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Cora Belle (Allen) Chappelle (1889 - abt. 1988)

Cora Belle Chappelle formerly Allen
Born in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USAmap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 99 in Satsuma, Mobile, Alabama, USAmap
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Biography

Cora Belle Allen married James Robert Chappell, who had come from Birmingham to Mobile with his father George Washington Chappell and brother Alexander Chappell to work in the Mobile shipyards. James and Alex met Cora and younger sister Lutisha at a dance in Wheelerville. After WWI, James, George, Alex, Dan, and Henry Chappell built houses for Alabama Realty. James and Cora had four children; Robert ("Robbie") who died at age 13 of measles, Lewis Calvin (now 90), Harvey (died Dec. 1999), and Audrey (86). Lewis Calvin married Bernice Whatley from Clarke Co. Lewis designed houses in Mobile that were built and still stand in the Government Street area. Lewis designed the Prichard City Hall and the "Roxy". Lewis worked his way up at International Paper to become head of maintenance. Lewis and Bernice had six sons.Their eldest son, Lewis Calvin, Jr., married Karin Smith. Lewis and Karin had one son, L.C. III (Chip). Harvey Chappelle also worked with Alabama Realty and International Paper.Harvey was an excellent mechanic and carpenter. He had the vision to go into the Hardware business with Prim Broadus and was a fixture in Prichard for many years with Harvey's Hardware on Wilson Ave.

Cora Belle Allen. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Born 10 May 1889. Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [7][8][9][10][11]

Died Jul 1988. Satsuma, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [12]

Residence Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1910 Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [13]

Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1930 Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [14] 1935 Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. [15] Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1 Apr 1940. Plateau, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [16] Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter. 1900 Napoleonville, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [17]

Marriage Husband Calvin Allen. Wife Fannie Broadus. Child: Latisha Allen. Child: Cora Belle Allen. Marriage 21 Jan 1879. Mobile County, Alabama, USA. [18][19]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S701731519 Year: 1910; Census Place: Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T624_26; Page: 41B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1374039
  2. ↑ Source: #S701731518 Year: 1900; Census Place: Napoleonville, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240031
  3. ↑ Source: #S701731520
  4. ↑ Source: #S701731510 Year: 1940; Census Place: Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T627_63; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 49-42
  5. ↑ Source: #S701731516 Year: 1930; Census Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 40; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 752.0; FHL microfilm: 2339775
  6. ↑ Source: #S701777230
  7. ↑ Source: #S701731519 Year: 1910; Census Place: Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T624_26; Page: 41B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1374039
  8. ↑ Source: #S701731518 Year: 1900; Census Place: Napoleonville, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240031
  9. ↑ Source: #S701731520
  10. ↑ Source: #S701731510 Year: 1940; Census Place: Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T627_63; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 49-42
  11. ↑ Source: #S701731516 Year: 1930; Census Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 40; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 752.0; FHL microfilm: 2339775
  12. ↑ Source: #S701731520
  13. ↑ Source: #S701731519 Year: 1910; Census Place: Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T624_26; Page: 41B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1374039
  14. ↑ Source: #S701731516 Year: 1930; Census Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 40; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 752.0; FHL microfilm: 2339775
  15. ↑ Source: #S701731510 Year: 1940; Census Place: Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T627_63; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 49-42
  16. ↑ Source: #S701731510 Year: 1940; Census Place: Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T627_63; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 49-42
  17. ↑ Source: #S701731518 Year: 1900; Census Place: Napoleonville, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240031
  18. ↑ Source: #S701731541
  19. ↑ Source: #S701731518 Year: 1900; Census Place: Napoleonville, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240031
  • Source: S701731510 Repository: #R700096236 1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  • Repository: R700096236 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S701731514 Repository: #R700096236 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=89772533&pid=1142
  • Source: S701731516 Repository: #R700096236 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  • Source: S701731518 Repository: #R700096236 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  • Source: S701731519 Repository: #R700096236 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  • Source: S701731520 Repository: #R700096236 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  • Source: S701777230 Repository: #R700096236 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.




