Samuel Austin Chapin, 1811-1890 (Wheaton Trustee, 1890)

Person

Staff Only

biographical statement

b. Northbridge, MA, 2 Sept. 1811; d. San Francisco, 17 Arp. 1890; younger brother of Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton; lived 10 years in Michigan; Brigadier General in Black Hawk War; moved to California 1850; San Francisco merchant and member of Board of Education; moved to Nevada Territory in 1860 ; miner; operated sawmill; Virginia City alderman; delegate to the 1863 and 1864 constitutional conventions; Wheaton Female Seminary Trustee, 1889-1890; active in Norton town affairs after returning from west. Chapin Hall at Wheaton College is named for him.

Citation:

Reports of the 1863 Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Nevada, 1973; Statement and reports concerning the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Cañon silver lodes, 1865; Chapin, G. The Chapin book, 1924.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harriet E. Paine Papers

Collection

Identifier: SMC-015

Abstract

Harriet E. Paine's Papers includes published and unpublished manuscripts focusing on classical works and abolition. Paine's collection also has correspondence to William Lord regarding the Civil War, Samuel Austin Chapin (brother of Eliza Baylies Wheaton), and Wheaton College President Dr. Samuel V. Cole concerning Wheaton Seminary's War efforts circa 1915.

Dates: 1861-1915; 1905 - 1915

Found in: Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections

Wheaton Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC-001

Abstract The Wheaton Family Collection covers the years 1721-2009. The bulk of the collection relates to the years 1779-1905. The collection shows the activities of an affluent family in the small town of Norton, MA. Laban Morey Wheaton and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton were both active in the community, and established Wheaton Female Seminary. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton contributed a great deal to the town of Norton by helping to renovate the Trinitarian Congregational Church and building the...

Dates: 1721-1994; 1779 - 1905