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln. Fort Sumter surrendered the next day.

1885 - She was 30 years old when Germany's Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which had an internal combustion engine. It is considered to be the world's first automobile. The Benz cost $150 - just under $4,000 in today's money.

1893 - By the time she was 38 years old, a songbook, called Song Stories for the Kindergarten, was published by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. One of the songs included in the book was "Good Morning to All" - later the lyrics were changed and it became "Happy Birthday to You".

1932 - In the year of Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman's passing, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

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Olive Harriet (Johnson) Chapman, mother to 8 children, passed away on April 27, 1932 in Mayville, New York at 77 years old. No cause of death has been entered for Olive. She was born in 1855 in Bear Lake, Pennsylvania. Olive's partner was William F. Chapman. and they gave birth to Iva Louise (Chapman) Pell, Julian Deforest Chapman, Marion A. (Chapman) Hamilton, Eugene Deforest Chapman, Edna Bell (Chapman) Awald, Muriel William Chapman, Fay Oliver Chapman, and Herbert Francis Chapman.

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