Marshall Chapin (February 27,1798 –December 26,1836) was a medical doctor,pharmacist,and public servant from Detroit,Michigan.
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]
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. [2] [4]
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