Bio of CHAPMAN, William T. (b.1888), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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WILLIAM T. CHAPMAN - Vol III, pg 664, 667
William T. Chapman, a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of
Minneapolis which for twenty-two years has been active in connection with the
devel­opment of the grain industry of the Northwest, has depended upon his own
resources for a livelihood from the age of twelve years. He is a native son
whose record reflects credit and honor upon the city, for he is a self-made man
who has worked his way steadily upward through industry and ability until he is
now president of the Union Hay Company, in which connection he is controlling a
business of large proportions.
William T. Chapman was born in this city on March 13, 1888, and is a son of
Arthur E. and Julia Ann (Steffes) Chapman, the former a native of England and
the latter an American by birth. The maternal grandfather, Jacob Steffes, was
one of the early settlers of Minneapolis and at one time was offered the lot on
which the Nicollet Hotel now stands for a day's labor, the land at that period
lying in the midst of a swamp. Arthur E. Chapman also established his home in
this city during the pioneer epoch in its development, being for a number of
years in the employ of the Great Northern Railroad Company, and he is now
serving as cashier for the Union Hay Company.
In the public schools of Minneapolis, William T. Chapman acquired his education
but after reaching the fifth grade he started out in the world on his own
account, selling papers and shining shoes, being at that time but twelve years
of age. Subsequently he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad
Company, with which he was iden­tified until 1907, when he entered the service
of William P. Devereux, with whom he remained until 1912. He then embarked in
business independently, organizing the Union Hay Company, of which he became
president, and has since filled that office. They engage in buying and selling
hay, grain and mill feed and with the passing-years the business has steadily
developed until it has reached large proportions, standing as a monument to the
initiative spirit and administrative ability of its founder and directing head.
Mr. Chapman married Miss Gertrude M. Pince, April 5, 1922, and they reside in an
attractive home in this city. He is identified with the York Rite bodies in
Masonry and with Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with
the Benevo­lent Protective Order of Elks and is a member of the Minneapolis
Athletic Club, the Automobile Club and the Minneapolis Golf Club. He has fought
life's battles unaided and the success which he has won is well merited. He
belongs to that class of men who have the constructive faculties largely
developed, and his labors have found cul­mination in the development of a large
business enterprise which has a direct bearing upon the commercial expansion and
upbuilding of the city in which his life has been passed.