Notes:
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Japhet married Abilenah COLEY on 22 Jul 1664. Abilenah (daughter of Samuel COLEY and Ann PRUDDEN) was christened on 12 Mar 1642 in Milford, New Haven, CT; died on 17 Nov 1710 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Japhet married Dorothy ROOT on 31 May 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Samuel Chapin resided at the upper end of what is now Chicopee Street on the west side of street and near the rsidence of his father, Japhet. The same place was afterward owned and occupied by his son Elisha and after he was killed by Indians at Hoosac, now Williamstown, it went into the hands of Abel, son of Thomas and father of Jemima, afterwards to Ephraim, son of Benjamin who married Jemima, and afterwards to his son Frederick who owned and occupied it in 1842. Samuel set out two pear trees on this place that bore fruit for the first time in the year he died, 1729. One of these trees is still living and never ailed to bear fruit except one year up to 1834. From Caleb T. Chapin Mss. DNA: MKM
Samuel married Hannah SHELDON on 24 Dec 1690. Hannah (daughter of Isaac SHELDON and Mary WOODFORD) was born on 29 Jun 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Sarah married Nathaniel MANN on 24 Mar 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM
Thomas married Sarah WRIGHT on 15 Feb 1693/94 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah (daughter of Lieutenant Lieutenant Abel WRIGHT and Martha KETCHERELL) was born on 8 May 1673 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 26 Jul 1770 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
John married Sarah BRIDGEMAN on 12 Feb 1701. Sarah (daughter of John BRIDGEMAN and Mary SHELDON) was born in 1681; died on 21 May 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ebenezer married Ruth JANES on 1 Dec 1702. Ruth was born on 5 Jun 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA; died on 18 Jan 1736 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ebenezer married Abigail STRONG on 12 Oct 1738. Abigail was born on 23 Nov 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Hannah married John SHELDON on 8 Dec 1703. John was born on 19 Sep 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA; died on 26 Jun 1713 in Deerfield, Franklin, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Hannah married Captain Timothy CHILDS on 26 Nov 1719. Captain was born on 22 Sep 1686 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 26 Feb 1776 in Deerfield, Franklin, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Deacon married Sarah STEBBINS on 21 Nov 1705. Sarah (daughter of Lt. Lt. Joseph STEBBINS and Sarah DORCHESTER) was born on 8 Jun 1688 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Feb 1726 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Deacon married Mindwell ALLEN on 8 May 1730. Mindwell was born on 4 Feb 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jonathon married Elizabeth BURT on 20 Apr 1710 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonathon BURT and Lydia DUMBLETON) was born on 23 Feb 1689 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 31 Jan 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Abilenah married Joseph COLTON on 5 May 1715. Joseph (son of Isaac COLTON and Mary COOPER) was born on 20 Apr 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Anna HORTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Thomas married Jerusha JONES on 19 Mar 1719. Jerusha was born in 1696; died in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Japhet married Thankful DICKINSON on 26 May 1726. Thankful was born on 11 Sep 1702 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA; died on 17 Mar 1773; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Japhet married Lydia TODD on 2 Oct 1778 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lydia was born on 28 Jul 1699 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died on 19 Jun 1790; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Abel married Hannah HITCHCOCK on 9 Jan 1723. Hannah (daughter of Luke HITCHCOCK and Elizabeth WALKER) was born on 27 Nov 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Widow Widow Anna CLARK. Widow died in Hadley, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married Samuel WELLS on 20 Oct 1726. Samuel (son of John WELLS and Rachel MARSH) was born on 19 Nov 1704 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Esther married Noah COOK on 22 Oct 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Luke PARSONS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Nathaniel Chapin, Sr. was in the Cape Breton expedition which surrendered to the American and English forces, june 16, 1745, where he died. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Sarah Chapin, Jan. 10, 1748, who was also guardian of Nathaniel and Eliphalet. As Jabez was not mentioned it is presumed that he had died. From the Nova Scotia GenWeg: "From its establishment by the French in 1713 until the withdrawal of the last British troops in 1768, Louisbourg played an important role in the Anglo-French struggle for hegemony in North America. For three decades after its founding Louisbourg enjoyed peace and prosperity, though the threat of war always hung over the fortified town. In 1745 an army of New Englanders, supported by a British naval squadron, captured Louisbourg after a 46-day siege. The town was returned to the French by treaty, and then besieged again in 1758. The assault lasted seven weeks, pitting a combined British army and naval force of 27,000 against 7,000 French defenders (soldiers and sailors). In the end the French stronghold and naval base fell again, opening the way for the British conquest of the rest of New France."
Family/Spouse: Sarah ABBEY. Sarah (daughter of Captain Captain Thomas ABBEY and Mary PEASE) was born on 26 Mar 1718; died on 12 May 1785 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Bathsheba married Jacob HITCHCOCK on 3 Apr 1745. Jacob (son of Luke HITCHCOCK and Elizabeth WALKER) was born on 4 Mar 1708/09 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 12 Feb 1746/47 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Deborah married Eleazer FRARY on 30 Apr 1746 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jemima married Abel BLISS on 16 Jan 1735/36. Abel (son of Thomas BLISS and Hannah CADWELL) was born on 18 Feb 1708/09 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 30 Apr 1762 in Wilbraham, Hampden, MA; was buried in Adams Cemetery, Wilbraham, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Bethia CHAPIN. Bethia (daughter of Deacon Benjamin CHAPIN and Hannah COLTON) was born on 25 Jun 1718 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 1 May 1793 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ebenezer married Elizabeth PEASE on 22 Nov 1733 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. Elizabeth was born on 16 Jul 1712; died on 6 Jul 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Other Events and Attributes:
Sarah married Lieut. Lieut. Nathaniel BURT on 11 Jan 1738/39 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lieut. (son of Nathaniel BURT and Mary FERRY) was born on 4 May 1711 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 8 Sep 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
David married Rachel LOMBARD on 3 May 1739 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Josiah married Mindwell HOLTON on 19 Dec 1734 in MA. Mindwell (daughter of Thomas HOLTON and Mindwell ALLEN) was born on 28 Oct 1714 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Josiah married Martha WOLCOTT on 21 Oct 1749 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Martha was born on 20 Jan 1718 in MA; died on 8 Jan 1785 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Peabody Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Edward married Eunice COLTON on 6 Jul 1752 in MA. Eunice (daughter of William COLTON and Mary MERRICK) was born on 19 Jul 1728 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 8 Apr 1806 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Benoni married Esther LEWIS on 20 Jul 1754 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Esther was born in 1730 in Torrington, Litchfield, CT; died on 2 Oct 1760 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jonathan married Sarah Elizabeth MORSE on 10 Jun 1745 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah was born on 10 Feb 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT; died on 15 Aug 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Eunice married David DORCHESTER on 29 Apr 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Zerviah married Samuel PEASE, Jr. on 21 May 1743 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Rebecca married Joseph SEXTON on 8 Nov 1749 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Lydia married Isaac BANCROFT on 20 Jun 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Timothy married Martha WELLS about 8 Aug 1755. Martha (daughter of Samuel WELLS and Martha CHAPIN) was born about 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Dinah married Seth MILLER on 16 Nov 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Thankful BILLINGS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Thomas MORGAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Birth: Orange Chapin genealogy lists Luther as the probable son of Thomas and Jerusha.
