1. Welcome Chapman was an early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints born in Readsboro, Vermont.
20 Facts About Welcome Chapman
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Welcome Chapman was born in 1805 in Readsboro, Vermont, four miles down the river from fellow leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader Brigham Young.
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Welcome Chapman apprenticed as a stonemason in his early teens, but because his parents deemed him "sickly," they leveraged a relative's connections to secure him a position as cook on a fishing boat.
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Welcome Chapman worked both in the North Atlantic and on Lake Champlain.
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The Risleys relented, and Welcome Chapman married Amelia in about 1831.
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Welcome Chapman was born two weeks after the Hawn's Mill Massacre.
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Welcome Chapman was part of the Maid of Iowa expedition sent in support of Joseph Smith when an armed company of men from Missouri were sent to kidnap him.
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Welcome Chapman was foreman of the fourth subdivision, with Hosea Stout serving as its clerk.
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About the same time, Brigham Young asked Welcome Chapman to help colonize the Sanpitch Valley with Isaac Morley.
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Welcome Chapman was part of the first militia of Manti and used his stone cutting skills to help construct the first fort.
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Welcome Chapman's mother taught the girls reading and mathematics, as well as how to cord, spin and weave wool and linen.
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Welcome Chapman served as a practical doctor and nurse to "neighbors for many miles around" and as a midwife.
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Welcome Chapman assisted in the births of some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Welcome Chapman was more educated than her husband, which helped him during his active public life.
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Welcome Chapman married Ann Mackey on October 5,1855, and Catherine Stainer on March 5,1856.
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Welcome Chapman had a large family with each of these women, in addition to the family he had with Amelia.
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Welcome Chapman helped build the temple, "from the bottom to the top," through at least 1880, including during times the church could not pay.
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Welcome Chapman earned supplemental income in Salt Lake City by cutting and hauling wood to Fort Douglas, where he sold it to the soldiers.
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In either late November or early December 1893, at the age of 88, Welcome Chapman reportedly rode a horse bareback for three miles to build a chimney on the house of his third wife, Catherine.
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Welcome Chapman died soon after in Fountain Green, Utah on December 9,1893, and was buried in Manti.