Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Chapman, John C. 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

JOHN C. CHAPMAN is a native of Ohio. He learned the trade of smelting, and was
engaged in smelting copper near Iron Mountain, Missouri, in 1852, when he
started overland to California. On their arrival he and his brothers settled on
a ranch in American valley, but John did not succeed, and moved to Indian
valley. Here he tried farming, but though a very industrious and temperate man,
he failed to make his husbandry pay. He then built a furnace for the smelting
and manufacture of copper, in Genesee valley, and this enterprise failed for the
want of ore. In 1869 he was put in nomination by the democratic convention for
county treasurer, and defeated James C. Gentry by a large majority. He was
reelected in 1871, again in 1873, also in 1875, and was put in for a fifth term
in 1877. Late in the year 1878 he resigned the office because of a deficiency in
his accounts [see article on Finances], and retired to private life. His
successor was Dr. L. F. Cate, who was appointed in January, 1879, to fill the
unexpired term.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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