Reverend Aaron L. Chapin, D. D.

Aaron Lucius Chapin

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Aaron Lucius Chapin (February 6, 1817-July 22, 1892) was an American minister and the first president of Beloit College.

Chapin, second son and third child of Deacon Laertes and Laura (Colton) Chapin, of Hartford, Connecticut was born there on February 6, 1817. He graduated from Yale College in 1837. During the year after graduation he taught in a family school in Baltimore, Maryland, and from 1838 to 1843 he was a professor in the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New York City, in the meantime also completing (1839-42) the course in the Union Theological Seminary.

On January 24, 1844, he was ordained at Milwaukee, in Wisconsin Territory, where for nearly six years he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church with signal success. In December, 1849, he was called to Beloit, Wisconsin, to fill the presidency of the College just established there, and that position he occupied from February, 1850, until his resignation in July, 1886. He retained a chair of instruction in Civil Polity until his death, although prostrated by paralysis in 1888. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by Williams College in 1853, and that of Doctor of Laws by the Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1882. At Beloit he also served as a teacher, especially of political economy, and published one or two text-books in that science.

He died in Beloit on July 22, 1892, in his 76th year.

He married on August 23, 1843, Martha, daughter of Rodolphus Colton, of Lenox, Mass., who died on December 12, 1859. He next married, on August 26, 1861, Fanny L, eldest daughter of Robert Coit, of New London, Conn., who survived him. By his first marriage he had two sons who died in infancy, and a daughter who became a missionary in China, and survived him. His children by his second marriage were a son and three daughters, all of whom survived him except one daughter who died in infancy.

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REV AARON LUCIUS CHAPIN DD, son Laertes & Laura (Colton) Chapin, b. Feb. 6, 1817; d. July 22, 1892.
1st, m. Aug. 23, 1843, Martha Colton, dau. Rhodolphus Colton, of Lenox, Mass.; b Nov. 27, 1816; d. Dec. 12, 1859.
Children:

• 1. Wells Colton, b. Sept. 20, 1845; d. Oct. 24, 1845
• 2. Philip, b. Jan. 14, 1847; d. Feb. 6, 1847
• 3. Elizabeth Colton, b. Nov. 27, 1848; d._

2nd M. Aug. 26, 1861, Fanny L. Coit, dau. Robert & Charlotte Coit of New London; b. Feb. 16, 1823; d. 1 Sept. 15, 1904.

• Children, CHAPIN
• 4. Robert Coit, b. Jan. 4, 1863; d Sept. 12, 1913
• 5. Charlotte, b. Aug. 25, 1864; d. Aug. 8, 1866.
• 6. Annie Laura, b. Jan. 9, 1867; d. Jan. 27, 1903.
• 7. Ellen Fanny, unm., b. June 7, 1870; d,_

Mr. Aaron Lucius Chapin was born in Hartford, Conn. He was a Congregational clergyman of First Presbyterian Church, Mlilwaukee Wis., and president of Beloit College 1849- 1886, and the author of First Principles of Political Economy. Graduated Yale 1837.

Source: The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data: With Brief Biographical With Brief Biological Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin: Volume 1; Gilbert Warren Chapin; Published and Copyrighted By the Chapin Family Association; Hartford Connecticut; MCMXXIV

Link :https://books.google.com/books?id=JnThAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA931&lpg=PA931&d...

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Example of writing:

First Principles of Political Economy: Concisely Presented for the Use of High Schools and Academies; By Aaron Lucius Chapin; Sheldon and Co.; New York and Chicago

Link:https://books.google.com/books?id=3YIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR2&lpg=PR2&dq=fi...

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Compiled by D.Glenn/ 2016

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Buried 25 Jul 1892; 75 years of age.

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Oakwood listings for 1st-20-1:
Chapin, Phillip 1st-20-1,1 1 /1 /1847 Chapin, Wells 1st-20-1,1 1 /1 /1845 1m Field, Ellen 1st-20-1,10 8 /21/1924 86 Wells, Theodore B. 1st-20-1,11 2 /1 /1932 91 Wells, Mary A. 1st-20-1,12 6 /3 /1930 80 Chapin, Love Colton 1st-20-1,2 1 /1 /1856 69 Chapin, Martha 1st-20-1,3 11/25/1892 43 Chapin, Aaron L. 1st-20-1,4 7 /25/1892 75 Chapin, Fannie 1st-20-1,5 9 /13/1904 81 Chapin, Charlotte 1st-20-1,6 1 /1 /1866 23m Chapin, Ellen 1st-20-1,7 4 /6 /1944 73 Chapin, Robert C. 1st-20-1,8 9 /16/1913 50 Chapin, Winogene G. 1st-20-1,9 7 /7 /1936 65