Ruby Nooney Chapin
August 28, 1815-Oct. 30, 1902
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 30, 1902, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. RUBY N. CHAPIN
Passes Peacefully Way in the Evening of Her Life
Full of years and loved and respected by the entire community, Mrs. Ruby N. Chapin, who for the past three years has been a patient invalid, passed peacefully away at her magnificant home this morning at 9 o'clock, surrounded by her dear ones.
Mrs. Chapin was born in Mantua, O., 87 years ago, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Nooney. At the home of her parents she was married to the late H.A. Chapin, in 1836. This union was blessed by four children, two boys and two girls, only one of whom, Charles A. Chapin, survives his parents.
Directly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Chapin came to Edwardsburg, where they resided unil 1846, when they came to Niles, where his business was that of selling goods, and buying produce and wool. In 1846 the late Mr. Chapin bought the fee to what is known as the Chapin mine, which was developed in 1880. It proved to contain the largest deposit of ore which had hitherto been discovered in the Untied States. The output has been millions of tons.
Possessing great wealth, Mrs. Chapin was able to do much good, and she was not backward in aiding a worthy cause, as is instanced in the case of the hospital, connected with the Children's Home at St. Joseph, which she endowed with several thousand dollars.
The deceased was a devout member of the Presbyterian church, and the pastor, Rev. Dr. J.G. Lowrie, will conduct the funeral service at the home on next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will take place at Silver Brook Cemetery.
In addition to her son, C.A. Chapin, and his wife, the deceased is survived by seven grandchildren.
Niles Republican, Thursday, November 6, 1902, page 5, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
The funeral services of the late Mrs. H.A. Chapin were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her late residence on Main street. The last sad rites were attended by a large body of sympathetic friends, and Rev. J.G. Lowrie, the deceased spiritual advisor for many years, conducted the sad services. The remains were conveyed to Silver Brook cemetery and laid to rest beside her husband.