Joshua Bicknell Chapin

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Joshua Bicknell Chapin

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Birthplace: Hillsboro, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
Death: June 07, 1881 (68)
Place of Burial: Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Seth Chapin and Mary Chapin
Husband of Jane Catherine Louise Chapin
Father of Charles V. Chapin

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About Joshua Bicknell Chapin

Joshua Bicknell Chapin fitted for college at Wrentham (Mass.) Academy and graduated from Brown University Providence, R. I., in I835 ; received degree of A. B. I838. He graduated from the Berkshire Medical College at Pittsfield, Mass, with the degree of M. D., in 1838 ; physician, Providence, 1838-43; druggist, Providence, Chapin and Thurber, 1843-54; photographer, Providence, Manchester and Chapin, 1854-59; Commissioner of Public Schools, R. I., 1860, I863-69; Editor Rhode Island Schoolmaster; member of Central Congregational Church, Providence.

Dr. Joshua Bicknell Chapin was a man of keen intellect, of fine reasoning powers, a large reader, a good scholar and an able speaker.

Author of "Asthma: Its causes and treatment." He treated future PresidentTheodore Roosevelt in his youth.

Burial: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66391451/Joshua-Bicknell-Chapin

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Joshua Bicknell Chapin's Timeline

1812
August 12, 1812
Hillsboro, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
1856
January 17, 1856
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1881
June 7, 1881
Age 68
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Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States