Family/Spouse: Gardener KELLOGG. Gardener was born in Hadley, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: John MILLER. John was born in West Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married William CHAPIN on 21 Feb 1754. William (son of Henry CHAPIN and Esther BLISS) was born on 12 Apr 1729 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 10 Nov 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Serg. Nathan Chapin, and several others from Springfield, were taken prisoners at the battle of Ticonderoga, July 5, 1777. With several other American prisoners he was ordered to go to Crown Point to cut hay. The prisoners were supplied with provisions, a bottle of rum, scythes, etc. and were accompanied by one guard, whom they entertained so generously with rum that they were soon able to leave him asleep, while they, nine in number, guided by Serg. Chapin, with only the moss on trees as compass, finally arrived in Springfield, to the joy of their friends.
Family/Spouse: John DAY. John was born in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Simeon married Lucy DOOLITTLE on 20 Aug 1765 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lucy (daughter of Benjamin DOOLITTLE and Lydia TODD) was born on 15 Jul 1741; died on 2 Sep 1824 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Daniel SEXTON. Daniel was born in Somers, Tolland, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Abiah married Samuel SMITH in 1749. Samuel was born in Hadley, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Ephraim CHAPIN. Ephraim (son of Deacon Benjamin CHAPIN and Hannah COLTON) was born on 29 Oct 1729 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 12 Oct 1805 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Samuel married Lucy EVANS on 4 Oct 1749 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married Timothy CHAPIN about 8 Aug 1755. Timothy (son of Jonathon CHAPIN and Elizabeth BURT) was born on 8 Mar 1733; died on 30 Dec 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Nathaniel married Sibyl TERRY on 10 Dec 1761. Sibyl (daughter of Ephraim TERRY and Ann TERRY) was born on 8 Aug 1740 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 26 Jun 1775 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Azuba PEASE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Capt. Phineas Chapin considerably engaged in public business and quite an influential man. He was at Ticonderoga, July 1777 Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Captain married Sabrina WRIGHT on 26 Jan 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Asenath married Deacon Deacon Silas SMITH on 18 Mar 1780. Deacon (son of Silas SMITH and Sarah PRESTON) was born on 30 Nov 1754; died on 23 Mar 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ruth married Henry Chandler PEASE on 6 Mar 1760 in Enfield, Hartford, CT. Henry was born on 11 Feb 1738/39 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died in Sep 1812 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Israel married Chloe LOMBARD on 26 Jun 1788 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Chloe was born in 1762 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 12 Jan 1799 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Israel married Mary BOOTH on 14 Mar 1800 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Mary was born on 10 Sep 1763 in Enfield, Hartford, CT; died on 26 Jul 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Achsa married Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH on 7 May 1775 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lt. (son of Silas SMITH and Sarah PRESTON) was born on 8 Oct 1751 in South Hadley, Hampshire, MA; died on 11 Sep 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ezra married Lois BEAMONT about 24 May 1781 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Tiercy FRINK. Tiercy was born on 2 May 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jehial married Ursula BEAMONT on 6 May 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Died in infancy
Family/Spouse: Thomas METCALF. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Moses ALLEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Dormer married Lucretia SMITH on 2 Oct 1803. Lucretia (daughter of Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH and Achsa CHAPIN) was born on 23 Feb 1783 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 13 Oct 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Cause of death listed as, "drowning."
Died: Cause of death listed as hydrophobia (rabies). Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Henry married Huldah TILDEN on 21 Apr 1793 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA. Huldah was born on 10 May 1775 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; died on 4 Oct 1846 in Livonia, Livingston, NY; was buried in Bronson Hill Cemetery, Avon, Livingston, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Anna HUBBELS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Chauncey married Phebe BUXTON on 8 Sep 1805 in Belchertown, Hampshire, MA. Phebe was born on 24 Sep 1784 in Worcester Co., MA; died on 22 Oct 1867; was buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, Armada, Macomb, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Lucretia married Dormer CHAPIN on 2 Oct 1803. Dormer (son of Captain Captain Phineas CHAPIN and Sabrina WRIGHT) was born on 25 Feb 1781 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 11 May 1870 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: William BUXTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Achsah married Levi CHAPIN on 10 Jan 1810 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Levi (son of Levi CHAPIN and Sarah RICHARDSON) was born on 23 Apr 1787 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Jan 1864 in Detroit, Wayne, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Daughter, Laura by first marriage.Son, Samuel Newell, b. 1832 by 2nd marriage. DNA: MKM Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Philip married Huldah VAN HORNChicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Philip married Diadema GRISWOLD on 8 Jan 1831 in South Hadley, Hampden, MA. Diadema was born in West Springfield, Hampden, MA; died in 1881 in Agawam, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Calvin WHITE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Charles MC MASTERS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Henry GRAVES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Eliza Cook FORBES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1880 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Jane Chapin, 66, b. NY, parents b. MA/MA; children: Augusta, 43, minister, b. NY, parents b. MA/NY; Julius W., 32, farmer, b. MI, parents b. MA/NY; also enumerated are Lillie E. Brown, 14, niece, b. MI, parents b. OH/NY; Oscar Hair and Theodore Royston, boarders, farm laborers. Note: The census enumerator is J. W. Chapin, not sure whether this is "my" Julius W. or not. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Jane married Almon Morris CHAPIN on 16 Jul 1835 in Lakeville, Livingston, NY. Almon (son of Levi CHAPIN and Achsah SMITH) was born on 25 Nov 1810 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Sep 1878 in Eden Township, Ingham, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: From Ingham and Eaton Co., MI History Almon M. CHAPIN, a native of Massachusetts, and for some time a resident of Livingston Co., N.Y., (had lived also in Onondaga County), left the latter State with his family in December, 1842, and came with teams through Northern Ohio to Michigan, the trip occupying eighteen days. The household goods had been sent by water to Detroit. The family arrived in Vevay on or about the 1st of January, 1843, and moved into a log house which was built by William AUSTIN and was then vacant. The snow lay very deep on the ground, and, soon after they occupied the house and built a fire therein, the melting snow broke down the roof. It was repaired, and the family lived in the house until the following October, when they moved into a frame house, which is now the rear portion of the dwelling occupied by Mr. CHAPIN's widow and family. The fine grove in front of the house at present consists of natural trees, which were left purposely when the place as first occupied. A burning log-heap in front of the house destroyed a portion of them (the trees being then but saplings), but enough were preserved to make a beautiful grove, which is now the pride of the locality. Mr. CHAPIN was a model citizen, and one of the most prominent in the township. His death occurred on the 5th of September, 1878, in his home at Chapin's Station, or "Eden." Census: 1850 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Almance Chapin, 39, b. MA, farmer; Jane, 36, b. NY; John C. Bliss, 20, b. NY; Hannah Miller, 26, b. NY; children b. NY: Augusta J., 16; Almance, 12; Henry L.; Clarence W., 8; remaining children b. MI: Hulda, 6; Julius W., 2; Barney E., 6/12. Census: 1860 census at Lyons, Ionia, MI shows: Almon M. Chapin, 49, b. MA, teacher; Jane, 4X, b. NY; Augusta J., 23, teacher, b. NY; Clarence W., 18, clerk, b. NY; Belle, 16; William, 12; Merrie W., 2. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Almon married Jane PEASE on 16 Jul 1835 in Lakeville, Livingston, NY. Jane (daughter of Henry Chapin PEASE and Huldah TILDEN) was born on 31 Mar 1814 in Livonia, Livingston, NY; died on 20 Oct 1892; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1850 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Lothram Chapin, 36, b. MA, merchant; Julia S., 24, b. NY; children b. NY: Albert M., 7; Margaret E., 5; Mary L., 1. Census: 1860 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: L. W. Chapin, 46, b. NY, broker; Julia S., 36, b. MA; children b. NY: Albert, 17, clerk; Marg., 15; Mary, 10, Chas., 9 Census: 1870 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Latham Chapin, 55, b. MA, artist; Julia M., 43, b. MA; children b. NY: Samuel, 19, clerk at store; Sophia, 8. Census: 1880 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Nathin Chapin, 62, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA, artist in painting; Julia, 52, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA; Sophia, 17, b. NY, parents b. MA/MA.
