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From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)
C. F. CHAPMAN, local manager of the American Sewer Pipe Company at Akron, was born in (his citv, in lSr)2. and is a son of the late Edgar T. Chapman, who was an early settler and later one of Akron's most prominent citizens. In early days he was postmaster of jMiddlebury and later was extensively engaged in the.stone-ware manufacturing industry.
C. F. Chapman was reared and educated in Middlebury, now East Akron. After leaving school he learned the pottery business and worked at the stone-ware trade for twelve years. In August, 1881, he became connected with the Akron Iron Company, at Buchtel, Ohio, where he remained until August, 1884. He then became associated with the Akron & Hill Sewer Pipe Company, which in March, 1900, was merged into the American Sewer Pipe Company, since which time he has been local manager. His long experience in this line has made him a very efficient man for the position. He has, besides, other business interests and is one of the representative busine.s.s men of Akron.
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As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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