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Jefferson Thomas Chapman's badges from the Grand Army of the Republic.
Clarence Ezra Chapman, standing at center, in a mechanic's garage in Longmont,
Colorado, 1924.
Oliver Cromwell Macy worked as a cashier for the Lomax Standly Macy Brokers.
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Collection
Overview
Creator: Macy, Carole Chapman
Title: Macy/Chapman Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1970
Size: .5 linear ft.
Processed By: By:
Finding aid and Web version prepared by Robin Beran, October 2001;
revised October 2003
Scope and Content
Carole Louise Chapman Macy compiled the family histories of the Chapmans
and the Macys (from whom her husband, Donald Oliver Macy, was descended).
Thirteen photographs, two badges, three business cards, and photocopies
of seven family narratives are housed in the archives of the University
of Denver.
The collection of Macy family materials includes photocopies of the letters
of Ulysses Samuel Macy, U.S. Naval Academy class of 1898, one written
to his family from school and one from Cuba during the Spanish-American
War. Also included is a photograph of Oliver Cromwell Macy, Donald Macy's
grandfather, working as a cashier.
The Chapman family narratives vary in scope. Carole Chapman Macy wrote
a short biography of her mother, Sadie [Dolly] Parker Lord Chapman, and
a story of how her grandfather, Jefferson Thomas Chapman, found a pocket
watch that was handed down through the family. The story of how Jefferson
Thomas Chapman was lost in a blizzard in 1873 is included, as well. J.T.
Chapman was also in the Grand Army of the Republic. The collection includes
photographs of reunions and two badges.
Clarence Ezra Chapman (b. April 11, 1882), Carole's father, wrote several
accounts of his life as he was approaching 90. He describes his parents
early years of marriage in Nebraska and a logging camp in California,
followed by the births of their children. He continues with his own boyhood
memories of living near the logging camp, returning to Nebraska, homesteading
in Colorado around the turn of the twentieth century, and finally working,
marrying, and raising a family in Colorado. The business cards and the
photographs of C.E. Chapman relate to his work as a mechanic. |
