Marshall Chapin

Marshall Chapin
Mayor of Detroit
In office 1829–1829
Preceded by	John R. Williams
Succeeded by	Levi Cook
Mayor of Detroit
In office 1831–1831
Preceded by	Levi Cook
Succeeded by	Charles Christopher Trowbridge
Personal details
Born	February 27, 1798 Bernardston, Massachusetts
Died	December 26, 1836(1836-12-26) (aged 38) Detroit, Michigan
Spouse(s)	Mary Crosby

Marshall Chapin (February 27, 1798 - December 26, 1836) was a doctor, pharmacist, and public servant from Detroit, Michigan.

Early life

Marshall Chapin was born in Bernardston, Massachusetts in 1798, one of nine children of Dr. Caleb Chapin and his wife Mary.^[1] The family later moved to Caledonia, New York, where Marshall went to school. He took a medical course at Geneva Academy (now Hobart and William Smith Colleges), and studied medicine with an uncle in Buffalo, New York.^[1] He received his medical degree in 1819.^[1]

In 1823, Chapin married Mary Crosby.^[1] The couple had four children: Louisa, Helen, Charles, and Marshall.^[1]

Detroit

In 1819 Chapin moved to Detroit, and, with the help of his uncle, established the first drugstore there,^[1] as well as going into private practice as a physician.^[2] He was soon appointed physician for Fort Shelby.^[3] He went into public service, serving as an alderman in 1826 and 1827 and mayor in 1831 and 1833.^[1] He was appointed City Physician during the cholera epidemic of 1832, and served as same during the second outbreak in 1834.^[1]

Marshall Chapin died of heart disease on December 26, 1838.^[2] His drugstore continued in business under his son-in-law's name, and others, well into the 1880s.^[4][2]

Political offices
Preceded by John R. Williams	Mayor of Detroit 1829	Succeeded by Levi Cook
Preceded by Levi Cook	Mayor of Detroit 1831	Succeeded by Charles Christopher Trowbridge

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Silas Farmer (1889), THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN, p. 1033, http://books.google.com/books?id=Yl06VbZ-RfwC&pg=1033#v=onepage&q&f=false 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Marshall Chapin". Elmwood Cemetery. http://www.elmwoodhistoriccemetery.org/pages/chapin.html. Retrieved September 10, 2010. 
3. ^ Carlisle, Fred, ed. (1890), Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, Detroit: O.S. Gulley, Bornman, pp. 202–204, OCLC 13694600, http://books.google.com/books?id=bR4yB_oZTSYC&pg=202#v=onepage&q&f=false 
4. ^ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical, 1907, p. 28, http://books.google.com/books?id=Y6vhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false 

Persondata
Name	Chapin, Marshall
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 27, 1798
Place of birth	Bernardston, Massachusetts
Date of death	December 26, 1836
Place of death	Detroit, Michigan