Hi,
I have one entry in my data base for Burrell. This family is no relation to
me and Probably not related to the Burrell W. Chapin.
Anna B. Good
pgood(a)bmi.net
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.cha...
Edith A. Chapin McClure, born 1858, lived Knox Co., IL, dau of
Burrell/Cynthia
Author: Marge Rice Date: 23 Nov 2004 6:28 AM GMT
I have an original studio photo (carte de visite) of Edith, taken
about 1875 or so, which I would like to get back to family members.
Photo taken in Galesburg (Knox Co.) IL. Back of the photo states that she
was Edith A. Chapin McClure of Knoxville, Ill., and her sister is E.
J. Chapin Maple.
IGI gives me her name as Edith Adelia Chapin, born 9 Jul 1858,
daughter of Burrell N. and Cynthia J. Chapin. I found them in the 1870
census for Knox Co. IGI also gives the marriage date for Edith, 21
April 1881, to John Duncan McClure.
Email me at margerice(a)prodigy.net if this is your family.
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BURRELL W. CHAPIN
Burrell W. Chapin, stock breeder and general farmer, residing six
miles east of Bossburg, Stevens county, was born in Jefferson county, New
York, August 14, 1842. His parents were Joel and Lucy E. (Eley) Chapin.
The
father was a native of the Empire state and the mother was born in
Massachusetts. The family located in Niagara county, New York, removed in
1852 to
Illinois, where they remained three years. They then went to Green county,
Wisconsin, and seven years subsequently, to Iowa, where they died. Five
children were born to them, of whom, Julietta, now in South Dakota, Elvira,
widow of George Burns, and Burrell W., our subject, survive.
Illinois and Wisconsin were the scenes of our subject's early days,
and in these states he attended public schools and acquired an excellent
business education. On gaining his majority he accepted the fortunes of
life,
on his own account, and began the world by crossing the plains in 1864, in
company with Captain Fisk. During this perilous trip the party was
attacked by Indians, and, at one time, our subject was nearly run down
during a frantic stampede of buffalo. He located in Helena, Montana, where
he mined and prospected four years, and engaged in railroad work three
years
more. In 1867 he removed to Iowa, where for twenty years he engaged in
general farming. Selling out this property he came west and, until 1895,
traveled extensively throughout the country. He purchased a farm, known as
the "Bruce Ranch", in Stevens county, where he has since resided. His son
has four hundred acres, two hundred of which are under cultivation. The
property is enclosed with three miles of fence, and the buildings are
commodious and substantial. Mr. Chapin is, also, interested in a number of
valuable mining properties.
In 1874 our subject was united in marriage to Lizzie Hilliker,
daughter of E.G. and Maria (Reese) Hilliker, natives of New York. They
first settled in Dodge county, Wisconsin, subsequently removed to Iowa,
where they died, leaving two children, Samuel and Lizzie. Mr. and Mrs.
Chapin have two children, Charles E. and Edith M., both residing with their
parents. Mr. Chapin is a Republican.
In the bench country of Montana, Mr. Chapin owns a placer claim
which washes one dollar to each pan.