Husband was manager of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Her husband was a witness to the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln.
In the days before vaudeville, when extravaganza stage shows were all the vogue, Blanch Chapman was half of the popular song and dance team "The Chapman Sisters".
She performed in traveling road shows with Edwin Forrest and Edwin Booth.
She played Mrs. Wiggs in the play "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" for 7 years.