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Joseph Chapin, Middlesex, Vermont
Joseph Chapin was born October 28, 1758. His son, Joseph Chapin, Jr., was born June 25, in Weathersfield, Vermont, in 1792. Joseph Chapin, Sr., settled in Middlesex when the town was quite new; his .son, Joseph Chapin, Jr., was a farmer, and by industry and good economy, acquired a very handsome property for his children, and left a good name. His wife passed away many years before his departure. She was sister to Horace Holden. Joseph Chapin, Sr., lived to the age of 96 years, and was esteemed by all who knew him. Joseph Chapin, Jr., had 2 sons. Hinkley, the oldest, was killed instantly. He was a brakeman on the cars, and received the fatal blow when passing through or under a bridge. William Chapin, his son, still survives and has held many important offices in town.
The Chapin family own lots in our beautiful cemetery, and the remains of their loved ones are deposited there. One of Joseph Chapin, Jr's., daughters, with her husband, Otis Leland, are living in sight of our beautiful cemetery, where they often visit the graves of their departed friends their son, their parents and grand-parents, and brother who was killed on the cars.
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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