Individual Details
Harold Elden Chapman
(15 Jun 1885 - 5 Oct 1974)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jun 1885 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jul 1918 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine - Sarah Lavinia Mayo | |||
| Death | 5 Oct 1974 | carcinoma of prostate - Brewer Nursing Home, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Obituary | 7 Oct 1974 | Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Burial | Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Lavinia Mayo (1894 - 1969) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles Henry Chapman (1854 - 1939) |
| Mother | Nettie C. Elden (1862 - 1892) |
Notes
Obituary
Harold E. Chapman, 89, widower of Sara Mayo Chapman, died Oct. 5 at a Brewer nursing home after a period of failing health. He was born June 15, 1885, in East Corinth, son of Charles and Nettie (Elden) Chapman. He attended East Corinth Academy and was a member of the East Corinth United Baptist Church. He was a 40-year member of Olive Branch Masonic Lodge, Charleston. He was the first commercial producer of baby chicks in New England (1916 to 1928). He purchased the first Farmall tractor in Corinth 1930 and the first Allis Chalmers grain combine in New England in 1936 and owned the first of may other farm machines doing custom tractor farming. He is survived by three sons, Walter of Newcomb, N.Y., Eugene of Roseville, Calif., and Kenneth of Littleton; one daughter, Mrs. Warren (Kathryn) Gammons, Cape Elizabeth; two sisters, Miss Ena Chapman and Mrs. Nellie Bickmore, both of East Corinth; 13 grandchildren, two great granchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Thompson Funeral Home, East Corinth, where friends may call Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Masonic memorial service will be conducted 7:30 p.m. Tuesday by Olive Branch Lodge.Endnotes
1. Harold E. Chapman obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 7 October 1974, p. 21, col. 6.
2. Harold E. Chapman obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 7 October 1974, p. 21, col. 6.
3. Harold Elden Chapman, death certificate 74-09389 (1974), State of Maine, Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, Maine.
4. Harold E. Chapman obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 7 October 1974, p. 21, col. 6.