Dr. S. F. Chapin, M.D. and Emily Hill

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Husband Dr. S. F. Chapin, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Nov 1834 - Butternuts, Otsego Co, NY 1
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         Father: Joseph Chapin (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Fanny Farnham (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 3 Sep 1870 1 2

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Wife Emily Hill ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1847 2
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         Father: Rev. Bryan S. Hill (1812-      ) 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary E. Sanborn (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M Albert Orlo Chapin ¹

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2 U Lynn F. Chapin ¹

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           Born: Abt 1876
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Eva Chapin ¹

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4 F Leah Chapin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. S. F. Chapin, M.D.

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He was reared on a farm in Venango Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, near Lowville, and there received his early education. At eighteen years of age, he went to Andover, Massachusetts, completing his classical course at Phillips' Academy, graduating in the class of 1855. He entered the medical department, Yale College, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1859, having in the meantime taken a course and graduated in medicine from Michigan University, Ann Arbor. He returned home, and for one year taught select school. August, 1861, he was appointed Asst. Surgeon in the 1st Penn. Reserve; September, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of Surgeon, and assigned to the 139th Penn. Reg.; 1863, was appointed chief operator for 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps; 1864, was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief 2d Division, 6th Corps, and known as Getz's division. He participated in the engagements at Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Marys' and Salem Heights, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fort Stevens, Charleston, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Second Petersburg, Sailor's Creek and Lee's surrender. After his discharge, July, 1865, Dr. Chapin practiced his profession in Erie one year, then in Chicago till the great fire. He returned to Wattsburg, where he remained until his marriage, when he established himself in business at Wattsburg. In 1875, he was elected by the Republican party Representative from Erie County to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1877, serving 4 years. He subsequently settled down to private life, and the uninterrupted practice of his profession. He served as School Director for over a decade. [HEC 1884, BS187]

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 187.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 483.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 191.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 482.