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Chapman, George Henry, soldier. He served civil war; was appointed a brigadier-general in 1864; and in 1865 received iurlng the

the brevet of major-general.

Chapman, George Thomas, clergyman, auwas born Sept. 21, 1786, in England. He was the author of Sketches of Alumni of Dartmouth College from 1771 to 1868. He died Oct. 18, 1873, in Newburyport, Mass. Chapman, Henry, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1805 in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate for three years; and thor,

from 1843 president judge of the fifteenth of Pennsylvania. In 1857representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-fifth congress; and was elected president judge of the seventh judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1861. He died April 11, 1891, near Doylestown, Pa. Chapman, Henry Cadwalader, physician, Eiuthor, was born Aug. IZ, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a noted physician of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Evolution of Life; and History of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood. Chapman, Horace Leet, banker, coal operator, was born July 10, 1837, in Alleghany county, N.Y. In 1863 he bought an interest judicial

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a banking firm, which became Kinney and Chapman. For twenty-five years he has been extensively engaged in the coal and iron business in Jackson county, Ohio. Chapman, Isaac Newton, civil engineer, inventor, was born Dec. 10, 1838, in Lima, Ohio. In 1855-56 he served in the Indian wars of Oregon and Washington. He has been United States deputy surveyor; and in Alameda and other cities. Chapman, J. Wilbur, clergyman, author, was bom June 17, 1859, in Richmond, Ind. He was educated at Oberlin college of Ohio md in 1879 graduated from Lake Forest uniin
 * ity engineer of Alameda, Cal. He is the inventor of an automatic sewer flusher in use

versity of Illinois. He was theologically edu3ated at the Lane seminary of Cincinnati, Dhio; and the degree of D.D. was conferred ipon him by the university of Wooster. He

las filled pastorates in Indiana, Ohio and STcw York, and in the cities of Albany, Philidelphia and New York City. Much of his ninistry has been along evangelistic lines; he was an intimate associate of D. L. Moody, the noted evangelist. He is corres-

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jonding secretary of the general assembly's The Lost i.nd Peter; also Kadesha-Barnea >own The Secret of A Happy Day Presand Fishing For Men. int Day Parables
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Chapman, Jacob, educator, clergyman, genwas born on March 11, 1810, in Tamworth, N.H. He was the author of five ealogist,

volumes of Genealogy on the Folsom, Philbrick, Lane, Weeks and Chapman Families. He died in 1903 in Exeter, N.H.

Chapman, James Jeffries, clergyman, miswas born July 31, 1873, in Bethel, Va. He was educated at the Potomac aca-

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of Alexandria, Va.; attended the university of Virginia; and the theological seminary of Alexandria, Va. He is a missionary and rector of St. John's church of Kanazawa, Kaga, Japan; and since 1906 has filled a pastorate in Gordonsville, Va.

Chapman, John, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1797-99 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifth congress. He died in Pennsylvania. Chapman, John Abney, soldier, author,

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9, 1831, in Edgefield served as a volunteer in the civil war; and was wounded. He is the author of a meritorious poem entitled The

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Man; and two volumes of poems enThe Walk and Other Poems; and

Within the Vale. Chapman, John Gadsby, painter, artist, was born in 1808 in Alexandria, Va. He became a successful etcher and wood-engraver;

made illustrations for many books, among others Harper's illustrated Bible; and published a Drawing-Book, which has passed through many' editions in this country and in England. Among his works in oil are Baptism of Pocahontas, in the capitol at Washington; Etruscan Girl; and Bunset on the Campagna. He died Nov. 38, 1889, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Chapman, John Grant, lawyer, congressman, was born July 5, 1798, in Charles county, Md. In 1834-44 he was almost constantly in the legislature of Maryland. In 184549 he was a representative to the twentyninth and the thirtieth congresses. He was chosen president of the

convention which had framed the constitution of Maryland in 1851. His last public' office was to preside as chairman of the national whig convention which met in Baltimore in 1856, to nominate Millard Fillmore for the presidency of the United States. He died Dec. 10, 1856, in

Maryland.

Chapman, John Jay, lawyer, author, was born in 1863 in New York City. He is the author of Emerson and Other Essays; Causes and Consequences; and Practical Agitation.

Chapman, Joseph Gilbert, manufacturer, was born in 1840 in Oxford, N.Y. and has been a trustee of Washington philanthropist,