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died July 9, 1858, in Hartford, Conn. Chapin, Bela, journalist, author, poet, was ovn Feb. 19^ 1829, in Newport, N.H. He was printer; and in 1866 hecame proprietor of the Dartmouth printing and bookbinding establishment of Han-

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Poets of New Hampshire, a very valuable collection of poems. He made a translation in verse of Virgil's Eclogues. He is the proprietor of the Granby Brook fruit and dairy

farm of Claremont, N. L; and has a library of two thousand volstandard works. Chapin, Charles Value, physician, author, fas bom in 1856 in Rhode Island. He is a ihysician; and health officer of Providence, l.I. He is the author of Municipal Sanitaion in the United States. Chapin, Chester William, banker, railroad iresident, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 798, in Ludlow, Mass. In 1875-77 he was member of the forty-fourth congress from ilassachusetts. He was president of the Conlecticut river railroad; was president of the
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Joston and Albany railroad company; was iresident of the Western railroad corporaion; and also president of Agawan bank. He ied June 10, 1883, in Sprin^eld, Mass. Chapin, Edward P., soldier, was bom in Tew York. In 1861 he was captain in the orty-fourth regiment New York infantry; ,nd in 1863 attained the rank of brigadier;eneral of volunteers. He died May 27, 1863, n Port Hudson, La. Chapin, Edwin HubbeU, clergyman, author, 7as born Dec. 29, 1814, in Union Village, N. r. He was a universalist clergyman of New fork City. He is the author of The Crown of i'horns; Humanity in the City; Christianity he Perfection of True Manliness; Moral Asects of City Life; Discourses on the Lord's 'rayer; Hours of Communion; Token for he Sorrowing; and Characters in the Gosels. He died Dec. 27, 1880, in New York City.

Chapin, Graham H., congressman, was orn in 1790 in Connecticut. In 1835-37 he ras a representative from New York to the wenty-fourth congress. He died Sept. 8, 843, in New York. Chapin, Henry, lawyer, statesman, was om May 13, 1811, in Upton, Mass. In 1858 e was appointed judge of the court of proate and insolvency. For many years he was member of the state board of education; nd was president of the American Unitarassociation during several terms. He died let. 13, 1891, in Worcester, Mass. Chapin, Henry Austin, capitalist, was bom let. 15, 1813, in Leyden, Mass. To him bemgs the fee of the land on the upper penin-

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sula of Michigan upon which the Chapin iron mine is now being operated. royalty is paid for every ton of ore taken out; and it is said that his revenue from that source

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sometimes amounted to between one hundred thousand dollars and three hundred thousand dollars a year. He died in Michigan. Chapin, Henry Edgerton, educator, biologist, author, was born May 9, 1859, in Wilbraham, Mass. In 1891-1900 he was professor of biology and geology at the Ohio university; and is a teacher of biology and leci-urer of New York City. He is president of the department of botany in Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences; and a member of the council. He is part author of Elementary Zoology and Laboratory Guide; and of

Monographs and scientific articles. Chapin, James Henry, educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1832 in Indiana. He was a professor of geology in St. Lawrence university in 1871-92. He was the author of Sketches of the Huguenots; The Creation and Early Development of Mankind; and From Japan to Granada, a Tour Around the World.

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Chapin, John Bassett, physician, author, was born Dec. 4, 1829, in New York City. He was resident physician of the New York hospital; and in 1854 was appointed assistant physician to the New York lunatic asylum of Utiea, N.Y. In 1869-84 he was superintendent and physician of the Willard asylum at Seneca Lake, N.Y.; and in 1884 became physician-in-ehief to the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane in Philadelphia. He is the author of Compendium of Insanity, for Physicians and Students. Chapin, Stephen, educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 4, 1778, in Milford, Mass. In 1828-41 he was the president of Columbian college of Washington, D.C. He was the author of Letters on the Mode and Subjects of Baptism; and The Duty of Living for the Good of Poster-

He died in Washington, D.C. Chapin, Willard Hart, merchant, statesman, was born Sept. 1, 1862, in Livonia, N. Y. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. For four years he was assistant postmaster at Olean, N.Y.; and in 1884 was also first assistant chief of the volunteer fire department. He also held a commission as second lieutenant in the New York national guard. In 1887 he moved to Chicago, 111.; and in 1889 to Portland, Ore.; and in 1890 was sergeant major, first regiment Oregon national guard. In 1891 he was one of the organizers of the Multnomah amateur athletic club of which he was president in 1905. He is a successful merchant of Portland, Ore. In 1906-08 he was a representative to the Oregon state legislature. Chapin, William, educator, founder, was born Oct. 17, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an engraver and map publisher. In 184046 he organized and conducted the Ohio institution for the blind. In 1849-88 he was ity.