Background
CHAPMAN, William Edgar was born on February 1, 1877 in Mount Pisgah, Arkansas, United States. Son of Charles Arnold and Alice (Bevine) Chapman.
CHAPMAN, William Edgar was born on February 1, 1877 in Mount Pisgah, Arkansas, United States. Son of Charles Arnold and Alice (Bevine) Chapman.
Institute, in Philippines. Washington College, of Law, Bachelor of Laws, 1914. National. University Law School, Master of Laws, 1915.
Admitted to bar, District of Columbia, 1915. Served in Spanish- American War. Assistant Superintendent of State, 1910-1916.
Appointed after exam., Consul, Class Eight, 1916, assigned to Mazatlan. On detail in Department of State, 1916. Detailed to Nogales, 1916.
To Guaymas, 1917; in charge of Mazatlan, 1917. Appointed Consul, Class Six, 1919. Foreign Service Officer, Seven, 1924.
Assigned to Saulte Ste. Marie, 1925; to Torreon, 1926. Class Six, 1926; to Puerto Mexico, 1925.
To Monterey, 1927; to California, since 1928.