Individual Details
(February 19, 1819 - 1874)
"Felicia Ann Chilton, born February 19, 1819, in Fauquier County, Virginia; died 1874, in Huntsville, Alabama; married Hon. Reuben Chapman, of Huntsville, Alabama, born July 15, 1799, in Caroline County, Virginia; died May 17, 1882, in Huntsville, Alabama. He received an academic education in Virginia, removed to Alabama, and settled in Somerville, Morgan County, and practiced law. He served for a number of years as a State Legislator, and sixteen years as a member of U. S. Congress, and as the thirteenth Governor of Alabama, 1847 to 1849; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856; Charleston, South Carolina, 1860; and New York City, 1868; was a staunch Southerner, and was sent to Paris, France, on a Diplomatic mission for the C. S." (COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, 1911, Second Edition with Revisions and additions by the author, 1958, by Stella Pickett Hardy, page 421.)
Events
| Birth | February 19, 1819 | Fauquier County, Virginia | | | |
| Marriage | October 17, 1838 | Hon. Reuben Chapman | | | |
| Death | 1874 | Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama | | | |
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