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Chapin, Henry

lawyer, state legislator, was born May 13, 1811, in Upton, Mass. In 1858 he was appointed judge of the court of probate and insolvency. For many years he was a member of the state board of education; also one of the trustees of the state lunatic asylum in Worcester, and a director of the city national bank. He was president of the American Unitarian association during several terms, and a member of the council of the national conference. He died Oct. 13, 1891, in Worcester, Mass.

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