California Biographies
Chapman, T. M.

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Chapman, T. M. A native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, was born February
10, 1828. He received his education in his native State, and resided there until
sixteen years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Adams county, Illinois,
and there resided for nine years. Having emigrated, he came to California by way
of the plains and arrived in Placerville, then Hangtown, on August 27, 1852, and
there commenced mining, which he prosecuted for five years, at the end of which
time he transferred the scene of his labors to Sonoma county, and bought a farm
in Two Rock valley, which after a time he leased, and returned to the "States."
Mr. Chapman married in Vermont, March 1, 1858, Mary Colby, and with her returned
to this State and settled on his farm, and there remained until 1862, in which
year he removed to Point Reyes, and was occupied in agricultural pursuits for
two years, when he settled on his present ranch of four hundred acres, located
in Vallejo township, about three miles from Petaluma. By their union Mr. and
Mrs. Chapman have five living children: Edwin A.; Harry; Elliot C.; Phoebe; and
Mary L.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880