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Chapman, Joseph Gilbert

manufacturer, philanthropist, was born in 1840, in Oxford, N. Y. He has been prominently identified with the best life of St. Louis and its educational and philanthropic movements, and has been a trustee of Washington university for the past fifteen years. He was president of the St. Louis Museum and School of Fine Arts, to whose endowment he contributed largely.

Chapman, Maria Weston

reformer, was born in 1806, in Weymouth, Mass. She was principal of the newly established young ladies' high school in Boston in 1829-30. She returned to this country in 1856, and in 1877 published the autobiography of her intimate friend, Harriet Martineau. She died in 1885, in Weymouth, Mass.

Chapman, Nathaniel

educator, physician, author, was born May 28, 1780, in Summer Hill, Va. He was a Philadelphia physician and professor of medicine in the university of Pennsylvania in 1814- 50. He was the author of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, long a valued textbook; Select Speeches (edited); Lectures on Eruptive Fevers, Hemorrhages and Dropsies; and Lectures on Thoracic Vis- He died July 1, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. cera.

Chapman, Pleasant T

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Oct. 8, 1854, in Johnson county, Va. In 1877 he was elected superintendent of the Johnson county schools, and reappointed for a short time in 1881. In 1882 he was elect- -ed county judge; and in 1890-94 was elected to the Illinois state senate.

Chapman, Reuben

congressman, governor, was born July 15, 1799, in Randolph county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1835 to 1848; and was governor of that state from 1847 to 1849. He died May 17, 1882, in Huntsville, Ala.

CHAPMAN, REUBEN ATWATER, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 20, 1801, in Russell, Mass. He practiced successively in Westfield, Monson, Ware, and Springfield. He died June 28, 1873, in Switzerland.

Chapman, Thomas Corwin

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 12, 1844, in Conneaut, Ohio. He has filled the positions of prosecuting attorney, probate judge, and served with distinction as a member of the Missouri state legislature.

Chapman, William W

congressman. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Iowa from 1839 to 1841.

Chappell, Absalom Harris

lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 18, 1801, in Hancock county, Ga. He was a representative of the Georgia state legislature for three terms; a member of the state senate, and president of that body; and in 1842-43 became a member of the twenty-eighth congress. He died Dec. 11, 1878.

Chase, Aaron W

soldier, poet, was born Jan. 19, 1841, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He served through the war in company I, eighth Illinois cavalry; became first lieutenant, and was severely wounded. He has been school director, justice of the peace, and treasurer of Fillmore county, Neb.

Chase, Ann

patriot, was born 1809, in Ireland. Through her stratagems and secretly imparted information, the United States troops captured Tampico without the loss of a single man. The government gratefully acknowledged the service. She died Dec. 24, 1874, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Chase, Benjamin

clergyman, geologist, was born in 1789, in New Hampshire. He was also a geologist, and presented Oakland, Miss., college with a valuable collection of fossils, which he had gathered during his journeys. He died Oct. 11, 1870, in Natchez, Miss.

Chase, Denison

inventor, was born April 13, 1830, in Concord, Vt. He has made several inventions. The most important, however, is the turbine water-wheel, which for years has been recognized as the best made. He is president of the Chase Turbine Manufacturing company, which employs about seventy-five hands.