Barbara Louise Belsly
1869 - 1953 (83 years)-
Name Barbara Louise Belsly [1, 2] Birth 11 Sep 1869 Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Gender Female Death 26 Jan 1953 Des Moines, IA Burial Des Moines, Polk Co., IA - Glendale Cemetery
Person ID I5352 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 11 Mar 2022
Father Christian Belsly (Belsley), b. 31 Jul 1835, Partridge Twp, Woodford Co., IL d. 5 Mar 1917, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 81 years) Mother Mary Magdalene Schertz, b. 3 Mar 1837, Lemon Twp., Butler Co., OH d. 28 Nov 1911, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 74 years) Marriage 28 Oct 1856 Trenton, Butler Co., OH [1, 3, 4] - Witnesses: John Schweitzer, Annie Schrack; Joseph Lehman, Annie Moseman
Married by Rev. N. Augspurger. (Noah?)
Family ID F3423 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Campbell McGavern Chapman, b. 24 Apr 1868, New Rumley, OH d. 13 Feb 1942, Miami, Miami-Dade Co., FL (Age 73 years) Marriage 4 Dec 1895 Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Children 1. Ruth Mary Chapman 2. Robert Christian Chapman 3. Eugene William Chapman d. 1979 Family ID F3751 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Jul 2005
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Event Map 
Birth - 11 Sep 1869 - Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Marriage - 4 Dec 1895 - Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Death - 26 Jan 1953 - Des Moines, IA 
Burial - - Des Moines, Polk Co., IA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - “Barbara Louise was very active in her church. She was known for her musical ability—she played the piano and organ. Her daughter Ruth said her mother stood next to her and sang in the church choir into her early eighties. Barbara was a very attractive lady. She married Dr. Campbell Chapman, a medical doctor in Deer Creek who later took over his father’s medical practice in DesMoines, Iowa. Verna Belsly said Dr. Chapman was a lifelong Democrat who said he voted Democrat ‘even though I sometimes had to put a clothespin on my nose to do it.’ Cleat Belsly Hunt said Dr. Chapman told her if she wanted to lose weight she should put some ‘snooze’ under her tongue. Louis Phillips said when Dr. Chapman first opened his practice in DesMoines he needed customers so he would have Barbara sit in the waiting room to make it look like he was busy. One day a lady came in, sat down and asked Barbara how she liked the new doctor. Barbara said, ‘Oh, fine, he’s very good.’ Just then Dr. Chapman came out and said, ‘Oh, Mrs._____, I’d like you to meet my wife.’ Barbara and Campbell had three children. Ruth’s career life was spent first as a teacher, then as a dietician. She did not marry. She is a most interesting and delightful person. Two of her hobbies are big watching and bridge. Robert married Illeen Lunney Copas of Australia. Now a retired lawyer, he has worked as Special Agent of the FBI, for several government agencies, the American Bar Association of New York City and the Department of Insurance, State of Illinois. Eugene died in 1979. He worked in various jobs in California since 1932 and was married four times.” [1]
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Sources - [S450] John Robert Belsly, The Descendants of Joseph “Red Joe” Belsly (1802-1982 - 180 Years, A Proud Heritage).
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62884896/barbara-louise-chapman.
- [S1022] Marriage Record of Christian Belsly and Mary Schertz.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co., 18 Nov 1856.
- [S450] John Robert Belsly, The Descendants of Joseph “Red Joe” Belsly (1802-1982 - 180 Years, A Proud Heritage).
