Tonenshau in Brussels, where his mother had gone to nurse his father after being severely injured in the Battle of Waterloo.

At the age of 26, Chapman emigrated to the United States, where he leased property in Northampton County and later purchased the property and started the Chapman Slate Company.

While the slate quarries were originally opened in 1850, the company itself was officially incorporated by a special act of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1864 with a capital stock of $300,000.

[6] Route 987 follows Chapman's southwestern boundary on its way between Klecknersville and Bath as Monocacy Drive.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.15% White, 0.43% African American and 0.43% Pacific Islander.

21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 3.1% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of 18 and 20.8% of those 65 or over.