Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Chipman, Lemuel F. January 1, 1847 - 
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Author: 1883 Mecosta Co. Portrait & Bio Album

LEMUEL F. CHIPMAN, farmer, sec. 36, Deerfield Tp., was born in Livingston 
County, Mich., Jan. 1, 1847.  He 

is the son of S S and Alta (Sutherland) Chipman, who are both natives of the 
State of New York.

In the fall of '64 Mr. Chipman, though but 17 years of age, became a soldier 
for the Union army, enlisting 

in the Third Mich. Inf.  He was in the service until May 18, '65, when he 
received honorable discharge.  

After returning home he engaged in the duties of a lumberman until the age of 
22, when he bough 40 acres of 

land in the township of Deerfield.  It was then in a perfectly wild state, and 
he at once turned all his 

energies to bear upon its reclamation, and now has 20 acres under 
cultivation.  In politics he is a 

Republican.

The subject of this sketch was married June 27, 1869, in Cato, Montcalm Co., 
to Catherine C., daughter of 

Austin and Harriet Butler, nee Malott, bothe natives of New York.

The deadly scourge diptheria removed three of the children of this household 
within 12 days.  Their record 

is as follows:  Alta H., born March 27, 1870, died Sept. 18, '81; Daisy M., 
born May 7, 18--, died Sept. 14, 

'81; Walter, born Feb 22, '80, died Sept. 6, '81.  Two children remain, Levi 
D., born Sept. 27, '72, and 

Zilpha E., born June 20, '74.

At the organization of the township of Deerfield in '61, S. S. Chipman was 
elected Supervisor.

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