Family/Spouse: Julia CARLS. Julia was born about 1826 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Wyman ADAMS. Wyman (son of Robert P. ADAMS and Dorothy UNKNOWN) was born about 1816 in NY; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Achsah married William Harrison HORTON on 16 Apr 1846 in Ingham Co., MI. William was born on 18 Jan 1814 in NY; died on 12 Jun 1883; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Charlotte married Carlos ROLFE on 30 Oct 1844. Carlos was born in 1822 in VT; died on 25 Sep 1847; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Charlotte married Henry A HAWLEY on 18 Oct 1854. Henry was born on 19 Nov 1815 in Winfield, Herkimer, NY; died on 12 Jun 1881 in Vevay Township, Ingham, MI; was buried in Hawley Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: There is a "Levi White Chapin, 1822 - 1915" listed as buried in the Eldora Cemetery, Eldora Township, Hardin County, Iowa. Not sure whether this is the right guy or not but seems to be.
Note: The Aulls Geneology, by Leslie Aulls Bryan lists Amelia's parents as Uriel and Anna (Pratt) Chapin - this is incorrect. It also gives an incorrect date for her birth (1Aug1825). DNA: MKM Obituary: Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue The community was saddened Saturday by news of the death of Mrs. Franklyn LaRue, which occurered the night previous. She had been sick less than a week, having been confined to her bed only since the Sabbath before, and in the morning she had seemed to be in her usual health. Her death resulted from fever of the lungs with the complication of heart trouble. The funeral was held at the home Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. M.V. Higbee assisted by Revs. T.D. Ewing and J.A. Lovejoy. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Amelia Chapin was born in New York and was seventy-five years of age. Hers had been a life of activity of mind and body and even down to the last days she was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of those about her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Those surviving her are H.H. and F.L. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Kennon of this city and Miss Myra LaRue of Omaha. Twenty-eight years of family life have been spent in and near Corning. Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Presbyterian church and had ever taken an earnest interest in its progress. She was a woman of serene and cordial temperment and in all the relations of life did more than her full duty. To her aged companian who has lost the helpmate of a life time and to the sons and daughters who have lost a loving mother the entire community tenders its sympathy. Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue The sudden and sad news passed around from person to person at an early hour on Saturday morning that Mrs. LaRue, of north Corning, had died during the night of Friday, January 4th 1901. Mother LaRue, as her friends loved to call her, was a kind neighbor, a loyal wife and a loving mother. Columns of type could not tell more in expressing her daily life. Her immediate family consisted of H.H. LaRue, the lumber merchant; Frank L. LaRue, president of the Corning Savings bank; Mrs. Fred Kennon, and Miss Myra LaRue as her children and her honored husband. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. The GAZETTE tenders its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Her children have met with the greatest loss that can ever befall them. While it is true they have reached an age of manhood and womanhood, they will find, as others have, that no one can take the place in their hearts and homes of a mother who has gone to the other shore. Died: Death Certificate lists cause of death as heart failure. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Amelia married Franklin B. LARUE on 25 Sep 1848 in Mason, Ingham, MI. Franklin (son of Albertus LARROWE and Janette AULLS) was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 30 Sep 1912 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 2 Oct 1912 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Obituary: Sketch of the Life of Louisa Wells Chapin, by Dr. Augusta J. Chapin of Omaha, Nebraska. Read before the Eden Ladies Aid Society by Carrie L. Chapin and requested to be published. Louise Wells Chapin was a descendant in the seventh generation from Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield, Mass. She was the daughter of Levi Chapin and Achsah Smith, who were married in Chicopee, Massachusetts, January 10, 1810. She was born at Camillus, New York, December 6, 1827, to which place her parents had removed some years earlier. She died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Achsah S. Horton, in Vevay, September 20, 1895. When 17 years of age she came, with her fathers' family in 1844, to Eden, Michigan, where she spent the remainder of her life, a period of more than 50 years............Miss Chapin was for 40 years a stanch member of the M. E. church..............She was one of the noble few of whom it can truthfully be said: "She hath done what she could."
Family/Spouse: Addie OSGOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Rev. AUGUSTA J. CHAPIN was ordained the same year with Olympia Brown, and has successfully labored in the West. During the year 1874 she was noticeably engaged in reconciling adverse societies in San Francisco, and was the means of placing that flourishing church now in California upon a solid basis. She was afterward pastor of the Universalist church in [p.427] Pittsburg, Penn., but is now in the West again. She was a member of the first congress of women held in New York, and contributed a paper on "Woman in the Ministry." She has occasionally furnished sermons to the press. Note: From the Womens World section of the "Hornellsville Weekly Tribune," March 12, 1897. "A Woman D. D. " "The Rev. Dr. Augusta J. Chapin of Chicago has returned from a year's travels in Europe and is now visiting friends in Boston. She is an alumna of the University of Michigan, and is said to be the only woman upon whom has been conferred the degree of doctor of divinity. As a clergyman she has made a creditable record in the various pastorates she has held in Iowa City, Ia.; Lansing, Mich.; Pittsburg; Aurora, Ills.; Omaha and Chicago. She is devoted to her profession and declares that, with all her experience behind her, if it were hers to choose her vocation anew, she would still be a minister." Died: From "The Iowa Citizen" newspaper, July 5, 1905: "Miss Chapin Died in N.Y. Lady Who Was Formerly Pastor in the Unitarian Church Here is Dead Many people here will be interested in knowing that Miss Augusta Chapin died July 1 in New York City. Death was caused by pneumonia and the deceased was sixty-nine years old. More than thirty years ago she was pastor in the Unitarian church at this place and subsequently she has held many prominent positions, filling at one time the pulpit of the Universalist church at Mount Vernon. She was a champion of woman's rights." Buried: >Find A Grave e-Memorial
Census: 1870 census at Vevay Township, Ingham, MI shows: || Almond Chapin, 32, farm laborer, b. NY; Rosette, 28, b. MI; Florence M., 6, b. MI; Fanny J., 5, b. MI.
