Milton L. Chapman

        Milton L. Chapman, a native of Elyria, Ohio, was born February 3, 1853. He was reared and educated in the Buckeye State. In December, 1870, he came to Chattanooga, and engaged in the milling business with his father, Henry Z. Chapman, until February, 1874, when he engaged in the real estate business at this place, which he has continued successfully to the present time. He is president of the Chattanooga Chair Company, and was secretary of the Iron & Coal Association of Chattanooga for four years, and at present is one of the board of managers of the same. He is now one of the directors of the Gadsden (Ala.) Land & Improvement Company, and is also identified with other enterprises in the city. He is manager of Spring Lake Improvement Company. This lake is situated four miles southeast of Chattanooga, in Georgia. The object of the company is to make the lake a pleasure resort, and supply Chattanooga with water in the future. In 1871 Mr. Chapman married Miss Carrie B. Gibbs of Ohio, and three living children are the result of this union - one son and two daughters. Mr. Chapman is a Republican in politics, and a wide-awake business man.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887