Marriage record lists husband as Longstreet Beckenridge Chapman, while census records on children show husband as Elliott Chapman. In any event, by 1900 she had returned to live with her parents and is listed on census under her maiden name while her three Chapman children also lived with her and her parents.
"United States Census, 1870," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4B-LM9 : accessed 20 June 2015), Dora B Ellis in household of James T Ellis, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 7, family 39, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,197.
http://images.wvculture.org/567285/00180.jpg, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTXC-DX2 : accessed 20 June 2015), Longstreet Brickenridge Chapman and Blanche Ellis, 1885; citing Putnam, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,285. United States Census, 1900," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZC-K3B : accessed 21 June 2015), William H Ellis in household of Thomas Ellis, Teays Valley district, Putnam, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,771.
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