Charles E Tappana was born in Madrid Spain in 1836, entering New Orleans, LA September 29, 1846. He died January 22nd 1906 at Seligman, Barry County Missouri and buried at Webcity.
Service: Civil War, Company C, Private, 2nd Battalion, S MO. of the Cavalry Volunteers. Discharged due to chronic disease of the liver.
Residences: Kansas, Iowa, & Missouri.
Occupation:Photographer, Drug Clerk, Grocer, Carpenter and fine furniture maker.
Veterans Organization: Veterans of Civil War, McDonald CO, MO, Indian Springs Post #176. Mustered in June 16th 1884 by Capt. Pate and H J Curtiss with 25 members . Commander: Capt R W Williams, Adjutant:C E Tappana, Q M S: W G Hutchinson.
Marriages: Nancy Day who according to legend died at Spring Hill, Kansas with Small Pox in February of 1863.
2nd Marriage: Mary Melissa Sigler born at Springfield , Illinois 24th day of January 1847. Charles and Mary Melissa Sigler were married at Sac City, Iowa by County Judge J. Chris the 8th day of May 1864.
Charles E and Mary Melissa had ten children. Nine were still living in 1906 as verified by pension records. It is believed one or more children were born in Iowa, while others were born in Missouri.
Note: Evidence shows that Charles and family entered New Orleans as my family had always been told.
Dolores:
Apparently we are distant cousins. We have the same great-grandfather. I am Claude LeRoy Tappana's granddaughter (his father was Charles Edward Tappana who came over on a ship from Spain, we think in the mid-1800s but before the Civil War; d. 1906 about age 70). My father was William LeRoy Tappana (b. 11-13-18; d. 2-7-2002). I'm the oldest (Marilyn Jeanette Tappana Eden McCroskey, b. 10-26-46; 1st husband died). My siblings are: Robert (Bob) LeRoy Tappana (b. 4-12-49); Kathryn Anne Tappana, b. 6-16-54; Gary William Tappana, b. 10-28-58). My father had a sister Geraldine, about 8 years older than Dad (b. 7-11-1910; d. 1-9-99 at age 88, leaving 5 children); and a younger brother Robert, b. 1922, d. 1943 during WWII, never married. Some of our branch of the family do/did look Spanish; others of us not so much (Claude LeRoy's wife was a blue-eyed blonde, so some have lighter hair and eyes, though none are blonde).
We found your Tappana Web geneology while looking for information about the Tappanas. We had been told a story about how our great grandfather came to this country from Spain, but don't know how to verify it, and wondered what you had been told. My father apparently was not told very much about his grandfather, who died several years before he was born. As I remember either my father or his mother telling it, Charles Edward Tappana was one of two brothers (about ages 8 and 12, but I'm not sure which he was) who came over on a ship from Spain to New Orleans and lived with relatives in that area and took their last name, so we don't know the original last name. My brother Bob recalls a little different version (many years have elapsed and we were quite young when we heard the story). In the story he remembers, only one boy came over from Spain to New Orleans, and his last name was changed at the point of entry. We wonder how we might check ship logs, because he must have been listed as a passenger, though we'd have to know his full name.
My line of descendancy reports Charles Edward was brought to America by his parents and a younger brother. Ages approx 8 & 10. The father or both parents went back to Spain to get additional relatives out of the wars in Spain and the parents may have been killed.
Note by: Dolores
I found another Web site that indicates our great-grandfather's name was originally Carlo Eduardo Tappana. Charles Edward must be that name anglicized. Wasn't this another of your postings? This is the only site where I have found this........................Marilyn http://www.mysterosessanctuary.homestead.com/RememberedLove.html
Yes, this is my site................
This is about all we know, and we wondered what you had heard. One thing we are pretty sure of--anyone named Tappana in this country is probably related to us! An Internet search turns up quite a few Tappanas.
Directory of Rolla with Gazetteer and Business Directory of the New Southwest
Includes counties which were connected by the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, in southeast MO, southeastern Kansas, the eastern portion of the Indian Country, and the southwest section of Arkansas. The book has entries for Ritchey, Granby, Neosho, Dayton, Seneca, and Venita.
transcribed and submitted by: Cathy Booth
GRANBY,
City Officials: James R. Ellis, Mayor
N.O. Tabor, W.W. Frazier, Charles E. Miller, W.A. Troxel, councilmen.
A number of Tappanas are buried in Webb City Cemetery. Mary Melissa's grave is unmarked. There is a big Tappana stone so we know how to find the right general area. CE has a military marker for himself, which I'd guess was provided by the military (they have done this for a long time), but there is nothing to show there was ever a Mary Melissa, which is sad. We always set a can of peonies where we think is her grave. Wanie died in 1908 and has a stone (Kathy wrote down that it says Wanie Anderson, dau. Of Charles E. and Mary M. Tappana, Jan. 11, 1888-June 7, 1908). There was a Cole baby's grave someplace (Audrey's) but we lost where it was after Dad couldn't remember things anymore. If we could find who has the cemetery records we might find it again. It is not on the Tappana plot but a little ways away I believe. Also on the Tappana plot is a baby of Edith and Bill's named Mary R. Miller. Nearby is Arthur and Mary Francis Tappana's graves. Don Carlos and Ollie are not far away eitherhis says Don C. Tappana. My Grandpa Roy and Grandma Alta and their younger son Robert are in the Webb City cemetery too, but a ways away from CE's plot. Euretta is buried in Manis Cemetery, near Neosho, MO, located in a field on a farm. At Oronogo are Leslie V. Tappana, Maude, Herman A., Mamie N. Tappana and Vernon Tappana (Leslie's son) who died a few years ago.
Mt. Hope Cemetery is located where Webb City and Joplin meet, can't really tell where one leaves off and the other begins; sometimes papers call it Mt. Hope in Webb City and sometimes Mt. Hope in Joplin. Buried there are Edith and Willie Thomas Miller and their son Richard Lee. There is a Becky Miller there too, maybe Willie Miller's mother? Blanche E. Weir is there also. Your grandmother and Edna,Edith, and Bessie's mother, right? It's right next to the Miller site. Marilyn
Charles E Tappana, born March of 1836, in Madrid, Spain, came to America when he was a young boy where he entered throughNew Orleans. He died the 22nd day of January 1906 at Seligman, Missouri.
He worked as a drug clerk, grocery and merchandise owner, talented carpenter and cabinet maker, making fine furniture and other various trades when the need came to feed his large family. He had ten children. During his lifetime in America he lived in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa.
He served in the military during the Civil war for a period of about six months and was discharged honorably due to a chronic disease of the liver. He was an Adjutant at the Veterans Organization at Indian Springs, and was mustered in by Capt. Pate and H. G. Curtice, June 16, 1884.
Charles was married for a brief time to Nancy Day when she contracted small pox and died. It is believed she is buried near Indian Springs.
Charles then married Mary Melissa Sigler, May 8, 1864, in Sac City, Iowa. Mary was born in Springfield, Illinois on the 24th day of January, 1847. Together they raised a large family and suffered many tragedies and hardships during the years. They also lost their business and home during a fire and had to start all over again. Mary lived a number of years after Charles, passing away November, 22, 1928. The family residence was located in Webb City where they lived for a number of years. Mary was an invalid for a number of years before she died, requiring constant care.
By request I have obtained the information from Audrey Cole, Charles and Mary Tappana's daughter, who tended her mother in her final years.
Unsure who the author was since various papers have contained different writers. I can only attest it was received on older paper by someone evidently close to Audrey.
Dolores
New information added as found............................
While researching the history of my Spanish line, I received the following email:
http://www.eurekster.com/
