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Chapin, Alfred Clark – Chapman, Andrew Grant

Chapin, Alfred Clark

congressman, was born March 8, 1848, in Hadley, Mass. In 1887 he was elected mayor of Brooklyn; and in 1891 was chosen to represent his district in the fifty-second congress.

Chapin, Alonzo Bowen

clergyman, author, was born March 10, 1808, in Somers, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman of Hartford; and the author of Classical Spelling-Book; Organization and Order of the Primitive Church; Views of Gospel Truth; Glastonbury for 200 Years; and Puritanism not Protestantism. He died July 9, 1858, in Hartford, Conn.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbell

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 29, 1814, in Union Village, N. Y. He was a universalist clergyman of New York city, long the foremost preacher in his denomination. He is the author of The Crown of Thorns; Humanity in the City; Christianity the Perfection of True Manliness; Moral Aspects of City Life; Discourses on the Lord's Prayer; Hours of Communion; Token for the Sorrowing; and Characters in the Gospels. He died Dec. 27, 1880, in New York city.

Chapin, Graham H

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1835 to 1837. He died in 1843.

Chapin, Henry Austin

capitalist, was born Oct. 15, 1813, in Leyden, Mass.

To Mr. Chapin belongs the fee of the land on the upper peninsula of Michigan, upon which the Chapin iron mine is now being operated. A royalty is paid for every ton of ore taken out, and, it is said, Mr. Chapin's revenue from that source has sometimes amounted to between $100,000 and $300,000 a year.

Chapin, James Henry

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1832, in Indiana. He was a universalist clergyman and educator, and 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.

He died in 1892.

Chaplin, Mrs. Ada C

author, was born Jan. 25, 1842, in Falmouth, Mass.

She was a Massachusetts writer of religious juveniles, some of which are Christ's Cadets; Charity Hurlburt; and Our Gold Mine, the Story of American Baptist Missions in India. She died Dec. 9, 1883, in Mansfield, Conn.

Chaplin, Christine

artist, poet, was born in 1842, in Bangor, Maine. Her specialty is painting wild flowers in water colors. Her pictures have been exhibited at the water-color society of New York, in Brooklyn, and at the Boston art club. She has written several little books of poetry, illustrated by herself.

Chaplin, Heman White

lawyer, author, was born in 1847, in Rhode Island. He was a noted lawyer of Boston, whose Five Hundred Dollars, and Other Stories of New England Life, are exceptionally faithful and delicate studies of character, and rank among the foremost of American short stories.

Chaplin, Mrs. Jane

author, was born Feb. 11, 1819, in Scotland. Among her various writings, mainly religious ju-- veniles, are The Transplanted Shamrock; Black and White; and The Convent and the Manse. She died April 17, 1884, in Boston, Mass.

Chaplin, Jeremiah

educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 2, 1776, in Georgetown, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman and educator, the first president of Colby university, in 1822-33. He was the author of The Evening of Life. He died May 7, 1841, in Hamilton, N. Y.

Chapman, Andrew Grant

lawyer, congressman, was born in La Platte, Md., Jan. 17, 1839. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1868, 1870, and 1872; and was elected a representative from Maryland to the forty-seventh congress as a democrat.