Blanche Farrington Chapman


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Eunice Blanche Emma Farrington Chapman (b. 1874 - d. 1965) was born in Downey, California on February, 13, 1874. She was the daughter of Rufus Elias Farrington (b. 1833 - d. 1899), who was born in New York and Mary Elizabeth Shivers Farrington, who was born in Missouri in 1851.

Blanche's father, Rufus Elias Farrington, came to the Arizona Territory in 1863 with Governor John N. Goodwin's party and helped to survey and settle Prescott, Arizona Territory. He developed the Fort Mohave and Prescott Toll Road Company, helped to engineer the first toll road in Arizona from Prescott to Hardyville, and owned the first house in Whipple Valley, “Whipple Ranch”. Rufus died in 1899, at age 66, in Phoenix. Other children included: Grace (b. 1872 - d. 1874) and M. Ernest (b. 1877 - d. 1882).

Blanche married Henry "Harry" Melville Chapman (b. 1867 - d. 1946) on November 21, 1900 in Phoenix. Henry was the son of William H. and Cora B. (Hall) Chapman. At the time of their marriage, Henry was secretary of the Phoenix board of trade and of the Phoenix Library Association. They had four children: Dorothea (b. 1901 - d. 1903), Mary Emma (b. 1908 - d. 1950), Lenora (b. 1910- ), and Doris (b. 1902 - d. 2002).

Burial: Blanche died on October 7, 1965 in Powey, California and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.

Handwriting on back of photograph reads: "Blanche F. Chapman."

Sources: US Census 1880; findagrave.com; Arizona Republican August 17, 1899; Arizona Miner December 26, 1868

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