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Last Tuesday marked the eightieth milestone in the life of Mrs. I. E.
CHAMPMAN, one of
Tazewell's oldest and most beloved woman. It seems a long stretch from March 1832 to March
1912. Through all these years the Fates and Providence have been kind to her. Kind to her
in her marriage as a young girl, kind in the gift of children who honored her as a mother,
and cared for and protected her tenderly in her declining years. In the year 1850, in the
old Central hotel in this town, then kept by her father, the late Reese
GILLESPIE, as a
girl of 18 years she became the bride of Isaac CHAPMAN, then a young man 26 years old.
From that day to this good hour she has lived in Tazewell with the exception of ten years
in Bristol. It seldom occurs these days that an entire family holds together. The children
necessarily scatter. In this regard Mrs. CHAPMAN has been fortunate. Her children, three
daughters and two sons, live in this town; Mrs. H.C. ANDERSON, Mrs. A. B.
BUCHANAN, Mr. JW CHAPMAN, Mr. R. C. CHAPMAN and Mrs. J.B.
BOYER. Take it all together Mrs. CHAPMAN could
exultingly say on last Tuesday, "Here I raised my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I've
come." The congratulations of many friends are extended. May she live to celebrate
many another anniversary.
News reaches Tazewell of the death of Mr. R. Thompson HIGGINBOTHAM, at his home in
Frankfort, WV of pneumonia, last Sat. the 16th. He was 70 years of age. His illness was
only of a few days duration. He left Tazewell some five or six years ago and settled in WV
where he owned a fine estate. His wife was a Miss MOORE, sister to W. L.
MOORE, of this town. Five daughters and two sons survive him, all of whom are unmarried and at home
expect one, Mrs. Barbara RADER, who lives in Frankfort. Mr.
HIGGINBOTHAM was popular here
and in the community where he died. His death will be lamented by a wide circle of
friends.
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