Amelia Wells CHAPIN

1825 - 1901  (75 years)

• Birth	17 Jul 1825	Bath, Steuben, NY   [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	17 Jun 1825	Camillus, Onondaga, NY   [4]
  Note	The Aulls Geneology, by Leslie Aulls Bryan lists Amelia's parents as Uriel and Anna (Pratt) Chapin - this is incorrect. It also gives an incorrect date for her birth (1Aug1825).
  Obituary	10 Jan 1901	Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA   [4]
  		Obituary Amelia Chapin LaRue
  Obituary	15 Jan 1901	Corning, Adams, IA   [6]
  	Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue The community was saddened Saturday by news of the death of Mrs. Franklyn LaRue, which occurered the night previous. She had been sick less than a week, having been confined to her bed only since the Sabbath before, and in the morning she had seemed to be in her usual health. Her death resulted from fever of the lungs with the complication of heart trouble. The funeral was held at the home Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. M.V. Higbee assisted by Revs. T.D. Ewing and J.A. Lovejoy. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Amelia Chapin was born in New York and was seventy-five years of age. Hers had been a life of activity of mind and body and even down to the last days she was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of those about her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Those surviving her are H.H. and F.L. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Kennon of this city and Miss Myra LaRue of Omaha. Twenty-eight years of family life have been spent in and near Corning. Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Presbyterian church and had ever taken an earnest interest in its progress. She was a woman of serene and cordial temperment and in all the relations of life did more than her full duty. To her aged companian who has lost the helpmate of a life time and to the sons and daughters who have lost a loving mother the entire community tenders its sympathy. Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue The sudden and sad news passed around from person to person at an early hour on Saturday morning that Mrs. LaRue, of north Corning, had died during the night of Friday, January 4th 1901. Mother LaRue, as her friends loved to call her, was a kind neighbor, a loyal wife and a loving mother. Columns of type could not tell more in expressing her daily life. Her immediate family consisted of H.H. LaRue, the lumber merchant; Frank L. LaRue, president of the Corning Savings bank; Mrs. Fred Kennon, and Miss Myra LaRue as her children and her honored husband. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. The GAZETTE tenders its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Her children have met with the greatest loss that can ever befall them. While it is true they have reached an age of manhood and womanhood, they will find, as others have, that no one can take the place in their hearts and homes of a mother who has gone to the other shore.
  Occupation	School Teacher
  Religion	Member of Presbyterian Church  [7]
  Death	4 Jan 1901	Corning, Adams, IA   [7, 8, 9]
  	Death Certificate lists cause of death as heart failure.
  Burial	6 Jan 1901	Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA   [3, 7, 10]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial

  
  

  Father	Levi CHAPIN,   b. 23 Apr 1787, Chicopee, Hampden, MA d. 29 Jan 1864, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Achsah SMITH,   b. 27 Feb 1787, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 29 Jan 1854 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Franklin B. LARUE,   b. 25 Dec 1818, Bath, Steuben, NY d. 30 Sep 1912, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1848	Mason, Ingham, MI   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Myra LARUE,   b. 1 May 1850, MI d. 3 Jul 1918, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 68 years)   2. Henry Howitt LARUE,   b. 11 Jul 1852, Stockbridge, Ingham, MI d. 27 Aug 1903, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 51 years)   3. Eva LARUE,   b. Abt 1856, MI d. Bef 23 Jul 1870 (Age < 14 years)   4. Amelia LARUE,   b. Abt Nov 1859, MI d. Bef 23 Jul 1870 (Age < 10 years)   5. Frank Lander LARUE,   b. 27 Feb 1862, Lansing, Ingham, MI d. 4 Mar 1904, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 42 years)   6. Clara Edith Daisy LARUE,   b. 7 Jul 1865, Bloomington, McLean, IL d. 16 Sep 1949, Corning, Adams, IA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Jun 1825 - Camillus, Onondaga, NY Birth - 17 Jul 1825 - Bath, Steuben, NY Marriage - 25 Sep 1848 - Mason, Ingham, MI Death - 4 Jan 1901 - Corning, Adams, IA Burial - 6 Jan 1901 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA Obituary - 10 Jan 1901 - Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA Obituary - 15 Jan 1901 - Corning, Adams, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] State of Iowa Death Cert., 5. [S11] Kennon, Edith Amelia, DAR Application, (2/1/1929), 11. [S258] Works Project Administration Graves Registration Project, Iowa Cemetery Records, (ancestry.com, Provo, UT), 258. [S858] Death of Mrs. LaRue, 858. [S1] MKM, 1. [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872), Obituary pasted in Bible, no reference to publication or date., 2. [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872), From obituary., 2. [S5] State of Iowa Death Cert., Certificate number 2-01-2, 5. [S11] Kennon, Edith Amelia, DAR Application, (2/1/1929), Application states the date as Jan 4, 1901., 11. [S5] State of Iowa Death Cert., Certificate 2-01-2, 5.