Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Chapman married Harriet A. Hanks, daughter of AL's second cousin, Dennis F. Hanks, and Sarah Elizabeth Johnston Hanks, AL's stepsister. After serving as an officer in the war, Chapman was appointed agent for the Flathead Indians in Montana by President Johnson in 1865. (Charleston Courier, September 15, 1898; Coleman)