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Bridget Adeline S. Chappotin

Female Est 1798 - 1842  (~ 44 years)


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  • Name Bridget Adeline S. Chappotin 
    Born Est 1798  Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Oct 1842  Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Greendale Cemetery, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22669  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2020 

    Family Col. William [GQSX-F49] Magaw,   b. 1788, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1823, Meadville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Children 
     1. Leon De Chappotin Magaw,   b. 16 Jul 1827, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1907, Meadville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F8531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67432868/leon-de_chappotin-magaw.
      Leon De Chappotin Magaw
      Birth 16 Jul 1827
      Pa
      Death:4 Aug 1907 (aged 80)
      Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
      Burial: Greendale Cemetery
      Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
      LEON C. MAGAW, cheese manufacturer, Meadville, was born July 16, 1827, son of Col. William and Adeline (Chappotin) Magaw. The latter was a native of Rhode Island, of French descent; Col. William Magaw was born in Pennsylvania, and is of Scotch descent; came to Meadville in 1809; clerked for some time under Samuel B. Magaw (one of the early merchants); afterward became a prominent merchant himself, and also entered largely into the manufacture of straw paper, of which he was the inventor.

      Our subject, Leon Magaw, the elder son, was educated in Meadville, and at a private school, at Buffalo, N. Y. When twenty-two years of age he embarked in the grocery trade, and continued in the same for thirty years, fifteen years of which as a wholesale dealer. In the year 1880 he started a cheese factory, and at present has retired from the grocery trade, and owns and operates fourteen cheese factories. He is the most extensive cheese manufacturer in Pennsylvania; he sells his products throughout the United States and Mexico.

      Mr. Magaw has been twice married, on first occasion, in 1851, to Sophie M. Selden, of Pittsburgh (of French descent), who bore him the following children: Elizabeth S., wife of A. M. Fuller, merchant here; G. Selden, a merchant in Chicago; Adelaide Louise, wife of John J. Shryock, merchant here. His wife dying in 1864, our subject remarried, in 1866, Mrs. Susan E. Thorp, of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly Miss Gray, of Newburyport, Mass. By this union are two daughters, Leona and Ethel, and two sons, I. Thorp, and Louis Deb. The entire family are members of the Episcopal Church.
      History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 752-753.

      Leon C. Magaw, founder of the Leon C. Magaw Cheese company of Meadville, has resigned as superintendent of factories for the company and will be succeeded by B. R. Van Hoosen of Penn Line. Mr. Magaw is a veteran in the cheese business and retires from active work at the age of 78 years.
      Titusville Herald, 29 Nov 1905, p.5, Titusville, Pa.

      MEADVILLE, Sept. 4.?Leon C. Magaw, 72 years old, a veteran businessman and founder of the Magaw cheese interests, who is widely known, died tonight.
      Titusville Herald, 05 Sep 1907, p.1, Titusville, Pa.
      Age at death per cemetery records: 80 yrs. 1 mos. 19 days.

      Parents
      William Magaw, 1788?1849
      Bridget Adeline S Chappotin Magaw, 1798?1842

      Spouses
      Susan Elizabeth Gray Magaw, 1836?1887 (m. 1866)
      Sophia M. Selden Magaw, 1829?1862
      Emily Arthington Magaw, 1859?1891

      Children
      Leon C. Magaw, unknown?1862
      Louis D. Magaw, unknown?1897
      Elizabeth LeBon Magaw Fuller, 1854?1936
      Marian G. Magaw Foster, 1859?1901
      Adelaide Louise Magaw Shryock, 1861?1945

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147214766/bridget-chappotin.
      Bridget Colman Chappotin
      Birth 7 Dec 1775
      Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
      Death 4 Feb 1858 (aged 82)
      Providence County, Rhode Island
      Burial: Swan Point Cemetery
      Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

      Spouse
      Leon De Chappotin, unknown?1813

      Children
      Dudley Chappotin, unknown?1831
      Mary Ann Chappotin Pearce, 1795?1884
      Bridget Adeline S Chappotin Magaw, 1798?1842
      Leon Chappotin, 1803?1875
      Catherine Cole Taylor Chappotin Wheaton, 1811?1898
      Louise Chappotin Ballard, 1818?1847