Biography

01/02/1821 - 03/26/1907


CHAPIN, Dyer Lewis, a Representative from Luzerne County; born, January 2, 1821 in Pennsylvania; merchant; trustee, New Columbus Academy; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1860 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1861 term; appointed, justice of the peace, New Columbus (55 years); farmer; died, March 26, 1907 in New Columbus, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Columbus Cemetery, New Columbus, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.


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