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 H4 CHAPIN. CHAPIN. seph and Julia (Adams) Tenney of New Ipswich. His wife died in 1881. He was a member of the school board in Shirley for forty-two years, and treasurer of the town for seventeen years. He has not only been an active worker in his ■to* the years 1877, '78, and was on the board of assessors in Charlestown and Boston from 1867 to '79, and was one of the commissioners to carry into effect the act of annexation of Charlestown to Boston. Mr. Chapin is a veteran and pioneer in educational circles, having for twenty-one consecutive years been in active service upon the school boards in Boston and Charlestown. His wide experience and practical knowledge have proved him an invaluable member Of this most important of the city's varied interests, and his con- scientious work has earned him the title of the " fighting member." He was influen- tial in changing the system of furnishing material for the different school depart- ments, and secured the order creating the committee on supplies, which has proved to be of great value financially, and in every way satisfactory. He served upon the common council in Charlestown from 1856 to '60, and was upon the board of aldermen in 1861 and '72. SETH CHANDLER. church and society, but has been the au- thor of several valuable papers on various subjects of popular interest. CHAPIN, NAHUM, son of Harvey and Matte (Rossa) Chapin, was born in Jamai- ca, Windham county, Vt., July 16, 1820. His early education was received in the public schools of Waltham, where his parents settled in 1824. Subsequently he for four years attended Smith's Academy at Waltham. After graduating he became an apprenticed machinist at the Boston Manufacturing Company at Waltham, where he was made overseer four years later, which position he held for three years. In 1840 he ventured into the provision business in Charlestown, in which he re- mained for twenty years. In i860, under the firm name of Richardson <S: Chapin, he engaged in the distilling business, and in 1877 the firm of Chapin, Trull & Co. was established, and still continues in success- ful operation, with works at Charlestown, and headquarters in Boston. He repre- sented ward 5 in the state Legislature in W* #5*. NAHUM CHAPIN. In 1 84 1, at Waltham, Mr. Chapin was married to Lucy, daughter of Zaccheus and Harriet Farwell. They have had four children : George Francis and Lucy E. !•'. Chapin, both of whom are married, and John Henry, and Nahum Harvey Chapin, both of whom are deceased, the latter be-