Childhood
Chapman was born in 1805 in Readsboro, Vermont, four miles down the river from fellow Mormon leader Brigham Young. He apprenticed as a stonemason in his early teens, but because his parents deemed him "sickly," they leveraged a relative's connections to secure him a position as cook on a fishing boat. He worked both in the North Atlantic and on Lake Champlain. The time at sea reportedly improved his health.
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