Wade & Webb Family History

James Arthur Chappell1895–1959

Mechanical Eng. Rutledge Springs · Birmingham · Elmwood Cemetery · Ensley

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 25 Mar 1895 Place not recorded 1

Marriages

  1. 3 Nov 1942 Wilma Lila Webb Chappell, at Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama 6
  2. 3 Nov 1942 Wilma Lila Webb Chappell, at Jefferson, Alabama 6

Death and burial

  1. 1959 Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
  2. 1 Nov 1959 Death: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 9

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 3 Nov 1942
Wilma Lila Webb Chappell 1894–1978

Line of descent Webb line

  1. James Arthur Chappell
  2. Husband of Wilma Lila Webb Chappell
  3. Hilda Webb
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of half-aunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

James Arthur Chappell was born on 25 March 1895, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no place or source for his birth.1 The federal census of 1900 listed James A. Chappell in the household of William Chappell in Warrior town, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the census of 1910 found "Arthur Chappell" in the household of William H. Chappell in Precinct 7 of the same county.2 Inference William H. Chappell was probably his father, though the index entries in hand do not say so and the tree records no parents for him.2

He registered for the draft of the First World War in 1917 or 1918 in Jefferson County.3 The Alabama service cards of that war record his service from 5 July 1918, beginning at Bessemer, Jefferson County, and the Veterans Administration's master index gives a further date of 25 January 1919.4 Inference The second date is most likely that of his discharge, which the master index usually records.4 The tree places him at Rutledge Springs, Jefferson County, in 1935, and in 1940 the census listed him, indexed as "James Author Chappell," in the household of William R. Scarbrough in Election Precinct 7 of Jefferson County.5

On 3 November 1942 he married Wilma Lila Webb Powell, a daughter of James P. Webb of Birmingham, whose first marriage, to Wade Edward Powell, had ended in divorce.6 The census of 18 April 1950 found James A. Chappell and his wife Wilma in Birmingham.7 The tree gives his occupation as "Mechanical Eng," that is, mechanical engineer, without a source.8 He died at Birmingham on 1 November 1959 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery there; the Alabama death index for him names his wife, Wilma Chappell.9

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to James Arthur Chappell.

  1. 1900James A Chappell, "United States, Census, 1900"
  2. 1910Arthur Chappell, "United States, Census, 1910"
  3. from 1917 to 1918James Arthur Chappell, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  4. 5 July 1918James Arthur Chappell, "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919"
  5. 25 Jan 1919James Arthur Chappell, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
  6. 1940James Author Chappell, "United States, Census, 1940"
  7. 03 Nov 1942James Arthur Chappell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  8. 03 Nov 1942James Arthur Chappell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 1950James A Chappell, "United States, Census, 1950"
  10. 1959James Arthur Chappell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  11. 1959James Arthur Chappell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  12. James Arthur Chappell, "Find a Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: birth 25 Mar 1895, no place, no source attached back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, James A Chappell in entry for William Chappell, 1900. Record: James A Chappell in entry for William Chappell, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Arthur Chappell in entry for William H Chappell, 1910. Record: Arthur Chappell in entry for William H Chappell, 1910 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: residence 1900, Warrior town, Jefferson; 1910, Precinct 7, Jefferson; no parents recorded back to the text
  3. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell, from 1917 to 1918. Record: James Arthur Chappell, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: draft registration, Jefferson County no 1 back to the text
  4. "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell, 5 July 1918. Record: James Arthur Chappell, Alabama World War I Service Cards, 5 July 1918 "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell, 25 Jan 1919. Record: James Arthur Chappell, Veterans Administration Master Index, 25 Jan 1919 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: military service 5 Jul 1918, Bessemer; 25 Jan 1919, Alabama back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: residence 1935, Rutledge Springs, Jefferson; 1940, Election Precinct 7, Jefferson "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, James Author Chappell in entry for William R Scarbrough, 1940. Record: James Author Chappell in entry for William R Scarbrough, 1940 back to the text
  6. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell and Wilma Lila Webb Powell, 03 Nov 1942. Record: James Arthur Chappell and Wilma Lila Webb Powell, 03 Nov 1942 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, James P Webb in entry for James Arthur Chappell and Wilma Lila Webb Powell, 03 Nov 1942. Record: James P Webb in entry for James Arthur Chappell and Wilma Lila Webb Powell FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVV9-QK3 (their page): divorce from Wade Edward Powell, 3 Jun 1940 back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, James A Chappell, April 18, 1950. Record: James A Chappell, April 18, 1950 "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Wilma L Chappell in entry for James A Chappell, April 18, 1950. Record: Wilma L Chappell in entry for James A Chappell, April 18, 1950 back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: occupation Mechanical Eng, no source attached back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GM3M-9QY: death 1 Nov 1959, Birmingham; burial 1959, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell, 1959. Record: James Arthur Chappell, Alabama Deaths, 1959 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Wilma Chappell in entry for James Arthur Chappell, 1959. Record: Wilma Chappell in entry for James Arthur Chappell, 1959 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, James Arthur Chappell. Record: James Arthur Chappell, Find a Grave Index back to the text