Kent County
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GLENN L. CHAPMAN

Glenn L. Chapman, fire insurance; born, Lowell, Mich., Mar. 5, 1870; son of Edwin A. and Jennie A. Chapman; graduate Lansing (Mich.) High School, 1888, and Literary Department, University of Michigan, B.L., and state teacher's certificate, June, 1892; married, Detroit, Sept. 8, 1899, Amanda L. Chapman. Was reporter on Detroit Evening News, 1892-93; state editor Detroit Tribune, 1894-1900; municipal and political reporter Detroit Free Press, 1900-03; served a year and a half as assistant to secretary of the Detroit Board of Education; acquired half interest in fire insurance business of A.E. Whitebeck, Sept. 1, 1905, the business being consolidated, June 1, 1907, with that of Chandler & Burwell under firm name of Whitebeck, Burwell & Chapman, and covering fire, plate glass, boiler and liability insurance. Recreation: Yachting. Office: 7-9 Majestic Bldg. Residence: 226 Wreford Av.

THE BOOK OF DETROITERS 1908 by Albert Nelson Marquis

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