This is an
update on the death of Capt. John S. Chapman, who served under Col. Adam Rankin
Johnson during the Civil War. Even
though it is nice to have some information on his burial, we still do not know
for sure where he is buried. Tradition says he is buried at St. Ann's Cemetery
in Morganfield, but no tombstone has been found there or any other cemetery..
The son of
Thomas Strother Chapman and Prudence Huston of Morganfield, John S. Chapman enlisted in 1861 in Co. B,
4th Kentucky Regt. Infantry, CSA. During
the battle of Fort Donelson, he was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Chase.
After escaping, he served in Gen. William Preston's Brigade and later in Co. H.
(later Co. F) of the 10th Kentucky under
Col. Adam Rankin Johnson.
After the
war, John S. Strother returned to Union County, where he married Hettie Hite
and five children were born to them. Hettie died in 1882 and John S. died in
1885. Below is the article[1]
published after his death.
"The
obsequies of Capt. John S. Chapman attracted a large crowd to town to-day, and
his funeral is said to have been the largest seen in Morganfield for years. He
was a son of one of the old pioneers of the county. He served in the
Confederate army, first as a lieutenant of Company B, Fourth Kentucky infantry,
and afterward, raising a company, he entered the Tenth Kentucky cavalry, under
the command of Col. Adam Johnson. He went through Indiana with Morgan, and was
present in many of the engagements in which that commander participated. His
remains were followed to the grave by a large number of his former comrades in
arms."
[1]
"Death of Capt. Chapman," Evansville Daily Courier, Thurs., 27 August 1885, p. 1
Published 3 Feb 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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