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Surnames: Chapin
Classification: Biography
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ABIJAH W. CHAPIN. -- Was postmaster of Springfield, Mass., from September, 1853, to April,
1861. A director in Massasoit Insurance Company from 1860 to 1866, president of same from
1862 until its close in 1866 (owing to the heavy losses met by the great fire in Portland,
Me., July 4, 1866, when, on the 17th same month, the company decided to close up their
business). He was a corporator of the Five Cents Savings Bank in 1854, a trustee from 1854
to 1870; vice-president of same from 1863 to 1870 a director of John Hancock National Bank
from 1864 to 1876. Was engaged in the insurance business for several years. In April,
1873, he removed to Deerfield, Mass.
History of Old High School 1828-1840