CHAPIN, ELDEN STEDMAN: 1809-?
Elden S. Chapin was born in Baltimore, Vt., in 1809. In 1836 he came to what was shortly to be Whitley County, Ind., of which he became one of the organizers. He removed to Kosciusko County, where he was an early settler, and in 1874 settled in Plymouth, Ind., where he remained until his death.
He was a student of theology, mathematics and linguistics, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1842, and was for many years editor of a periodical published by that denomination.
Information from the Plymouth Public Library.
- Return of the Jews to Palestine.
- Sketches of the Early Settlement of the Northwest
Territory.
- Israel and Jerusalem.
- Reminiscences and Episodes.
- Past-Present-Future.
