# Phillip Edward Chappell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phillip_Edward_Chappell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phillip_Edward_Chappell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Edward_Chappell > Source revision: 1329829520 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician (1837–1908)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Phillip Edward Chappell | order = 15th | office = State Treasurer of Missouri | term_start = 1881 | term_end = 1885 | governor = [Thomas Theodore Crittenden](/source/Thomas_Theodore_Crittenden) | birth_date = August 18, 1837 | death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|02|23|1837|08|18}} | predecessor = [James M. Seibert](/source/James_M._Seibert) | preceding = [Elijah Gates](/source/Elijah_Gates) | alma_mater = [Kemper Military School](/source/Kemper_Military_School){{br}}[University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri) | birth_place = [Bakerville, Missouri](/source/Bakerville%2C_Missouri), US | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | image = MO Treasurers - 15 Philip Edward Chappell (1881-1885).jpg | office2 = Jefferson City, Missouri | order2 = Mayor of | term2 = 1872–? | death_place = [Jefferson City, Missouri](/source/Jefferson_City%2C_Missouri), US }} '''Phillip Edward Chappell''' (August 18, 1837 – February 23, 1908) was an American politician. He served as the [State Treasurer of Missouri](/source/State_Treasurer_of_Missouri) from 1881 to 1885.{{Cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Chapot to Chasanow |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chappel-chartrand.html |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=politicalgraveyard.com}} == Biography == Chappell was born on August 18, 1837, near [Bakerville, Missouri](/source/Bakerville%2C_Missouri). His parents were tobacco farmers John and Mary Chappell ([née](/source/n%C3%A9e) Adams). He worked at a general store at age 15. He attended [Kemper Military School](/source/Kemper_Military_School) from 1853 to 1856, then the [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri). He witnessed the [explosion of Steamer ''Timour No. 2''](/source/Explosion_of_Steamer_Timour_No._2) in 1854.{{Cite web |title=Missouri State Past Treasurers - Phillip Edward Chappell |url=https://treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office/1phillip-edward-chappell |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=treasurer.mo.gov |language=en}} Chappell was a clerk on Steamer ''E.A. Ogden'' from 1855 to February 22, 1860, his position ceasing to exist when the ship sank. He collaborated with three other men to fund the construction of freighter ''John D. Perry''. Another ship he was involved with was the eponymous ''Phil. E. Chappell'', which operated from 1877 to 1886. He authored ''The History of Steamboating on the Missouri'', published in 1905, and ''A History on the Missouri River''.{{Cite book |last=Deatherage |first=Charles P. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_History_of_Greater_Kansas_City_Mis/E_EDq2EdbRAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Phillip+Edward+Chappell+Missouri&pg=PA386&printsec=frontcover |title=Early History of Greater Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas: The Prophetic City at the Mouth of the Kaw |date=1927 |publisher=Interstate Publishing Company |pages=386 |language=en}} Chappell managed his family's tobacco farm during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), though later sold it and moved to [Jefferson City](/source/Jefferson_City%2C_Missouri) in 1869. There, he engaged in banking and was affiliated with the city's ferry and natural gas companies. A [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), he was elected Jefferson City alderman then mayor, in 1870 and 1872, respectively, followed by his appointment as the city's collector in 1873.{{Cite book |last=Whitney |first=Carrie Westlake |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Kansas_City_Missouri/eB9EAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Phillip+Edward+Chappell+Missouri&pg=PA595&printsec=frontcover |title=Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1800-1908 |date=1908 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |pages=595 |language=en}} From 1881 to 1885, he served as State Treasurer of Missouri, for which he was paid $3,000 annually. In the 1890s, he served as a state revenue collector. Following his term, he moved to [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri), where he engaged in its banking industry. He also president of the Hesperian Cattle Company, headquartered in [Texas](/source/Texas). Chappell married Teresa Ellen Tarlton in July 1861, with whom he had five children. He died on February 23, 1908, aged 70, in Jefferson City.{{Cite news |date=24 February 1908 |title=Phil E. Chappell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/859980612/?match=1&terms=Phillip%20Edward%20Chappell |access-date=2025-12-26 |work=[Omaha World-Herald](/source/Omaha_World-Herald) |pages=5}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{MOTreasurers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chappell, Phillip Edward}} Category:State treasurers of Missouri Category:Missouri Democrats Category:1837 births Category:1908 deaths Category:19th-century Missouri politicians Category:People from Pemiscot County, Missouri Category:People from Jefferson City, Missouri Category:Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri Category:Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri Category:19th-century mayors of places in Missouri Category:Kemper Military School alumni Category:University of Missouri alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Phillip Edward Chappell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Edward_Chappell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Edward_Chappell?action=history)). 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