Almon married Rosette M PEASE on 1 Jul 1863 in MI. Rosette was born about 1842 in MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1880 census at Mason, Ingham, MI shows: Henry L. Chapin, 40, farmer, b. NY, parents b. MA/NY; Kate, 30, b. ENGLAND, parents b. ENGLAND; children b. MI: Charlotte, 5; Nelly, 2; Harry L., 7/12. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Henry married Kate THOMPSON on 30 Oct 1870 in Portland, Multnomah, OR. Kate was born in Sep 1849 in ENGLAND; died in 1926 in MI; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1880 census at Stanton, Montcalm, MI shows: Clarence W. Chapin, 37, banker, b. NY, parents b. MA/NY; Alice B., 24, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Morris B., 1, son, b. MI; Merrick W., 21, brother, bankers clerk, b. MI, parents b. MA/NY; Frank Brown, 20, 2nd cousin, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY, bankers clerk. Census: 1900 census at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, MI shows: C. W. Chapin, b. Jul 1842, 58, married 27 years, no occupation listed. b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Alice B., b. Dec 1854, 45, 3 children born / 3 living, b. NY, parents b. PA/ENGLAND, boarding house keeper; children b. MI: Morris B., b. Jul 1879, 22, typesetter; Wells, b. XXX(Illegible) 1885, 15; Howard, b. Jul 1890, 10. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Clarence married Alice BENNETT on 30 Aug 1874 in Greenville, Montcalm, MI. Alice was born in 1855 in NY; died on 4 Mar 1939; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Lorenzo COREY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: From Pioneer History of Ingham County. The Chapin farm became well known throughout the country because of the fact that J.W. Chapin, son of Almon M. Chapin, developed on it the largest sugar bush in the state of Michigan. It is a far cry from the charmingly primitive "sugar bush" of fiction to the business-like proposition of modern farm life, but it is safe to say that not even the most advanced agriculturist elsewhere has a trolley line and telephone connection from his residence to his sugar bush, as has J.W. Chapin of Eden (1912). Eden is a little hamlet four miles south of Mason, and the Chapin estate of 360 acres, which has been in the family for many years, is the largest farm for many miles around. The Lansing-Jackson branch of the Michigan United Railway runs through the farm, passing close to the house and also the sugar bush one-half mile away. A private telephone line runs from the sugar house to the residence and a switch here gives connections with all the neighboring towns. The Jackson-Saginaw branch of the Michigan Central Railroad is only a few rods away on the opposite side of the house from the M.U.R. Mr. Chapin now taps 2,200 trees every season, producing from 6,000 to 9,000 pounds of syrup and sugar each year. This is shipped to private parties all over the country, most of whom have standing orders for their year's supply. As proof of the quality of his products Mr. Chapin shows medals won by his exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition and a diploma received at the Pan-American. The sugar orchard comprises 80 acres of a 140 acre wood lot, and besides the service they have given the Chapin family for seventy years there is proof that they yielded their sweetness for the benefit of the Indians long before the advent of the white men. The remains of bark troughs and wooden spiles, with the added evidence of the scars to be found on the mammoth maple trees, go to show that the red man had knowledge of this valuable asset and made use of it. It is said that the Indians made pilgrimages to this part of the county every spring, where they camped through the maple sugar season and "milked" the numerous sugar bushes in this vicinity. The crude methods they employed in manufacturing the sugar, which was said to be black and full of leaves and twigs, were of course the best they knew, and it makes one wonder what their sensations would have been could they have taken a peep into Mr. Chapin's modern and model sap house and watched the work done there. Let us see how this plant was conducted in 1913. The work began early in the winter when the men commenced to fill the huge shed at the sugar camp with wood ready to feed the furnaces. Then the first warm day that promised spring began the work of tapping the trees. Iron spouts were driven into holes previously bored in the trees about three feet from the ground. On these were hung tin sap pails, with wooden covers so adjusted as to exclude everything but the pure, limpid sap. The larger trees carry two or three pails. Two teams are kept busy gathering sap, each drawing a steel tank holding several barrels of the fluid, and three men work with each outfit. The tanks are mounted on runners, as they are more practical for use in snow and mud than wheels. Deep snow often makes the work of gathering sap very difficult. The sugar house contains two 20 foot evaporators, with 25-foot smokestacks, and to attend to the fires and watch the boiling sap keeps one man busy. The teams bring the sap to an elevation beside the sugar camp, where it is emptied through a hose into big 50 foot barrel tanks. From this supply a constant stream flows into the shallow pans of the evaporator. These pans are about 2 x 5 feet in size, and are connected with each other by tubing at the ends, so that the boiling sap is kept constantly circulating. After making the circuit of the first evaporator it is piped to the other. The furnace man's chief anxiety is to boil down the sap as soon as possible after it is brought in as the making of the finest quality of syrup demands that the sap be gathered once a day or oftener, and used immediately. Openings in the roof of the sugar house allow clouds of steam from the boiling pans to escape. When the syrup reaches the proper consistency it is strained and allowed to settle. For sugar the syrup is boiled again then molded into five pound cakes. The output depends on the length of the season, whic is never two years like. Extremely cold weather changing rapidly to warm spring weather oftentimes starts the buds on the trees and makes a very short season. Work in the sugar bush does not stop when the sap ceases to run, as then the thousands of pails must be overhauled and scalded, then packed away to await the next season's run. Five years later sees this all changed. In 1914 Mr. Chapin was working with a hay fork in his barn when the machine fell and struck him, and death followed instantaneously. Mr. Chapin, in addition to conducting this sugar bush mentioned, worked about 200 acres of farm land in a superior manner, and was considered an authority on all matters of an agricultural nature. After his death Mrs. Chapin and the son who remained home found the farm land all they could attend to, and when the fuel shortage struck the county in 1918 the City of Lansing bought the wood lot, which included the sugar bush, to supply its municipal wood yard, and this wonderful landmark containing trees centuries old went up in smoke. This was a blow to the maple sugar industry in Ingham county, which was augmented by the sale of several other good-sized, well-known sugar orchards in this vicinity which went for the same purpose among them the one of the Fuller farm, which was also known to the Indians, and had yielded annual sugar crops for a long time as the one on the Chapin farm. Mrs. Chapin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asher Lyon, came to Vevay in the early days from Geneva, N.Y. Mr. Lyon died some years ago in Gratiot county, where he had lived for some years, but Mrs. Lyon and their eleven children are still living and recently held a family reunion at the Chapin home in Eden, beneath the original forest trees that surround the old homestead. Since the death of Mr. Chapin in 1914 Mrs. Chapin has conducted the large farm very successfully, and last spring was elected justice of the peace for Vevay, on the Republican ticket, over her oldest son who ran against her. Like his father, J.W. Chapin was active in the work of the Ingham County Agricultural Society, the Farmers' Club and the County Pioneer and Historical Society; in the latter societies Mrs. Chapin has held offices several times. Besides his widow, Mr. Chapin was survived by six children Almon M., named for his grandfather, owns a farm adjoining the old homestead; Alice, who graduated from the State Normal College at Ypsilanti and the University of Pennsylvania, later taking post graduate courses at Columbia and Harvard Universities. She has taught for a number of years, a part of the time being in charge of the physically deficient children in the Detroit schools and those of Minneapolis, Minn. She is now superintendent of an extensive Settlement House in Minneapolis which is supported by the wealthy people of that city. Julius, a graduate of M.A.C., for some years county agricultural agent in various parts of the state, but now engaged in business for himself in Traverse City, Mich. Ethel, for many years a teacher in St. Johns, now taking a course in a Nurses Training School in Chicago University. Warren, employed in Detroit. Martha, a graduate of Ypsilanti Normal and Olivet College, now teaching. The Chapin family was one of the first in this section to establish a state game refuge on their land, which is kept up in strict accordance with the law. Census: 1900 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Julius Chapin, b. Apr 1848, 52, married 18 years, b. MI, parents b. MA/MA, farmer; Carrie L., b. Dec 1861, 38, 6 children born / 6 living, b. NY, parents b. NJ/NY; children b. MI: Almon M., b. Sep 1883, 16; Alice, b. Apr 1885, 15; Ethel, b. Nov 1886, 13; Julius, b. Oct 1888, 11; Warren, b. Jan 1891, 9; Martha, b. Aug 1899, x/12 (illegible). Died: Julius was killed when a hay fork fell, piercing his neck and heart. