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Reuben Asher Chapin

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Birth	:	12 Nov 1827 Howard, Steuben County, New York, USA
Death	:	6 Sep 1906 Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, Greenwood, Cass County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9524994, -96.4356003
Description	:	REUBEN A. CHAPIN. Among the many and substantial citizens of Salt Creek lone are more favorably known more enviable reputation than our subject, who is a carpenter and builder, as well as farmer, owning and operating a highly improved farm of eighty acres on section 33, town 12, range 9. This gentleman is a son of Asher and Mary (Look) Chapin. The father was born in Springfield, Mass. he was a prominent man, dealing in livestock: horses, cattle, hogs, etc. He died in Monmouth, Ill., aged seventy-six. Our subject is the fifth child and fourth son in a... Read More	REUBEN A. CHAPIN. Among the many and substantial citizens of Salt Creek lone are more favorably known more enviable reputation than our subject, who is a carpenter and builder, as well as farmer, owning and operating a highly improved farm of eighty acres on section 33, town 12, range 9. This gentleman is a son of Asher and Mary (Look) Chapin. The father was born in Springfield, Mass. he was a prominent man, dealing in livestock: horses, cattle, hogs, etc. He died in Monmouth, Ill., aged seventy-six. Our subject is the fifth child and fourth son in a family of twelve children. He was born Nov. 12, 1830, at Bath. Steuben Co., N. Y. When he was yet a boy his parents moved with their family into the heavy forests of Ohio. The place they selected for settlement was six miles from the nearest white man. When he was five years of age his parents removed to Knox County, Ohio, where he attended the public and subscription schools of the neighborhood, and the High School at Mt. Vernon, acquiring a great desire for knowledge, which he has never lost an opportunity to gratify. After obtaining his education our subject thought it would be well to have a practical knowledge of some mechanical trade. He therefore entered an apprenticeship as a carpenter and builder in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, which trade he completely mastered in all its details. He resided there until he was married to Miss Larinda Chevront. This lady was of French descent, the daughter of Lemuel Chevront, of Greenwood, Neb. After his marriage he moved to Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, where in company with his two brothers he erected a planing-mill, manufacturing everything connected with the building business. This he followed successfully for three years, when he went to Saline County, Mo. There he engaged in business as a builder and contractor, employing steadily from fifteen to twenty men. About this time the war broke out and our subject, for his own safety and the safety of his wife, moved to Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill., where his father was living. At this place he entered the service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company as bridge-builder, where he remained for several years, when, feeling that the West offered better possibilities than he was able to secure where he then was, he came to Plattsmouth, Neb., with $5 in cash, which sum represented his entire fortune. In December of the same year he came to Salt Creek Precinct, where he built the flouring mill for Messrs. Reed Bros., of Weeping Water. In 1864 he took up a homestead claim of 160 acres. He hired a man to work the farm until his boys became old enough to take charge of it. Our subject is the father of four children—Eva, Kate, Milton and Edward E. Eva died in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Milton died in Missouri; Kate married John Beiler, a merchant in Greeley County, Kan., and is the mother of five children living. They are named as follows: Ethel, Bert, Pearl, Verned and Raymond. Edward is a noted operator now at Bradshaw, York Co., Neb., is married to Miss Jessie McKibbon, and they have one child, Fred. Mrs. Chapin died in 1869. After a season he married a Miss Teresa Mefford, a resident of Iowa; she is the daughter of James P. Mefford, now a resident of Salt Creek Precinct. By this union he is the father of six children, three of whom, Jesse O., Ira F. and Tacy A., are living. Lillie, William P., Charles and Sallie are deceased. There are very few men engaged in the business followed by our subject that have a better or more complete knowledge of it than he. By a systematic course of study and reading, as well as a close observation of the work of other matters in the same line of business, he keeps fully abreast of the times, and is thoroughly informed of all the improvements and details made in his favorite profession. Among all the many fine iron buildings that do credit to the city of Omaha, our subject can lay claim to the honor of erecting the first iron building in the city, which has been followed by so many magnificent specimens of the builder's art, but none are more substantially built or better designed than the first one. Mr. Chapin recalls many incidents and episodes relating to the old "hard cider" Harrison campaign of 1840, in which he played the role of drummer boy. In his later years he has not forgotten the precepts inculcated by the orators during that campaign, and has ever since been true to the discipline of that party. He has been a Deacon of the Christian Church at Greenwood for six years, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace, being the only public office he has ever filled, preferring to devote his time exclusively to the prosecution of his business. Portrait and Biographical Album, Otoe and Cass Counties Nebraska, (Chapman Bros 1889) pp. 950-51

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Reuben Asher Chapin death on 6 Sep 1906 in Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska, USA
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Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lourinda Cheuvront Chapin

(1840 - 1869)

Teresa Orlena Mefford Chapin

(1854 - 1905)

Siblings

William Wells Chapin

(1824 - 1893)

Dexter Chapin

(1826 - 1907)

Children

William James Chapin

(1871 - 1876)

Charlie Reuben Chapin

(1874 - 1879)

Jesse Oscar Chapin

(1876 - 1960)

Ira Franklin Chapin

(1880 - 1934)

Lilie Maggie Chapin

(1883 - 1884)

Tacie Ann Chapin Laughlin

(1885 - 1971)

Roy Mefford Chapin

(1889 - 1939)

Mae Eliza Chapin Ogle Boothe

(1891 - 1970)

Florence Belle Chapin Armstrong

(1894 - 1968)

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Coordinate: 40.9580040, -96.2734030

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Coordinate: 41.0118530, -96.2857610

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18. Carr Cemetery
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