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Church: Union Christian Church. School: UNKNOWN. According to cemetery records, veteran died at age 89, making DOB 1787; according to obituary in Marysville Journal-Tribune, veteran died at age 84, making DOB 1791; birth record lists DOB as 10/1791; 1850 Federal Census lists DOB as 1792; 1860 Federal Census lists DOB as 1793; 1870 Federal Census lists DOB as 1790; no record lists actual day of birth (information provided by family); married to Anna Dix, 08/1818, Petersburg, Virginia; died at home in Taylor Township; buried in Union Christian Church Cemetery, Row 5; family lists dates of military service as 09/15/1812 to 04/09/1913 (no dates listed on military records)
Source of this information
Elaine Spain Chapman, James Harlow Chapman, Carl Coe; Beers, Chapter II; Beers, Record 434; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 4, p. 88; War of 1812 Service Records; War of 1812 Pension Records; Family Data Collection - Births; | Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Family Data Collection - Marriages; United States Federal Census Records, 1850, 1860, 1870; Obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune
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