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Julius married Carrie LYON on 6 Apr 1882 in Stanton, Montcalm, MI. Carrie (daughter of Asher LYON and Martha FENTON) was born on 21 Dec 1861 in NY; died on 11 Jan 1937 in Eden, Ingham, MI; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Merrick and Della are found in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census in Toledo, Ohio. She is listed as a school teacher and he as a postal worker, first a clerk, later a money order clerk and finally a superintendent. They have no children. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Merrick married Della Belle BROWN on 1 Oct 1891 in Portland, Ionia, MI. Della was born on 28 Apr 1864 in MI; died in 1947; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married George DOUGLASS about 1871. George was born about 1846 in OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1870 census at LeRoy, Genesee, NY shows: Frank Adams, 28, b. NY, D.G. Merchant; Mary S., 54, b. MA; Mary S., 30, b. NY. Census: 1880 census at LeRoy, Genesee, NY shows: F. W. Adams, 37, b. NY, parents b. NY/CT, dry goods merchant; Irene, 34, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. NY: Charles, 7; Frank, 5; Powell, 2. Census: 1900 census at Randolph, Cattaraugus, NY shows: Frank Adams, b. Sep 1842, age 57, married at 2X, b. NY, parents b. NY/MA, D. Goods merchant; Irene, b. Oct 1845, age 54, married at 29, 4 children born / 3 living, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. NY: Frank C., b. Feb 1875, age 25, merchant; Powell C., b. Aug 1877, age 22, merchant; Mary, b. Feb 1882, age 18.
Franklin married Irene UNKNOWN about 1872 in Genesee Co., NY. Irene was born in Oct 1845 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Died young
Claribel married Orr SCHURTZ on 28 Jul 1878. Orr was born in Sep 1853 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Death certificate states cause of death as Chronic Nephritis and cancer of abdominal organs. Informant on death certificate was Mrs. Clara Kennon, Myra's sister. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
DNA: MKM Census: 1900 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows: Howard Larue, b. July XXXX, age 49, b. MI, parents b. NY/MI; Name illegible, b. June XXXX, age 47, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Alena, b. jun 1885, age 14; Bertie F., b. Oct 1891, 8. Obituary: Henry's obituary entitled "Death of H. H. LaRue" states: Early in the evening, H.H. LaRue, who owned an old flat bottom boat, began the work of getting his stock on the bottom out of danger. He was assisted in the work from time to time by T.O. Bell, superintendent of water works, who had gone to the pump station and remained there trying to fill the big tank until the advance of the water made further effort useless. He was then taken off in the boat by Mr. LaRue and the two got all the stock in and started for home. Evidently Mr. LaRue concluded afterwards that he could do some good at the Fair grounds, as he was shortly afterward assisting the unfortunates there. Some of these had taken refuge in the grand stand and were really in a dangerous plight, as the water was ten feet deep in front of them and no one could tell whether or not the structure would withstand the force of the flood. It was after 1 o’clock when this work was finished and Mr. LaRue decided to start for home. He called for some one to help him and Millard Jackson, a young man living east of town, volunteered. Young Jackson says the trip was made without incident until they reached the vicinity of the pump station. Jackson was rowing and LaRue was holding a lantern and directing the course of the boat. The latter then said, "I know where we are now. Look out for the electric wire," referring to the lines running to the pump station. The water was high enough to take them close to it. He had scarcely uttered the words when the boat carried them against the wire. LaRue threw up his hand and the wire touched his hand, burning the flesh to the bone. Death must have been instantaneous. He fell overboard and Jackson made an unsuccessful effort to catch him. Jackson kept shouting to cut the wires and word was finally sent to the electric plant and the lights shut off. The young man then made his way to shore. By daylight the work of recovering the body was begun and it was after 11 o’clock when Wilt Devore, one of a party on a raft constructed for the purpose, found it. It was taken to Boham’s undertaking establishment. Sad Death of H. H. LaRue Henry Howitt LaRue, eldest son of Franklin and Amelia (Chapin) LaRue, was born in Stockbridge, Michigan, July 11, 1852, and passed from this life at the age of 51 years, 1 month, and 16 days on Thursday morning, August 27, at about 2 o’clock. Mr. LaRue was educated in the public schools of Lansing, Michigan, and the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill., having removed with his parents to McLean county, Illinois in 1864. In February of 1873 he with his father removed from Illinois to Mercer township in this county for the purpose of improving tracts of land previously purchased by them. After farming summers and teaching school winters for several years, he decided to sell his land and go into the lumber business. Realizing the importance of a thorough knowledge of the business in which he had decided to embark he entered the employ of Mr. Ralph Newcomb, and soon rose to be foreman of the yard and when the opportunity came to purchase the Beymer yard he did so and launched out into business for himself, remaining at the same stand for about twenty years. The great Corning fire swept away everything in his lumber yard, but with characteristic courage and energy he began rebuilding as soon as the smouldering embers were distinguished. He was married to Miss Emeline L. Jennings of McLean county, Illinois in January 1883. To this union were born three children, two of which, Ida A. and Albertus Franklin, together with the mother survive him. The other child Roy Joseph died in infancy. He also leaves a father, a brother, Frank, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Kennon and Miss Myra LaRue, and a host of other relatives. His mother and four sisters having preceded him to the other side. He was a faithful, consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving the local church in an official capacity for many years. He also served on the city council for several years, doing excellent work in the best interests of the community. Strong in his convictions of right and wrong, courageous in a marked degree, a man of broad education and information, of high ideals and strictest integrity of character. This community as well as his immediate family has met with an inreparrable loss in his untimely end. The funeral will be held from the M. E. church at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. Interment in Walnut Grove cemetery. Died Henry Howitt LaRue, an account of whose tragic death is given elsewhere in this paper, was born at Stockbridge, Mich., July 11, 1852. He was the eldest son of Franklin and Amelia (Chapin) LaRue. His parents removed in 1864 to McLean county, Ill., and he received his education at Weslyan University at Bloomington. In February, 1873, he came with his father to this county for the purpose of improving tracts of land in Mercer township which they had purchased. Several years later he decided to go into the lumber business and entered the employ of Ralph Newcomb. Later he bought the Beymer lumber business yard and for twenty years had been in business at the same location in Corning. His entire yard was destroyed by the big fire of 1896, but he immediately