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Below is a family biography included in County of Trigg, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical edited by William Henry Perrin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Co. in 1884.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JOHN J. CHAPPELL is one of the most promising of the rising young men of the county; he was born in Cadiz December 16, 1855, and is a son of John W. and Sarah (Jefferson) Chappell; his education was received in the schools of his native town; his first instructor was Prof. F. F. Jones; among his other teachers were J. J. Nall, Prof. Hancock, Prof. Pomeroy and Prof. H. B. Wayland. In 1878 he was a student at the College of Arts and Sciences at Lexington, Ky., and graduated from this institution of learning in the class of 1875; he then returned to Cadiz and entered his father’s store as a clerk in 1876. He served in that capacity until January, 1884, when he became a partner in the firm under the title of J. W. Chappell & Son. This firm is at present one of the leading houses of the place. Mr. Chappell was married in Hopkinsville, Christian County, March 6, 1884, to Miss Ida, daughter of James O. Cooper, proprietor of the Phoenix Hotel at that point.

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This family biography is one of 185 biographies included in The History of Trigg County, Kentucky published in 1884.  For the complete description, click here: Trigg County, Kentucky History and Genealogy

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