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OUTLINE OF FACTS RELATED TO THE BURIAL

OUTLINE OF FACTS RELATED TO THE BURIAL

PLACE OF JOHN CHAPMAN

 

By WESLEY S. ROEBUCK, February 15, 1942; revised July 3, 19431

 

1. Location of Henry Cassel's land, the burial place of John

Chapman and others

Description of land:

The N 1/2 of SE 1/4 Section 19, T 31 N of R 13 E; and the

S 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 19, T 31 N of R 13 E, east of the St. Joseph

River, Allen County, Indiana, 165 acres; three miles up the

St. Joseph River from the confluence of the St. Mary's River on

the east side of the St. Joseph River. Three miles from Fort

Wayne.

2. Death of Chapman

John Chapman died at the house of Richard Worth, some-

time between March 10 and 17, 1845.

References:

a. It is recorded in the Copies of Papers in the Estate of John

Chapman, Allen County, Indiana, pages 16, 17, that Richard

Worth was allowed $8.75 for boarding, and $13.44 for sickness

and laying him out.

b. In a notarized statement dated September 3, 1934, James

Ayers, age 68, a son-in-law of Jacob Parker, and a nephew to

Christian Parker, related to a conversation with Christian Parker,

which reads in part: "He stated that at the time of Johnny Apple-

seed's death, he was running a sawmill, and that Johnny Appleseed

died one night at the home of Worth. The following morning

Worth came to the Parker mill to tell Christian Parker that 'the

old man,' meaning Johnny Appleseed, 'died last night'."

c. Eben Miles Chapman, a son of Miles Eben Chapman, and

whose grandfather's name was Andrew Chapman, who was a

 

1 The report of the Commission appointed by the American Pomological Society

appeared in the April-June, 1943, issue. This additional information completes the

investigation of the Commission.

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