began the work of rebuilding and was soon in business again. He was married January, 1883, in McLean county, Ill., to Miss Emeline L. Jennings and three children were born to them. Ida C. and Albertus Franklin are still living with their mother, Roy Joseph having died in infancy. His father, his brother Frank and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Kennon and Miss Myra LaRue, also survive him. Mr. LaRue was one of the most useful citizens Corning has ever had. Broadly charitable, always ready to assist in public improvement or private charity, a hard worker for those in whom he interested himself as well as in his own business, he was a man of more than ordinary helpfulness and usefulness. Few men there are who would respond more willingly to appeals of a reasonable nature and fewer still who would bring the energy and the ability to the work after the first response. The work he was engaged in the night he lost his life is only an instance of his disposition to work and work hard for the relief of those in distress and this same disposition was displayed many times during the years of his residence here. He was a member of the city council several years and rendered valuable service in that capacity. The community has lost one of its most valuable members, a man of strong and courageous convictions, of wide information and high character, of wide information and high character, and the terrible manner of his death only adds to the general grief. The funeral was held Sunday morning from the Methodist church of which the deceased had long been a faithful member. A very brief service was previously held at the house. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Shipman assisted by Rev. J. A. Lovejoy at the home, by Rev. C. A. Haskett, who read the scripture lessons at the church, and Rev. M. V. Higbee, who led in prayer. The singing was conducted by a male quartette, consisting of Pierce Metz, J. E. Carmichael, Walter Newcomb and A. Ray Maxwell. The sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Shipman, from the text, "Be ye therefore also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh," to a congregation that filled every part of the church including the aisles and vestibule, and a very large number were unable to get into the church. The pall bearers were Ralph Newcomb, A. B. Turner, I. T. Homan, John Gillet, E. H. Sheppard and F. M. Davis. After the impressive service in the church, the casket was interred in the Walnut Grove cemetery. Died: A Certification Of Death from the Vital Records Section of the State of Iowa Department of Health list the name of the deceased as Howard H. LaRue, died August 8, 1903 in Corning, cause of death drowning. The death certification is a typewritten transcription of what I assume is the original record, the transcriber must have gotten a few things wrong. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Henry married Louisa Emmeline JENNINGS on 11 Jan 1883 in Padua, McLean, IL. Louisa (daughter of Joseph JENNINGS and Polly Ann ARNOLD) was born in Jun 1852 in Erie Co., NY; died on 10 Feb 1936; was buried on 13 Feb 1936 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Census: 1900 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Frank LaRue, b. Feb 1862, age 38, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, illegible; Anna, b. Dec 1865, age 34, b. OH, parents b. OH/OH; Frank, b. Oct 1887, 12, b. IA, parents b. MI/OH. Obituary: Frank's obituary, entitled "Death of Frank LaRue" states: The death of Frank L. LaRue under such sad and tragic circumstances was a shock such as seldom comes to any community. That he was a man of numerous and strong friendships was abundantly proved by the feeling of depression and sadness which existed. Mr. LaRue had lived so long in this county, had been prominent for so many years in the business affairs of the town and county, so helpful in all cases calling for public or private charity and so unostentatious in bestowing it, so ready to grant favors and so highly esteemed as a friend and companion, that his death brings a keen sense of loss to hundreds and is a deep personal grief to them. Generous in the extreme, liberal and public- spirited, a friend to every man in need and helpful in his friendships, there are hundreds of people who will always remember him in kindness and whose sorrow for his troubles and their terrible end will be deep and genuine. Although a comparatively young man himself scores of young men owe their start in life to him and he was always ready to assist them with advice and in more substantial ways. Few men received so many requests for favors of all kinds and fewer still had such a habit of granting them. A genial and pleasant companion, a likable and popular man, with personal and social qualities such as attracted others to him, his death is sincerely mourned. For the family which was so dear to him, to the wife and son, the aged father and the sisters, the utmost sympathy is felt. Frank Lander LaRue was born in Lansing, Mich., February 27, 1862 and was the youngest son of Franklin and Amelia Chapin LaRue. He came west with his parents in childhood, their home being for a time at Creston. He was a member of the high school class of 1881 in that city and left school three months before graduation to assist his father in business in this county. He also took a six months’ business course while in Creston of J. N. Mehan, afterwards founder of the Capital City Commercial College of Des Moines. In 1882 he entered the office of county treasurer of Adams county under J. M. Frederick. After six years’ service as deputy he was elected county treasurer, serving one term. He declined a renomination to accept a position as cashier of the Corning State Savings Bank, in whose organization he was prominent and whose doors were opened for business in 1890. About four years ago upon the retirement of A. F. Okey from the bank he was elected president of the institution. The funeral, which was in charge of the masonic order, was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A brief service was held at the house by Dr. Ewing and Rev. M. V. Higbee and the remains were then taken to the cemetery under the escort of the Masons and the Knights Templar, a large delegation of the latter being present from Creston. At the grave Rev. Ira P. Clark conducted the masonic services, which were very impressive. Died: Death certificate states cause of death as "Suicide by shooting." Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Frank married Anna BEYMER in 1886. Anna (daughter of Arthur McIntyre BEYMER and Amine Lydia STRICKLAND) was born in Dec 1865 in Clyde, Sandusky, OH; died on 23 Nov 1951 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Census: 1910 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara E. Kennon, 44, widow, 5 children born / 4 living, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Frank, 14; Ralph, 11. Census: 1920 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Myra Kenyon, age 54, widow, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, housework only; Edith, 30, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, occupation, public school teacher; Frank, 24, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student; Ralph, 21, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student. This census entry fits this family exactly except for the name and spelling of the head-of-household. Daisy LaRue Kennon had a sister named Myra who remained unmarried and lived in town but she died in 1918. Enumerated a few "spaces" away is Sarah Kenon, the widow of Albert Kennon. Census: 1940 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara Kennon, 74, widow, b. IL, same house as 1930. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Clara married Frederick Albert KENNON on 30 Apr 1887 in Corning, Adams, IA. Frederick (son of Albert Gallatin KENNON and Elizabeth GARRETT) was born on 24 Jul 1857 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY; died on 2 Feb 1910 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK; was buried on 6 Feb 1910 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Military Note: On October 5, 1918, Powell Carpenter Adams registered for the WWI draft. He is a resident of Sheridan, Chautauqua, NY and was born August 28, 1877. His occupation is Inspector at the Food Administration for the US Government. His nearest relative is Ethel English Adams, wife. There is an entry that says San Juan, Puerto Rico but I cannot read the question. I believe it has something to do with prior service. The registrar states he is of medium height and build and has brown eyes and gray & black hair. In the section for handicap the registrar has written, "no, except says left eye xxxxx (illegible) defective."
