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Show Anniversary Of . I Wm. HemChipmin 12X Descendants Gathered at the Apollo Hall Last Monday- Sketch f ls Ilfc. Boino 125 of tho dcscen-dantB of William Henry Chlpman held a fnmlU reunion ut t'hc Apollo Hall last Monday Mon-day evening. Tho first In order was. a delicious supper served, followed by the. reading of tho biographical sketch by MIsb Myrl Chlpman, n solo by MIbb Edith Hlndley and n reading by MIbb M, Rova Beck. It wns decided by those prcBcnt that n gcnenloglcal record ; would bo kept and that these nnnunl rcunloiiB would continue. Quo mem- ' bor from each family was chosen as a committee to prepare a program for tho reunion of 1915 Mro. Alice IJunk- ley, Mr. T. J. Chlpmun nnd Mr. War- rcn Holey. I After a grand march by nil present dancing wnB Indulged in until mid- night. I Following Is tho sketch : I William -Henry Chlpman, whoso birthday anniversary wo havo met to commemorate and colebratc, wns born February 1, 1833. Today, If ho was living, ho would havo been an oven 81 years of Tigc. Wo aro happy,thls oven- Ing to meet, which fact la evidence that wo still honor our father, aire and leader. In tho year 18C5, when ho wub 22 years of ago, ho todkjto him a wife, Martha Smith, who wiib born In Weekly County, Tennessee, In 1836, she being 19 years of ngs. ThlB noble woman, who believed the Gospel to bo the revealed word of nod, became tho I mother of two beautiful daughters I Mallssa and Martha; tho lnaUnatntid, when only six weeks old, the" mother I passed from this life, October 29, 1858, I at tho age or 22. 8ho had received I premonition or this (separation and I sccmcu recoiiciieu 10 mmi du uj.-"" tho will of God. In the year 1858 I William Henry Chlpman having found I It necessary to marry again, both for I tho benefit of theso two children and I hlmseir. Ho consequently married I Eliza Filcher, who was born February I 1, 1S40, In Hanley, Starrordshlre, Eng- I Jand.'' -She boro him nlno children. I She, like many others, had Burfcrcd I mhch helping to earn that llttlo homp. I food and clothing. In tho spring or I 1859 Eliza shared her hUBband with Sarah Bimms, who was born in St. I Louis, NovcmberJ5, 1842, and who is a survivor. Sarah boro fourteen chll? dren, two of which number died whlld Infants. These two women workedi and tolled hard nnd long, and while- often their husband's work wau from Bun to sun, their work was noyen dono, They shared much hardship and manvirialsr sohto llttlo Joyumfflj .muchjKwrow. ,K vssJfpt' .uB ' tKls nfoTbcnig mourned by a husband? a companion wife and a hoBt of children chil-dren and a multitude of frlendB. In mo Spring OI IOOO nom a 1TO.UUU daughter, Martha, departed this llfo, leaving a husband and three children. This made a total or thrco children deceased two sons and one daughter; twenty-two who aro still living, and tho majority aro hero and represented with Good and honorable tamllles. William Henry Chlpman, with his thrco wives, did much-Ju pioneering this western country. They tolled with this awful desort and It now blossoms like the rose. It Is through their untiring efforts that many of his family enjoy tho bounties or llfo. Our religious rrecdom, our advanced education, edu-cation, our Intercourse with othor stntea, our lovely towns and valleys, aro In a mcasuro due to our parents. U wo were spending our tlmo clearing tho vast acres, supplying an Irrigation project, fighting Indians and earning our bread, theso nnd many other workB employed the tlmo or these noble hands wo would In our souls be better men and women. Wo could find no time for tho grosser things or lire. I bellovo that we should emulate emu-late the) lives or theso good spirits moro than wo do. For bo lnrge a family thoro aro few bo good but we could bo much better. Let us then live bo thai when wo reach that goa' whore wo are called to meet our dear rather and kind mothers, wo will meet them with not a rear and blush upon our countenance, but with a glow f" truth and virtue upon our brow that will bespeak our nobli lives. All the hardships Buffered by our piireutH vcro for us and the Gospel Let us then be worthy of tho name Chlpman ainj emulate our parents' rellgloiiB IndiiBtrlouB, God-fearing lives. o |