Robert Chapman Family

 Hannah Chapman and her descendants 

          Hannah Chapman, daughter of Robert Chapman, was born in Warren County or Ohio County, Kentucky on 24 May 1802; she died 31 Aug 1873 in Gibson County, Indiana.  Hannah Chapman married James Devin (1791-1844) and they had eight children:  George Alexander; Rebecca Chapman; John Quincy Adams; Nancy Mahala; Mary Jane; Hannah Lucy; James Harrison; and Cordelia.  Her second child, Rebecca Chapman, was born 24 Oct 1822 in Gibson County, IN and married James Madison Depriest (1819-1890); they had a daughter named Hannah Jane who was the third wife of Columbus Emerson. 

          The connection to Ohio County was found in a book titled History of Gibson County, Indiana, which was published by Gil R. Stormont in 1914.  In that book there is a biographical article about Columbus Emerson, whose third wife was Hannah Jane Depriest.  Hannah Jane’s mother was Rebecca C. Devin and her grandmother was Hannah Chapman, who grew up near Hartford.  So, for genealogical searchers, this post is about the Robert Chapman family. You can read the complete Emerson biography below.  Note that the location of Princeton referred to in the article is a town in Gibson County, IN, so the Chapman family (or perhaps just Hannah) left Ohio County and moved to Indiana before 1820.  Also note that the reference in the following article about Hannah Jane's grandmother, Hannah Chapman, mentions the Barren River, which is (probably) an error - we can assume the author meant the Green River.