Rensselaer Chapman    

Chapman, Rensselaer, Russellburg P.O., was born January 26, 1807, at Tioga county, and came to Warren county May 1, 1834, and located at Russellburg. He married Harriet F., daughter of Luke D. Turner, by whom he had ten children— Benjamin F., who died, aged three years; Lydia D., who married James G. Marsh, of Warren; Richard W. died, aged eighteen; Lewis T., Maria B., now the wife of Dr. Satterlee, of Custer City; Jo R., Phebe E., who married D. M. Howard; Luke S., died aged five; Kate E., married C. E. Cobb; and William E., now residing at Russell. Rensselaer Chapman was a shoemaker at Russell for many years. Although not a politician he has always been a staunch Democrat. Luke D. Turner father of Mrs. Chapman, was also one of the pioneers of Pine Grove, having come there in 1827 with his wife Elizabeth (Cook) Turner and five children. He went to Venango county after a residence here of but four years, and he died therein 1869. His widow lives at Russell, aged eighty-eight years.

History of Warren County: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, J. S. Schenck, Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887.  More Warren County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.