Chapin, Graham H – Chapman, John Grant
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
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.
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.
Chapin, Stephen
educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 4, 1778, in Milford, Mass. In 1828 he was called to the presidency of Columbian college, Washington, D. C., an office which he held until 1841, when he retired on account of declining health. A few published sermons, tracts, and essays are all that remain to show his ability and culture. Among these are Letters on the Mode and Subjects of Baptism; and The Duty of Living for the Good of Posterity.
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.
Chaplin, Jeremiah
clergyman, author, was born in 1813, in Danvers, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman of Newton, Mass., who after leaving the ministry devoted himself to literary pursuits in Boston. He is the author of The Memorial Hour; The Hand of Jesus; Riches of Bunyan; Life of Henry Dunster, First President of Harvard College; Chips from the White House; Life of Benjamin Franklin; Life of Galen; Life of Duncan Dunbar; and Life of Charles Sumner. He died March 5, 1886, in New Utrecht, N. Y.
Chapman, Alvan Wentworth
botanist, author, was born Sept. 28, 1809, in Southampton, Mass. He was known as a botanist for whom the genus Chapmannia was named, and the author of Flora of the Southern United States.
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.
Chapman, Augustus A
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.
Chapman, Bird B
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He moved to Nebraska, and was elected a delegate from that territory to the thirty-fourth congress.
Chapman, Charles
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1799, in Newtown, Conn. He was three times elected to the legislature; from 1841 to 1845 was United States district attorney; and was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1853. He was temperance candidate for governor in 1854. He died Aug. 7, 1869, in Hartford, Conn.
Chapman, Charles Hiram
educator, college president, was born Oct. 28, 1859, in Columbia county, Wis. He graduated from Johns Hopkins university, where for many years he filled the chair of professor of mathematics, which position he resigned to accept the presidency of the university of Oregon.
Chapman, Christopher E
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 24, 1860, in New Shoreham, R. I. He attended Brown university, and in 1884 graduated in law from the Boston university. In 1887-89 he was a member of the house of representatives of the Rhode Island legislature; and in the senate from 1890 to 1897 consecutively. He procured appropriations aggregating one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars from the state of Rhode Island and the United States government for harbor refuge at New Shoreham Great Pond harbor, in his native town.
Chapman, Frank Michler
ornithologist, author, was born in 1864, in New Jersey. He is a well-known ornithologist, and assistant curator of the department of ornithology and mammalogy in the American Museum of Natural History, of New York city. He is the author of Hand-book of Birds of Eastern North America; and Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds.
Chapman, George H
soldier. He was appointed a brigadier-general in 1864; and in 1865 received the brevet of major-general.
Chapman, George Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 21, 1786, in England. He was an episcopal clergyman, and the author of Sketches of Alumni of Dartmouth College from 1771 to 1868. He died Oct. 18, 1872, in Newburyport, Mass.
Chapman, Henry
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1805, in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the state senate for three years, from January, 1843, and president judge of the fifteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania for some years after leaving the senate. He was a representative in the thirty-fifth congress from Pennsylvania; and was elected president judge of the seventh judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1861.
Chapman, Henry Cadwalader
physician, author, was born Aug. 17, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a noted physician of Philadelphia, and the author of Evolution of Life; and History of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood.
Chapman, Isaac Newton
civil engineer, inventor, was born Dec. 10, 1838, in Lima, Ohio. He attended the public schools of his native county, and graduated from the Willamette university of Salem, Ore. In 1855-56 he served in the Indian wars of Oregon and Washington.
He has been United States deputy surveyor; city engineer of Alameda, Cal.; and has been successful as a surveyor of mines and mineral lands. He is the inventor of an automatic sewer flusher in use in Alameda and other cities.
Chapman, Jacob
clergyman, genealogist, was born in March, 1810, in Tamworth, N. H. He received his education at the Dartmouth college, and the Andover Theological seminary, and attained eminence as a clergyman. He is the author of five volumes of Genealogy on the Folsom, Philbrick, Lane, Weeks, and Chapman Families.
Chapman, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1799.
Chapman, John
clergyman, was born Aug. 21, 1829, in Greenland, N. H.
He served in various churches in New England, according to the assignment made by the conference, until 1871, when he was transferred to Brooklyn and New York. In 1891 he was elected chaplain to the university of Pennsylvania.
Chapman, John A
soldier, author, poet, was born March 9, 1821, in Edgefield county, S. C. He served as a volunteer in the war, and was wounded. Since retiring from business in 1888 he has been closely engaged in the study and writing of the history of his own state. He is the author of a meritorious poem entitled The Ideal Man. In 1875 he published a volume of verse, The Walk and Other Poems; and in 1879 appeared Within the Vale.
Chapman, John Grant
lawyer, congressman, was born July 5, 1798, in Charles county, Md. Between the years 1824 and 1844 he was almost constantly in the legislature of Maryland. In 1845 he was elected a representative in congress, and reelected in 1847, serving on important committees, and doing much good for his constituents and the public at large; chosen presiwas dent of the convention which framed the constitution of Maryland in 1851. His last public office was to preside as chairman of the national whig convention which met in Baltimore in 1856, to nominate Millard Fillmore for the presidency. He died Dec. 10, 1856.