Henry Parks Chappell (1824 - 1907)

Born 23 Jan 1824 in Walton County, GA

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth (Speer) Chappell — married 5 Dec 1844 in Morgan County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1907 at age 83 in Tallassee, Elmore County, AL

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Biography

23 January, 1824, Henry Parks Chappell, was born in Walton County Georgia, to William Sr. & Margaret Cooper Chappell.

08 December, 1842, Georgia, Meriwether County. William Chappell's will to son Henry Parks Chappell: 3rd., I wiil and bequeath to my son Henry Parks Chappell a ball bay horse that I now own, a sow and pigs, two sheep and a cow, also the same amount of the other as the rest of the boys has had, with two volumes of the New Testament Commentaries by Clark.

05 December, 1844, in Morgan Co., Georgia, Henry Parks Chappell, and Margaret Elizabeth Speer were married.

Census 1: 1850, Meriwether Co., GA, dwelling 1402 Parks Chappell, dwelling 1405 William Chappell, dwelling 1406 John W. Chappell, dwelling 1407 Margaret Chappell age 70, born VA, dwelling 1391 Edward Chappell.

Census 2: 1860, Southern Division, Coosa County, Alabama, Rockford Post Office.

Henry Parks Chappell enlisted in the service of the State, or Confederate States, a Private in Company B, 46th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers on the 15th day of October, 1863 from Montgomery in the State of Alabama, and that he was honorably discharged from such service on the 15th day of August, 1864, that he did not desert the service of the Confederate States, or of the State of Alabama. While in the discharge of his duty, he was wounded in the Battle of Resacca, in the State of Georgia, 16th May 1864. He was shot with a Miniball thru the right ankle, losing part of the bone. This caused the ankle to become stiff, causing partial loss of use in the right leg & hip.

Census 3: 1870, Central Institute, Elmore Co., AL

Census 4: 1900, Good Hope, Elmore Co., AL, with eight children with four still living.

September 21st, 1907. Before me, H. J. Lancaster, Judge of Probate in the State of Alabama, Elmore County, personally appeared H.P. Chappell, who being by me duly sworn, says that he is a Confederate Soldier now on the pension roll of the State of Alabama. He further says that he will be 83 years of age January 3rd, 1908, and is entitled to be placed on the First Class of Confederate Pensions, and that he is also blind.

June 1908, The State of Alabama, Elmore County. Before me, W.J. Knowles, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County in said State personally appeared Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Chappell, Who being by me first duly sworn deposeth, and saith that she was born on the 13th. day of September 1826, and that she is the widow of Henry Parks Chappell, Deceased, who departed this life on the 30th. of November, 1907, and that he was a Confederate Soldier, and was born on the 23rd. of January, 1824. Signed: Mrs. M.E. (X, her mark) Chappell Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 1st. Day of June, 1908. Signed : W.J. Knowles, Justice of the Peace.

Tombstones in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tallassee, Alabama, just say H. P. Chappel and Eliza Chappel, no dates.

Sources

1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 59, Meriwether, Georgia; Roll: M432_77; Page: 404A; Image: 400

1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_7; Page: 14; Image: 14; Family History Library Film: 803007

1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 20, Elmore, Alabama; Roll: M593_15; Page: 157B; Image: 507; Family History Library Film: 545514

1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Good Hope, Elmore, Alabama; Roll: 15; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 1240015

Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 Name H P Chappell Race White County Coosa Census year 1866

Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Coosa, Alabama Name P Chappell Enumeration Date 11 Jun 1860 Place Southern Division, Coosa, Alabama, USA Schedule Type Agriculture OS Page 5 Line Number 24

Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Chapman, J. B. - Childers, W. G. Name H P Chappell Application Date 25 May 1899 Application Place Elmore Birth Year abt 1823 Age 76 Pension File Number 6047 Application Type Veteran

Alabama, Voter Registration, 1867 Name Henley P. Chappell County Coosa Election District 25 Precinct Nixburg

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 Name Henry P Chappell Gender Male Marriage Date 5 Dec 1844 Marriage Place Morgan, Georgia, USA Spouse Eliza Speer Spouse Gender Female

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name Henry Parks Chappell Birth Date 23 Jan 1824 Birth Place Walton County, Georgia, United States of America Death Date 30 Nov 1907 Death Place Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama, United States of America Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama, United States of America Has Bio? Y Spouse Margaret Elizabeth Chappell Children James William Chappell URLhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121178463