Chapman, John Gadsby – Chase, Denison
Chapman, John Gadsby
painter, 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 Sunset on the Campagna. He died Nov. 28, 1889, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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, Millie J
educator, physician, was born July 23, 1845, in Crawford county, Pa. She received her education in the public schools, at the state normal school, and the medical college.
For twelve years she was engaged in educational work. Since becoming a physician she has held many official positions in local, state and national medical societies. She is one of the physicians in the Homeopathic hospital; an attending physician for two Children's homes; and lecturer on physics at a co-educational college of Pittsburg, Pa.
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, Warren Hosea
physician, author, was born May 5, 1821, in Tolland, Conn. He studied medicine and settled in Peoria, where he became eminent in his profession. Dr. Chapman was prominent in the arrangements that led to the establishment of a summer school of science in Peoria, and was president of the scientific association under whose direction the school was formed. He is the author of Geology of Peoria County; Chemistry of the Rocks; and Systems of Stratified Rocks.
Chapman, William Carroll
physician, journalist, was born June 17, 1863, in Hartford, Ky. He is assistant to the chair of clinical medicine and to the chair of chemical physiology in the Kentucky school of medicine; secretary of the publication committee of the Kentucky State Medical society; and editor of the Medical Progress.
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.
Chappell, John J
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1782, in Fairfield, S. C. He was a solicitor of equity, colonel of militia, a trustee of the state college in 1809, and a bank director. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1813 to 1817.
Charles, Mrs. Emily Thornton
journalist, author, was born in 1845, in Indiana. She is a Washington journalist who has published two volumes of verse, Hawthorn Blossoms; and Lyrical Poems.
Charlton, Robert Milledge
lawyer, congressman, author, poet, was born Jan. 19, 1807, in Savannah, Ga. He served in the state legislature; became United States district attorney; and in his twenty-seventh year was appointed judge of the supreme court of eastern Georgia. He was a poet, and published a volume of poems in 1839; and also published a prose work entitled Leaves from the Portfolio of a Georgia Lawyer; as well as a variety of historical and other lectures and literary addresses. He served in congress as a senator from Georgia, by appointment, during a part of the years 1852 and 1853. He died Jan. 18, 1854, in Savannah, Ga.
Charlton, Thomas Usher Pu- Laski
lawyer, jurist, legislator, author, was born in 1779, in South Carolina. In 1803 he was a member of the Georgia state legislature; attorney-general during 1804-8; and judge of the superior court of the eastern circuit of Georgia during 1808-12. He was again a member of the legislature in 1812; mayor of Savannah in 1819-20; and again judge of the superior court in 1824. He published a volume of reports; a Life of James Jackson; and other works. He died in December, 1835.
Charlton, Walter Glasco
lawyer, was born June 5, 1851, in Savannah, Ga. He received his education at the Rock academy; the Pen-Lucy school of Baltimore county, Md.; and the university of Virginia. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Savannah, Ga., of which city he has served as alderman for three terms. He has been solicitor of the eastern circuit of Georgia; chairman of the democratic party of Chatham county for three terms; chairman of the democratic congressional convention of the first district in 1886; and temporary chairman of the state convention in 1885.
Chase, Aaron Augustus
soldier, lawyer, journalist. He served with distinction as a soldier during the civil war, and is a prominent member of the G. A.
R. In 1863 he was admitted to the bar; and for many years was editor and proprietor of The Times of Scranton, Pa. His editorial championship of the workingmen during the labor troubles of the seventies caused him to be twice imprisoned because of his attitude. In 1885 he resumed the practice of law, and is now one of the foremost members of that profession in Pennsylvania at Scranton.
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, Champion Spalding
lawyer, statesman, was born March 20, 1820, in Cornish, N. H. In 1856 he was elected to the Wisconsin state senate; and in 1862 was commissioned paymaster in the union army, with the rank of major of cavalry. In 1866 he went to Omaha, and was the first attorney-general of that state. In 1874 he was elected mayor of Omaha, and served seven years. He has held many positions of honor, and in 1872 the Nebraska legislature named Chase county for him; and the citizens of Champion, a manufacturing town in that county, adopted his first name for their town.
Chase, Charles M
journalist, son of General E. B. Chase, was born Nov. 6, 1839, in Lyndon, Vt. During 1857-61 he was police magistrate, lawyer and editor at Sycamore, Ill.; and in 1861 was the leader of the band in the thirteenth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. In 1865 he established The Vermont Union in Lyndon, and has ever since been its editor and owner. In 1866 and 1868 he was democratic candidate for congress; delegate to the democratic national convention in 1876. He has been a justice of the peace for twenty years in Lyndon, Vt., and president of the school board for fourteen years. Since 1892 he has been president of the Citizens' Savings Bank and Trust company.
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.