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Jeremiah A CHAPEL

Jeremiah A CHAPEL2,3,5,1,4

9th Aug 18612,3,1,4 - 4th May 19312,5

Life History

9th Aug 1861

Born in Caro, Nacogdoches, Texas.2,3,1,4

1880

Residence1 in Cass County, Texas.1

about 1887

Married Alice GUESSWHO in Texas.3

1900

Residence2: Jerry & Alice, 5 children, mother in Bowie County, Texas.3

1910

Residence3: Jerry & Alice, 5 children in Red River County, Texas.4

before 1931

Death of Alice GUESSWHO

4th May 1931

Died in Precinct 2, Bowie, Texas.2,5

Bright's Disease

5th May 1931

Buried in Antioch Cemetery, Hooks, Bowie County, Texas.2

Notes

  • I learned from Jeremiah's death certificate that Jeremiah (Jerry) A Chapel was born in an unincorporated town called Caro, in Nacogdoches County, Texas.  in 1861.  Caro is north of Nacogdoches town, and south of Longview.

    "CARO, TEXAS. Caro is just off State Highway 204 ten miles north of Nacogdoches in north central Nacogdoches County. It was named for José Antonio Caro, who received title to the surrounding land in 1835. The area was settled before the Civil War, but a community did not grow up until the end of the nineteenth century, when the settlement became the center of intensive logging operations. A post office and a school opened in 1904. Around 1906 the Caro Northern Railway linked the town with Mount Enterprise. Caro flourished in the period just before World War I; in 1914 the town had two drugstores, a general store, a physician, a grocer, a large sawmill, and a reported population of 1,300. After the war, however, the sawmill closed and the town began to decline. By the mid-1930s the population fell to 150. The population remained steady through the 1970s, but in the intervening years the school, the post office, and all of the businesses closed. By the early 1990s Caro was a dispersed community. The reported population in 1990 and again in 2000 was 113."
    --  Christopher Long, "Caro, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlc12, accessed December 28, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association

    An old directory entry provides some local color information on merchants int he town and the location on a rail line intersection.

    "Old Directory entry for Caro, Texas, Nacogdoches County.  Original publication unknown.  Originally from the Texas Transportation Archive, no longer onsite; this copy accessed 28 Dec 2013 on Google archive search on 'Caro, Texas'"
    --  Ancestry.com Archives, Old directories, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/62624759/photox/5?oid=bb0a7db9-7b5e-4957-90a3-5fb1987c8aa3&pg=32798

    In the 1880 census Jeremiah is in the household of his mother and his stepfather, B F Smith (listed here as D F).  They are living with a widow named Eliza Barcroft or Bancroft.

    1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 12 July, Precinct 3, District 12, page 60 (scan 150A), Hse/Fam #562
    Bancroft, Eliza W F 70 (No Relationship) Widow Farming NC NC NC
    Smith, D F [BF] W M 45 (No Relationship) Married Farming TN TN TN
    Smith, Mary E  W F 38 Wife Married Keeps House TX NC NC
    Chapell, Jeremiah  W M 18 (No Relationship) Single Farming TX TN TX

    In 1900 Jeremiah's widowed mother is living in his home, as well as his half-sister, Ella Smith.

    1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 15 June, Precinct 2, District 7, page 16A, Hse/Fam #281
    Chapel, Jerry Head W M Aug 1861  38 Married 13 years TX GA GA Farmer Rents Can Read and Write
    Chapel, Alice Wife W F July 1871  28 Married 13 years  6 children/5 living MS TN MS Can Read and Write
    Chapel, Viola Dau W F March 1888  12 TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Chapel, Ida Dau W F Feb 1890  10 TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Chapel, John  Son W M May 1893  7 Single TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Chapel, Mary Dau W F March 1898  2 TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Chapel, Abe  Son W M March 1900 2mos Single TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Smith, Mary Mother W F May 1841  59 Widow 1 children/1 living TX TN TN Can Read and Write
    Smith, Ella Sister W F Sept 1881  18 TX TX GA Can Read and Write

    1910 Federal Census, Red River County, Texas, 29 April, Precinct 8, District 130, page 10B, Hse #107, Fam #108
    Chapel, Jerry Head M W 49 Married 22 Years OK US OK Farmer Rents Farm Can Read and Write
    Chapel, Alice Wife F W 38 Married 22 Years 8 children/7 living MS TN MS Can Read and Write
    Chapel, John Son M W 16 TX TX MS Farm Laborer Can Read and Write
    Chapel, Mary Dau F W 12 Single TX TX MS Can Read and Write
    Chapel, Abe Son M White 10 Single TX TX MS Cannot Read or Write
    Chapel, Lewis Son M White 7 Single TX TX MS
    Chapel, Archie Son M White 2 Single TX TX MS

    Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
    Certificate #59345
    Jerry A Chapil
    Residence Hooks, Bowie, Texas
    Birth 9 Aug 1861 Caro [Nacogdoches], Texas
    White Male, Farmer, Widower, Wife's name unknown
    Father Archie Chapil, born Iowa
    Mother [no first name] Hinson, born Cass County, Texas
    Age at Death 70
    Death 4 May 1931 Precinct 2, Bowie, Texas
    Cause of death Bright's Disease
    Signature of Informant:  Abe Chapil [sic] (son)
    Burial 5 May 1931, Antioch Cemetery, Hooks, Texas
    Filed 16 October [sic], 1931

    Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
    Certificate #59345
    Jerry A. Chapil
    Death 4 May 1931 Bowie County

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