Alena married Arthur L. JONES about 1906 in IA. Arthur (son of William D JONES and Emma STOCKING) was born about 1882 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago, IA; died in 1944; was buried in LuVerne Cemetery, LuVerne, Kossuth, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: On June 5 1917, Bert filled out his Selective Service registration card. He states his date of birth is October 9, 1891 and that he was born in Corning,Iowa. He indicates his occupation is "oil merchant" and that he is single. He indicates he is tall and stout, has brown eyes, brown hair and is not bald. Note: On May 31, 1921 the Iowa City Press Citizen published "the first list of 'deserters" from the military service of the United States for Iowa" Included on that list is Bert F. LaRue (LaReu) of Corning, Adams County, Iowa.
Died: Cause of death: gastro entrites Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
DNA: MKM Note: On June 5 1917, Frank filled out his Selective Service registration card. He states his date of birth is October 11, 1887 and that he was born in Corning,Iowa. He indicates his occupation is "merchant" and that he has a wife and three children to support. He does not claim exemption from service but does list that he has a disability, "With defective sight in right eye." The registrar notes he is tall and slender, has blue eyes, brown hair and is not bald. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Frank married Lucille SHILLING about 1911 in ID. Lucille (daughter of Watson Newton SHILLING and Angelina HARRISON) was born in Sep 1887 in UT; died on 20 Jun 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Edith was accepted as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Francis (illegible) Chapter in Anamosa, Iowa. She claimed descendancy from Levi Chapin of Chicopee, MA. Census: 1940 census at Chicago, Cook, IL shows Edith A. Kennon, 52, b. IA, same residence 1930, English teacher. Obituary: Adams County Free Press Miss Edith Kennon - Edith A. Kennon, daughter of Frederick A. and Clara E. D. LaRue Kennon, was born at Corning, Iowa on March 1, 1888, and passed away at Lenox, Iowa on Saturday, December 15, 1962 at the age of 74 years 9 months and 14 days. Following her graduation from Corning High School, Edith taught for a few years in the rural schools of Adams County. She then attended the State University of Iowa at Iowa City and Chicago University where she acquired her Masters Degree in Education. Edith then entered the Indian Service for the United States Government, teaching in the Indian Schools at Pipestone, Minnesota; Fort Mojave, Arizona; Greenwood, South Dakota, and in the State of North Dakota. For a time she taught school at the Home Stake Mine at Deadwood, South Dakota, also in the public schools at Dysart, Iowa and Anamosa, Iowa. For many years she taught in the public school system in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout her long and colorful teaching career she always gave her time, her talents and her efforts to the underprivileged children on the Indian Reservations and in the City of Chicago. Her life was devoted to the improvement of conditions for these unfortunate children through education. She retired from the teaching profession in 1941, returning to Corning to care for her mother during her declining years. Edith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Corning, Iowa and a 50 year member of Emblem Chapter of the Eastern Star. Other organizations in which she held membership were the Colonial Dames, the Frances Shaw Chapter of the D.A.R. and the P.E.O, and Emanon Club. She served the local community for several years as a member of the Corning Library Board. She is survived by her three brothers, Fred of Red Oak, Iowa; Frank of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Ralph of Merrifield, Minnesota, several nieces and nephews, and many friends and neighbors. Funeral services were held Mon., December 17 at 3 pm from the Roland Funeral Home with Joe Cook officiating. Music was by Mrs. Doyle Tranbarger, Mrs. Bert Peckham, and Mrs. Dick Cook. Pallbearers were Ted Turner, Byron Stanley, John Fees, Homer Snodgrass, Jim Briles and Harry Coulter. Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery. Died: Died at the Rosary Hospital in Corning of Parkinsons disease. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
DNA: MKM Census: 1920 census at Mathews Township, Kingsbury, SD shows: Fred L., 30, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA, occupation, farmer; Emma J., 28, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Randall F., 7, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Audrey, 1, b. SD, parents b. IA/IA. Census: 1930 census at Garfield Township, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 40, married at age 20, b. IA, parents b. US/IA, farmer; Emma J., 39, married at 19, b. IA, parents b. PA/IL; children: Randall, 17, b. IA; Audrey, 11. b. SD; Maurice, 9, b. SD; Patricia, 4, b. SD. Census: 1940 census at Red Oak, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 51, b. IA, retired blacksmith; Emma, 49, b. IA; Patricia, 14, b. IA. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Fred married Emma Jeanette MADISON on 24 Apr 1910 in Corning, Adams, IA. Emma (daughter of Robert Eugene (Gene) MADISON and Emily Jane SOPER) was born on 16 Jun 1891 in Corning, Adams, IA; died on 8 Dec 1973 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Cen-Family: 1930 census at Owatonna, Steele, MN shows Frank Kennon (indexed as Keenon), 34, first married at 26, b. IA, parents b. IN/IN, teacher public schools; Helen, 30, married at 21, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; children: Jean, 7, b. SD; Coudy, 5, b. IA. Cen-Family: 1940 census at Owatonna, Steele, MN shows Frank G. Kennon, 44, b. IA, teacher, public school; Frank G. Kennon, 39, wife, b. IA; children, Jean, 17, b. SD; Frank Koudy, 15, b. IA. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Frank married Helen KOUDELKA on 23 Apr 1921 in Polk Co., IA. Helen (daughter of George KOUDELKA and Josephine HOTKA) was born on 16 Jan 1900 in Iowa City, Johnson, IA; died on 25 Dec 1962 in Owatonna, Steele, MN; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Census: 1930 census at Des Moines, Polk, IA show: Ralph E. Kennon, 31, married at age 23, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, insurance actuary; Mabel M. 34, married at 26, b. IA parents b. IL/IA; children b. IA: Ralph C.,5; Martha J., 7; Julia M. 3 x/12. Census: 1940 census at Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN shows Ralph Kennon, 41, b. IA, same residence at last census, secretary, Investors Syndicate; Mabel, 44, b. IA; children b. IA: Martha, 17; Ralph, 15; Julia, 13; Susan, 7. Also enumerated is Ella Hass, 30, b. ND, maid. Census: 1950 census shows Ralph E. Kennon, 52, b. IA, comptroller, life insurance; Mable M., 54, b. IA; Suzanne, 17, b. MN; Arvilla V. Crawford, mother-in-law, 71, b. IA. They live at 5115 Gladstone Ave. in Minneapolis. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Ralph married Mabel Mae CRAWFORD on 26 Dec 1921 in Gravity, Taylor, IA. Mabel (daughter of Elmer Ellsworth CRAWFORD and Arvilla Belle COLE) was born on 22 Dec 1895 in Gravity, Taylor, IA; died on 3 Jun 1983 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried in Mission Township Cemetery, Mission Township, Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Anne Elizabeth CROOKSTON. Anne was born in 1917 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; died on 17 Dec 1997 in Ogden, Weber, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Obituary: Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS Retired U.S. Navy Captain Randall F. Kennon, 80, of 2602 S.Taylor, died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at his home. He had been ill the past year. Mr. Kennon was born Jan. 13, 1913, in Red Oak, Iowa the son of Fred LaRue and Emma Madison Kennon. He attended schools in Red Oak. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 30 years retiring Jan. 1, 1959, with the rank of captain. