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Nathaniel Chapman
WEEMS II
1805-1885
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Nathaniel Chapman Weems II; b. May 14, 1805 at Billingsley plantation, Prince George's County, MD; d. Aug 23, 1885 at Chetwood plantation, LA.
- m. Annie Eliza Chilton Mullikin.
- Nathaniel and Annie had 8 children:
- John William Weems; b. Oct 10, 1835; d. Feb 3, 1858.
- Anne Mackall Chilton Weems; b. Aug 16, 1838; d. Sep 3. 1926.
- m. Joseph M. Pearce; in about 1855
- Nathaniel Chapman Weems III; b. May 17, 1840 in LA; d. ; d. Aug 26, 1861
- Mary Violetta Weems; b. Jan 29, 1843; d. Mar 5, 1931.
- m. James Andrew Crawford. on Apr 1, 1869.
- Charles Chilton Weems; b. Mar 9, 1845; d. Dec 14, 1903.
- m. Emma Jennie Crandal, and had 6 children.
- Eugene Van Horn Weems; b. May 20, 1847; d. 1930
- m. Courtney Calvit Wells, in 1876
- Sarah Eleanor Weems; b. june 7, 1850; d. Dec 17, 1911.
- m. Thomas Jefferson Wells on May 2, 1873
- Rollo Bowie Weems; b. July 27, 1854; d. Feb 5, 1918.
Brief Biography
Nataniel Chapman Weems,II (1805-1885) was born on May 14, 1805 at the Billingsley plantation in Prince George's County Maryland. He lived there until he was 10 years old when Billingsley was occupied by the family of John B. Mullikin who was the husband of Nathaniel's oldest sister, Mary Moyland (Weems) Mullikin, and to whom he later sold his share of the Billingsley estate.
Nathaniel Chapman Weems, II, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, thus becoming a Doctor of Medicine, and he was subsequently known as Dr. N. C. Weems. He was following a tradition set by his Great Uncle, Dr. Nathanie Chapman, a Professor of medicine at the same university and his Uncle Dr. John Weems, II, Surgeon and Physician at the Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC.
In 1825 he migrated to Louisiana, where he purchased extensive properties including tracts of land that were consolidated into the estate known as the Forest Home Plantation. In 1835 he returned to Maryland where he married Annie Eliza Chilton Mullikin and returned with her to raise his family at the Forest Home Plantation.
In his later years, he made a study of the natural herbs used by the Choctaw Indians in Louisiana for medicinal purposes and was able to grow hybrid cherries acclimated to Forest Home's location.
References
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