Clarence Calvin Chapin

First man married (to Clara Morgan) in new town of Fairmont, Nebraska,having come there in a covered wagon pulled by oxen from Massachusettswith his family. Quite a short man and very stocky, especially in hislater years, but a fine looking gentleman. Carried a cane and alwaysstood very straight and exuded dignity. Was reportedly a vigilanteduring the outlaw days in the west and purportedly brought cattle overthe plains. Was a partner in Cripple Creek Mine in New Mexico and gotcheated out of a fortune by his partner. Was always anentrepreneurial type of man, investing in gold mines and riskyventures. He had a very strong personality and dogmatic convictionsabout politics and many issues. His wife transcribed many storiesthat were published about these subjects. He was a member of theNebraska State Legislature in 1883. His wife, Clara, was an extremelystrong personality as well, fighting for women's rights andtemperance. Their union must have been a powerful one, with verylittle room for compromise. One wonders how a man of that era dealtwith a woman of such strong conviction, but their marriage endured it.

Civil War Record:
Enlisted 9/1/1862 from Great Barrington, MA as a 20 year old farmer onthe Union side. Mustered out on 9/1/1863 at Pittsfield, MA.

Nebraska Bulletin Fairmont, NE-9/21/1872
Mr. CC Chapin & Miss Chrissie Morgan both of Fillmore Co. married byRev. JE Ingham. List of registered voters in Precinct No. 1 FillmoreCo. included CC Chapin & Thomas Morgan

Nebraska Bulletin Fairmont, NE-4/19/1877
WH Chapin & CC Chapin, builders and contractors scroll sawing done andwood brackets made to order. Fairmont, NE

Nebraska Bulletin Fairmont, NE-4/19/1877
Messrs. Freeman, Chapin & Co. have bought the two story building ofMr. Blake and are remodeling it into a dwelling house.

Nebraska Bulletin Fairmont, NE-9/27/1877
Monday CC Chapin was made the happy father of a 9 lb. girl (ConstanceLeone Chapin).

After three years service in the Union Army, he drove five yoke ofcattle across the plains in a freighting train of forty trail wagonsloaded with merchandise and machinery for Salt Lake and for VirginiaCity, Montana. The time occupied in making the trip was nearly sevenmonths.

1860 Census Sheffield, MA
Living with parents Manellus & Leonora Chapin and siblings, 20 yearsold, farm laborer

1870 Census Winnebago, IL
Living with parents Manellus & Leonora Chapin and siblings, 28 yearsold, no occupation

1880 Census Riverton, Franklin Co., NE
Living with wife Clara (listed as Charles and Clary) and childrenErnest, Jessie & Cottie, 37 years old, occupation farm equipmentdealer

1900 Census Chicago, IL
Living with wife Clara and daughters Jessie & Constance

1910 Census Denver, CO
Living with wife Clara listed as lodgers, occupation investmentbroker, 67 years old, married 37 years

1895 listed in Denver CO directory as business owner of AmericanBrokerage Co. at Windsor Hotel

1906 Colorado Business Directory-Haxtum, agricultural town on the B. &M. Ry. in Phillips County, population 100. CC Chapin real estate.

1906 & 1907 traveled with wife Clara in Colorado, Arizona and Corona,California to see Al & Jessie

Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of statetoday, incorporating the Cripple Creek & Pueblo Railway; According- tothe papers filed, the new road is to run from Cripple Creek, via theOphelia tunnel, West Beaver Creek, and thence In a southerly directionto Pueblo. The life of the corporation Is 60 years. The capital stockIs $2,600,000, and the principal office are at Colorado Springs. TheIncorporators are: C. C. Chapin, Ernest M. Chapin of Boston; John M.Parfet of; Cripple Creek; John F. McAuley of Chicago, and William H.Spurgeon of Colorado Springs. The incorporation papers also state thatthe company reserves the right to extend its lines Into any othercounties of the state it may deem expedient. It also reserves theright to operate telephones, telegraphs and express lines over itsroads. Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette 10/2/1902

CHAPIN, CLARENCE C Death:1915-09-30-CHICAGO-73 YR-Male-Cert.#00002440-COOK CO.

Listed in the Roll of Honor Book from Cook Co., IL
Clarence C. Chapin, Co. D, 49th Regiment of the MassachusettsInfantry, died 9/30/1915, Location: Thomas Post No. 5, California

1897 Dec. 13 Incorporated with $100,000 investment with Clarence C.Chapin, President, and Ernest M. Chapin.

Birth: June 19, 1842
Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: Sep. 30, 1915
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago,Cook County,Illinois, USA

Clarence Calvin Chapin
Birth: Jun. 19, 1842, Sheffield, Berkshire County, MA
Death: Sep. 30, 1915, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial:Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Living at 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanson, ILL