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when it was bombed by the Japanese. A pilot in the Navy Air Force, he participated in the Battle of Midway and in 1942 was ordered to Guadalcanal. He was awarded the usual air medals, but his most treasured was a Unit Citation he received from Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey for locating the Japanese forces coming down the slot at Guadalcanal. When he was selected for test pilot*school, he was four classes ahead of John Glenn and Alan Sheppard, who later became astronauts. He was promoted to lieutenant commander while he was attending this school. After retiring in 1959 he came to Pittsburg and attended Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University, graduating with a bachelors of science degree in accounting. He stayed on the staff at PSU for five years. He also, was employed at the Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons where he retired in 1974. He married Phyllis E. Armstrong Jan. 18, 1946, in Kansas City, Mo. Membership was in the Sigma Tau Fraternity, the Melrose Masonic Lodge No. 602 and, Consistory in California, Mirza Shrine in Pittsburg, a former member of the Lions Club and a member of the Silver Eagle Association. Survivors include the wife, of the home; one son, Fred L. Kennon of Overland Park; three daughters, Donna M. Cory of Plattewood, Mo., M. Susan Pierce of Shawnee, Kan., and Karen J. Kiss of Piqua, Ohio; one brother, Maurice Kennon of Stanton, Iowa; one sister, Patricia Kugler of Inavale, Neb., and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday at the Brenner Chapel with Dr. Wayne Black of the First Christian Church officiating. Flag-folding services conducted by Jimmie Friend and Ben Moore of the Benjamin A. Fuller Post No. 64 of the Pittsburg American Legion will follow the services. The body; will be cremated and the cremains will be buried at a later date in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott. The family will receive friends, from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the Brenner Chapel with masonic services by the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge No. 187 at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Brenner Mortuary, 114 E. Fourth St., Pittsburg, after 2 p.m. today. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Randall married Rose Roberta SOLKOLOFF before 1935, and was divorced on 25 Oct 1945 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Rose was born about 1916 in NY; died in 1948 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Randall married Phyllis Esther ARMSTRONG on 31 Dec 1945 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Phyllis was born on 12 Aug 1916; died on 27 Sep 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Audrey was a collector of almost anything! She purchased an old drive-in bank in the late 1970's, she took great pride in showing off the teller window. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Audrey married Charles Milton SMITH on 21 Jun 1938 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Charles (son of Joseph Grover SMITH and Reba WEST) was born on 21 Jan 1915 in Liberty, Clay, MO; died on 24 Dec 1986 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 29 Dec 1986 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Maurice married Bertha Mildred ASKEY on 16 May 1939 in Rock Port, Atchison, MO. Bertha (daughter of Henry Franklin ASKEY and Alice Dean CARROLL) was born on 23 Mar 1921 in Grant, Montgomery, IA; died on 17 Oct 2006 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 21 Oct 2006 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Joined their son, Mike in breeding and training greyhound dogs for racing. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Patricia married Howard Wayne KUGLER on 8 Apr 1944 in Oakland, Alameda, CA. Howard (son of Frank Riley KUGLER and Anna W. WHITMERS) was born on 28 Jul 1922 in Arvada, Jefferson, CO; died on 9 Jan 2004 in Franklin, Franklin, NE; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Received a letter from Jeanne Hinton thanking me for sending her some genealogy charts. She writes about visiting the farm of Fred and Daisy. "Quite often the Frank Kennon's and the Ralph Kennon's ended up there at the same time - 4th of July and birthday celebrations. Course the Fred Kennons were close by - so many kids we all got to take a blanket outside to sleep under the stars - no sleeping bags then. Your grandfather (Ralph Kennon) always brought many night fireworks. A big deal for all of us. Ask him if he remembers that. We all had to rest between 1 and 3 - then we were "at home" for the callers that came. A great place for grandchildren to visit a grandmother and an Aunt Edith. Aunt Edith was a special person - though she made terrible sugar cookies. She once gave me the book "Heidi", which I still have, and a lamb cake as my birthday is in March. I was so impressed.
Helen married George 'Kip' HINTON on 7 Feb 1946 in Owatonna, Steele, MN. George was born on 13 Sep 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; died on 20 Oct 1987 in Lakewood, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Frank married Margery May NELSON on 11 Jun 1949 in Owatonna, Steele, MN. Margery (daughter of Robert D. NELSON and Carol CLARKSON) was born on 2 May 1925 in Owatonna, Steele, MN; died on 28 Nov 2005; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married Robert Erwin GEIGER on 22 Feb 1946 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Robert (son of Robert GEIGER and Esther Rose HENKEL) was born on 28 Mar 1922 in Shakopee, Scott, MN; died on 29 Jan 2008 in Minnetonka, Hennepin, MN; was buried in Mission Township Cemetery, Mission Township, Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Census: 1950 census shows Ralph C. Kennon, 25, b. IA, chemical engineer, oil refinery; Suzanne S., 25, b. MN, crewleader, census bureau; children: Randall H., 2, b. MN; Marnia S., b. July, b. LA. Ralph is further enumerated at the bottom of the form stating: He completed 4 years college, had attended school within the prior year, worked 52 weeks and earned $4,600. in the prior year. He had served in WWII. Obituary: Minneapolis Star Tribune Kennon, Ralph Crawford Was born April 30, 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa and died February 18, 2009 in Pasadena, California, surrounded by his family. He was pre-deceased by his beloved wife Suzanne Satterlee Kennon November 9, 2008. Mr. and Mrs. Kennon were married 63 years and are survived by their children,[HID:]Randall Kennon (Kathryn Smith), Marnia Kennon (Walter Kenneth Barger), Stacey Kennon (Charles Lada), Celeste Rodgers (Paul Rodgers);[:HID]five grandchildren; and three sisters[HID:], Martha Geiger, Julia McGoldrick, and Suzanne Oberhauser[:HID]. Mr. Kennon was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and served from 1942 through 1945, including as an aviation navigator in the South Pacific. He grew to adulthood in Minneapolis, graduated from Washburn High School, class of 1942, and University of Minnesota, class of 1948, with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Kennon worked as a Chemical Engineer with C.F. Braun & Co. of Alhambra, California for more than thirty years, retiring in 1985. During his long and productive professional life, Mr. Kennon designed and supervised the construction of petrochemical processing plants around the world. He and his family lived in Minnesota, Louisiana and Rome, Italy before settling in Altadena, California where they lived for more than 50 years. Mr. Kennon was an avid bridge player, golfer and lawn bowler as well as a long time supporter and lover of Eaton Canyon. He will be deeply missed by his family, neighbors and numerous friends. Died: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Ralph married Suzanne Vivian SATTERLEE on 23 Jan 1945 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Suzanne (daughter of August Norman SATTERLEE and Frances Mae HOWE) was born on 3 Sep 1924; died on 9 Nov 2008 in Altadena, Los Angeles, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Suzanne married Peter John OBERHAUSER on 18 Dec 1954 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Peter (son of Sylvestor Joseph OBERHAUSER and Janette Emma ALMQUIST) was born on 19 May 1932 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA; died on 27 Sep 2014 in Caroline, Shawano, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Charles married Beverly SHIMEK on 15 Apr 1971 in Denver, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Barbara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
