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CHARLES F. CHAPMAN, a lawyer of Sinclairville, who practices in the various courts of the State of New York, was born in the town of Woodstock, Windham county, Connecticut, February 10, 1853, and is a son of Charles W. and Cornelia M. (Chapman) Chapman. His grandfathers, Thomas Chapman and Stephen Chapman, although both of Scotch descent and natives of New England, yet were not related to each other. Charles W. Chapman, the father of Charles F. Chapman, was born in Connecticut, where he learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for some years and then became a farmer and stock-dealer. In 1855 he came to New York and settled in the town of Stockton, of which he was supervisor for three years, and in which he died March 7, 1888, aged sixty-two years. He married Cornelia M., daughter of Stephen Chapman, of Connecticut.

Charles F. Chapman spent his boyhood days on the farm, and received a good education in the schools of Chautauqua county. Leaving school in 1872 he commenced to read law with Judge Obed Edson, and at the end of three years continuous reading he entered the Albany Law school, from which he was graduated in 1876. During that year he was admitted to practice in the various courts of the State of New York, and opened an office at Sinclairville, where he has successfully practiced ever since. He owns a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres of land in the town of Stockton, which he manages in addition to the practice of his profession.

In 1881 he united in marriage with Fannie Marvin, of Chautauqua county, and their union has been blessed with four children, two sons and two daughters: George L., Lena M., Anna M., and Charles T.

He is a republican in politics, and has served three years as supervisor of the town of Stockton. Mr. Chapman studies his cases well, and is a very earnest and eloquent speaker before a jury.