BIOGRAPHIES:  David CHAPIN, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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DAVID CHAPIN, Menomonie. Born at Crown Point, NY, in 1828, where he lived 
till twenty-five years of age, when he went to St. Lawrence County.  In 
1868, he came to Black River Falls where he engaged in lumbering and 
milling, in fact, has been engaged in lumber in different capacities since 
he was a boy.  He came to Menomonie in 1870 and engaged as a filer for 
Knapp, Stout & Co. He was engaged for this firm for several years as filer,
during the sawing season, and as a scaler of logs in the woods, during the 
Winter. Is now employed by the lumber company of Cedar Falls.  He lost his 
first wife in Menomonie. His present wife was Mrs. Elnora E. Morgan, whose 
husband, Evan M. Morgan, was killed in the army during the war. 


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 284