George Pipe Chapman

CHAPMAN, SMITH

Posted By: Jean Wenke, volunteer
Date: 3/17/2009 at 16:39:45

George Pipe Chapman, the youngest of thirteen children born to Alfred and Martha Chapman, was born in Bonaparte, Iowa, June 18, 1869, and died in Lemmon, South Dakota, Jan. 19, 1917 at the age of 47 years. He was married to Miss Eva Smith of Bonaparte Jan. 2, 1899.

He was graduated from the Bonaparte High School and from the Illinois State Normal. His trend of mind was along the line of education and he did good work along this line, feeling that by this means his greatest hopes would be realized.

He taught school for some time in Iowa and Illinois and then was associated with his brother, T. P., in the T. P. Chapman Paper Co. of St. Louis after which he went into the lumber business in Redwood Falls, Minn., and from there to Lemmon, So. Dakota, as manager of the Atlas Lumber Co. of Minneapolis. He went into Lemmon on the first train that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad operated to that point. In the last two years, he has devoted much of his time to his farm in North Dakota.

He was actively interested in the affairs of Lemmon, being a prominent member of the Commercial Club and the Knights of Pythias Lodge, was past chancellor at the time of his death.

Beautiful and impressive K. P. services were held in their castle hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, during which time all the business houses of Lemmon were closed.

He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife, three brothers and five sisters and a host of friends who were charmed by his forceful and genial personality. May God by his grace sustain those who are bereaved.

Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Mason, were held in the Presbyterian church of Bonaparte, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 28, 1917. Interment in Bonaparte Cemetery.

From Dorothy Watson's scrapbook, Bonaparte, Iowa Library