Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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touring party, a branch of work she had been engaged in for some
years. Her obituary as found in the records of the Pioneer Society of Ingham county tells best of her life and the various activities in which she was engaged.
Rev. Augusta Chapin, D. D., died of pneumonia at St. Luke's
Hospital, New York city, June 30, 1905, after a short illness of
one week.
Her brother, M. W. Chapin, of Toledo, Ohio, was with her at
the time of her death. The remains were brought to the Chapin
homestead at Eden, where funeral services were conducted by
Dr. Stocking, of the Universalist church of Lansing, and interment made in Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason.
Miss Chapin was a descendent, in the eighth generation, from
Deacon Samuel Chapin, who emigrated from Wales and settled in
Springfield, Mass., about 1625. From this faraway ancestor,
who sought a home in what was then almost a wilderness, she may
have inherited some of the strength of purpose that made her
what she was. She was born in Lakeville, Livingston county,
N. Y., July 16, 1836. At the age of six she moved with her
father, the late Almon M. Chapin, and family to what is now
known as Eden, which she has ever since called home. She was
a student of Olivet College and of the University of Michigan,
from which last named institution she received the degree of
Master of Arts.
Dr. Chapin began preaching in 1859, was regularly fellowshipped
as a minister of the Universalist church in 1861, and was ordained
in Lansing in 1863.
Since her ordination she has been engaged in missionary and
pastoral work. Her principal settlements have been Milwaukee,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Francisco, Iowa City, New York and
Lansing. Before beginning her ministerial work she was principal of the North Lansing Union School for one year.
Dr. Chapin held the honorable position of chairman of the
woman's general committee on religious congresses in the congress auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and
gave to this work many months of devoted attention. Her chief
service consisted in securing competent women to take part in
the great Parliament of Religions, in promoting the congresses
of the various Christian denominations, and of many important