BIOGRAPHIES - CHAPLINE, M. C., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: M. C. CHAPLINE _________________________________________ Father: Samuel H. CHAPLINE Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Margaret Helm LEWIS Father: Douglas Payne LEWIS (1804-1867) Mother: Rachel Elizabeth CLAY (1812->1899) Marriage: January 1865 Children: Lewis Loring; Elizabeth; Mary Loring M. C. CHAPLINE,1 dairyman; P. O. Paris; was born in Ohio County, W. Va., Nov. 2, 1828, son of Samuel H., brother of Gen. Moses Chapline. The Chapline family are cotemporaneous with the early history of Wheeling, as was also Noah Zane, who married in the Chapline family. The subject of these lines was left fatherless at an early age ; upon his arriving at manhood, he engaged in a cotton manufactory at Wheeling; he was one of the proprietors of the Franklin Cotton Mill, where he was engaged until 1854, wben he went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business, and remained there until 1877, when he came to this county, and engaged in the whisky business. In 1879, he purchased the Lysle farm, just outside of the limits of Paris, at the junction of the Humes and the Lexington and Paris Pike, where he now resides. His farm cost him $155 per acre. He is engaged in farming and is running the dairy business, having about thirty-five cows. In January, 1865, he married Margaret Lewis, daughter of Douglas Lewis and Elizabeth Clay. Douglas Lewis was born Aug. 4, 1804, in this State. Dec. 23, 1830, he married Elizabeth Payne Clay, daughter of Colonel Henry Clay, of this county. Douglas Lewis, was among the prominent citizens of Bourbon County, and was a Representative in the Legislature. He died Oct. 26, 1867, having been a man that was well known throughout the county where he had been a constant resident. He had several children born him, which are scattered about in the different parts of the country. Douglas resides in Covington; Stephen in Arkansas; Thomas died in 1881; Asa resides at Blue Springs, in Nicholas County; Frank in this county; Howard also in this county. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Howard, of Montgomery County, and Margaret Helm, wife of Mr. Chapline, and Mary E., wife of Frank Armstrong, of this county. Mr. Chapline is a member of the Knights of Honor. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 457 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.