Background
Chapman, Howard Rufus was born on September 10, 1868 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Darius H. and Lucy Savage (White).
Chapman, Howard Rufus was born on September 10, 1868 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Darius H. and Lucy Savage (White).
C.; Bachelor of Arts, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, 1894, Master of Arts, 1897, Doctor of Divinity, 1912. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1897. Graduate work University of Michigan.
Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1897. Pastor Genessee St. Church, 1896-1900. Michigan Avenue Church, Saginaw, Michigan, 1900-1910, First Church, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1910-1918, Atchison, Kansas, 1918.
Baptist university pastor at University of Michigan, 1919-1939. Representative Northern Baptist board of education, in summer assemblies and conferences in many states as speaker and instructor in missions and religious education, 1921-1935. Lecturer on missions and religious education.
Member Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. Pastor First Church, Northville, Michigan, since 1939. Mason.; Clubs: Exchange, Michigan Ministers.
Married Mary Octavia Carr, June 9, 1897. Children: Richard Carr, Donald Harding.