He father brought a three-month old Chapman on stage during his performance in "Mr. and Mrs. Peter White.

"[1] Her sister, Ella Chapman, was also an actress with whom she starred in works in theaters managed by John T.

It was during a performance at the theater, when David Belasco made his debut as a fill in for the sisters during a costume change.

In the early 20th-century, after Henry retired from the theater, the family moved to New York City, followed by Rutherford, New Jersey.

[4] In 1929, over a decade after Henry's death in 1915,[4] Chapman requested the arm chair in which Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed, be returned to her from the Smithsonian Institution, where it was stored.