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Calvin Chappelle IV
When Cora's mother, Fannie Broadus (eldest daughter of Moses Broadus Jr. and Lutisha Newman)died Cora and her younger siblings went to live with her Broadus grandparents. Cora went to work in a cotton mill at the age of 8. My g grandmother was a very religious and uneducated person. Cora always said that Mose was a mean old man who would make Lutisha get up before dawn to sit on the front porch and watch to see if anyone was coming. Cora told me that her grandmother would carry a shotgun with her when she went outside because they were having a feud with the neighbors and they would sometimes exchange fire. (My g granmother told me her information when I was around 16). Years later I visted Grandmaw's sister Tishe (named for Lutisha) when she was around 100. Tishe told me that Lutisha was an Indian with jet black hair and eyes. Tishe said that Grandmaw was confused about who was mean. Tishe told me that her grandmother was the one that was mean. Tishe recalled being about eight years old when she had to go to the artesian well (they had moved from the farm to Crighton Village) to wash clothes. Tishe said that she carried the clothes in a basket on her head. On the way back from the well, Tishe dropped the clothes onto the ground and got some dirt on them. She tried to shake the dirt off and proceeded to carry them on home. When she got home, her grandmother was so mad she beat her horribly and made her take all of the clothes back and wash them again.
posted 23 Feb 2012 by Calvin Chappelle IV   [thank Calvin]
Calvin Chappelle IV
James H Allen was an Episcopal-Methodist Minister from SC that was an original Homesteader in west Mobile Co. in the 1830s. He gave the land for the Toumanville Methodist Church (still standing). His wife was Lenora Maples. They are buried in Allentown Cemetery (off Wolff Rd, off Moffit Rd) in what is now known as Semmes. Their son John (E.) Allen was married to Sarah Howell, Daughter of Benjamin Howell. John (E.) joined the 21st AL Co. I (United Rangers) with his brother Perry Allen and brother-in-law Phillip Howell and fought at Shiloh and at Fort Morgan (most of his unit was at Gaines). He was captured and sent with his brother to Elmira Prison in N.Y. where half of the men died from disease and malnutrition. He was released at the end of the war and returned to farming his own land in Mobile. His farm (160 acres) is in the middle of Magnolia Grove, a Robert Trent Jones golf course. The beginning of this message is historical fact. Now for the story my g grandmother, Cora Belle Allen, told me: A rich man wanted to buy John (E.)'s farm. He resisted. One day as he was working in the fields, a group of men came onto his property, shot him dead, threw his body into a wagon and rode the corpse all over Wheeler Ville to show others what would happen if you resisted. Now more facts: The Mobile Register April 6, 1874 front page has an article "Homicide in Wheeler Ville": A notorious scoundrel by the name of John Allen was shot and killed by Deputy James Fincher. John Allen was being sought on a charge of forgery when he entered Deputy Fincher's house with a musket over his shoulder and defied Deputy Fincher to take him. A fight ensued in which John Allen pulled a pistol, but Deputy Fincher was quicker and John Allen was shot in the stomach and was dead at the scene. The body was taken to the City Jail awaiting inquest. The following day the results of the inquest were such that it was found to be justifiable homicide on the part of Deputy Fincher. Fact: John (E.) Allen was the son of a minister who had a community named for him. John (E.) Allen was a property owner well off financially per the 1870 census with a home full of children. The name of the Judge that signed the supposed warrant for John (E.) Allen's arrest? The Judge was Judge Semmes, brother of Raphael Semmes. Conjecture: How did Judge Semmes get to be a Judge as early as 1870? What political affiliations allowed him to be a public official during Reconstruction? Was Judge Semmes a patriot like John (E.) Allen or a scalawag? Fact: What was once Allentown is now Semmes. Conjecture: What grain of truth was running through my g grandmother's story? Fact: JohnÂ’s widow and children were unable to keep the farm. Due to the loss of his fatherÂ’s farm, JohnÂ’s son Calvin Allen worked as a farm laborer on lands his grandfathers had owned. When Cora's mother died she and her younger siblings went to live with her Broadus grandparents. Cora went to work in a cotton mill at the age of 8. My g grandmother was a very religious and uneducated person.
posted 23 Feb 2012 by Calvin Chappelle IV   [thank Calvin]
Calvin Chappelle IV
Cora Belle Allen married James Robert Chappell. James Robert had come from Birmingham to Mobile with his father George Washington Chappell and brother Alexander Chappell to work in the Mobile shipyards. James and Alex met Cora and younger sister Lutisha at a dance in Wheelerville. After WWI, James, George, Alex, Dan, and Henry Chappell built houses for Alabama Realty. James and Cora had four children; Robert ("Robbie") who died at age 13 of measels, Lewis Calvin (now 90), Harvey (died Dec. 1999), and Audrey (86). Lewis Calvin married Bernice Whatley from Clarke Co. Lewis worked with Alabama Realty and designed houses in Mobile that were built and still stand in the Government Street area. Lewis designed the Prichard City Hall building and the "Roxy". Lewis worked his way up at International Paper to become head of maintenance. Lewis and Bernice had six sons. Their eldest son, Lewis Calvin, Jr., married Karin Smith. Lewis and Karin had one son, L.C. III (Chip). Harvey Chappelle also worked with Alabama Realty and International Paper. Harvey was an excellent mechanic and carpenter. He had the vision to go into the Hardware business (first with Prim Broadus - does anyone out there know any stories about Prim or his being in business with Harvey Chappelle?) and was a fixture in Prichard for many years with Harvey's Hardware on Wilson Ave.
posted 22 Feb 2012 by Calvin Chappelle IV   [thank Calvin]
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