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Simeon Brooks Chapin Sr.

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Simeon Brooks Chapin Sr.

Birth
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
6 Jan 1945 (aged 79)
Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Chapin family mausoleum
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He was the son of Emory/Emery and Marietta (Armour) Chapin. After he recieved his education, he started the firm of Armour Brothers Banking Company in 1881 with his uncles. He later ran Armour and Company which was located in Chicago, Illinois. His third company was a stocks and bonds company which had offices in Chicago and New York City. On October 5, 1892, he married Elizabeth "Bessie" Mattocks Chapin in Chicago and they had four children: Simeon, Virginia, Elizabeth and Marietta.

He and Bessie moved to New York City in 1899 where he ran his company. They had homes in Pinehurst North Carolina, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, Chicago, New York City and a lake home on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, which was called "Flowerside Farms". Simeon and his partner, Franklin G. Burroughs, were pioneer developers of the resort community of Myrtle Beach.

Grandson Harold "Harry" Hartshorne, Jr
He was the son of Emory/Emery and Marietta (Armour) Chapin. After he recieved his education, he started the firm of Armour Brothers Banking Company in 1881 with his uncles. He later ran Armour and Company which was located in Chicago, Illinois. His third company was a stocks and bonds company which had offices in Chicago and New York City. On October 5, 1892, he married Elizabeth "Bessie" Mattocks Chapin in Chicago and they had four children: Simeon, Virginia, Elizabeth and Marietta.

He and Bessie moved to New York City in 1899 where he ran his company. They had homes in Pinehurst North Carolina, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, Chicago, New York City and a lake home on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, which was called "Flowerside Farms". Simeon and his partner, Franklin G. Burroughs, were pioneer developers of the resort community of Myrtle Beach.

Grandson Harold "Harry" Hartshorne, Jr


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  • Created by: Sue
  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22375648/simeon_brooks-chapin: accessed ), memorial page for Simeon Brooks Chapin Sr. (31 May 1865–6 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22375648, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 46778782).