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Sheffield Scientific School 207
New York; son of Cleaveland Alexander and Susan (Foster) Forbes of
Perth Amboy, N J. Mother, Katharine Kester (Thompson) Forbes; daughter of John M. and Ann (Kester) Thompson of Bordentown, N.J Yale
relatives include a nephew, Stanly H. Jones, '08 S
Urban School, San Francisco Civil engineering course; Commencement speaker; member Alpha Chi. Attended Yale Graduate School
1876-77.
Associated with Spring Valley Water Works Company, San Francisco,
1877-78; in charge construction irrigation works on sugar plantation of
Claus Spreckles, Maui Island, Hawaii, 1878-83 and various lumber railroads near Eureka, Cahf., 1884-86; engaged in insurance business with his
father in San Francisco 1886-1902; Pacific coast manager Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York 1902-05, with his brother Cleaveland
managed family estate 1905-42; a framer Palo Alto, Calif., charter 1905,
trustee Palo Alto schools 1909-11; chairman Committee on Schools and
Libraries, Palo Alto; winner international fly-casting trophy Panama-
Pacific Exposition 1915; member Ins Society of America and American
Rose Society
Married May 5, 1886, in Sacramento, Calif., Kate Lane, daughter of
Orange Nelson and Laura (Lane) Skeels Children. Florence Hazel (B A
Stanford Univ. 1909), the wife of Levant Brown, 2d (B S Purdue Univ.
1908, C.E. 1913), and Helen Katharine Mrs. Forbes died November 4,
1943-
Death due to chronic myocarditis with acute dilatation Buried in Santa
Barbara (Cahf.) Cemetery Survived by daughters, two grandchildren, a
sister, Angela Forbes Jackson, the widow of Schuyler B Jackson, '71, of
Kent, England, and a brother, Cleaveland Forbes, '77.
William Grover Chapin, Ph.B. 1878.
Born May 18, 1858, in South Hadley, Mass.
Died February 25, 1944, in Rockville Centre, N Y.
Father, John Hart Pierce Chapin of Somers, Conn ; superintendent of
buildings and grounds Mount Holyoke College, son of Oliver and Anne
(Pierce) Chapin of South Hadley. Mother, Charlotte Louise (Grover)
Chapin; daughter of Lester Kibbe and Hannah (Alden) Grover of Somers
Giles Private School, Spnngfield, Mass. Civil engineering course, president Sheff Telegraph Company Senior year; Commencement speaker;
member Alpha Chi, and Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta.
Engaged in experimental work with New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company in New Haven, Hartford, and Somers 1878-80,
draftsman Wells Engine Company, high-speed engines, New York City,
1880-82, Weeks & Halsey 1882-85, and Joseph Edwards & Company,
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 207 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 207 New York; son of Cleaveland Alexander and Susan (Foster) Forbes of Perth Amboy, N J. Mother, Katharine Kester (Thompson) Forbes; daughter of John M. and Ann (Kester) Thompson of Bordentown, N.J Yale relatives include a nephew, Stanly H. Jones, '08 S Urban School, San Francisco Civil engineering course; Commencement speaker; member Alpha Chi. Attended Yale Graduate School 1876-77. Associated with Spring Valley Water Works Company, San Francisco, 1877-78; in charge construction irrigation works on sugar plantation of Claus Spreckles, Maui Island, Hawaii, 1878-83 and various lumber railroads near Eureka, Cahf., 1884-86; engaged in insurance business with his father in San Francisco 1886-1902; Pacific coast manager Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 1902-05, with his brother Cleaveland managed family estate 1905-42; a framer Palo Alto, Calif., charter 1905, trustee Palo Alto schools 1909-11; chairman Committee on Schools and Libraries, Palo Alto; winner international fly-casting trophy Panama- Pacific Exposition 1915; member Ins Society of America and American Rose Society Married May 5, 1886, in Sacramento, Calif., Kate Lane, daughter of Orange Nelson and Laura (Lane) Skeels Children. Florence Hazel (B A Stanford Univ. 1909), the wife of Levant Brown, 2d (B S Purdue Univ. 1908, C.E. 1913), and Helen Katharine Mrs. Forbes died November 4, 1943- Death due to chronic myocarditis with acute dilatation Buried in Santa Barbara (Cahf.) Cemetery Survived by daughters, two grandchildren, a sister, Angela Forbes Jackson, the widow of Schuyler B Jackson, '71, of Kent, England, and a brother, Cleaveland Forbes, '77. William Grover Chapin, Ph.B. 1878. Born May 18, 1858, in South Hadley, Mass. Died February 25, 1944, in Rockville Centre, N Y. Father, John Hart Pierce Chapin of Somers, Conn ; superintendent of buildings and grounds Mount Holyoke College, son of Oliver and Anne (Pierce) Chapin of South Hadley. Mother, Charlotte Louise (Grover) Chapin; daughter of Lester Kibbe and Hannah (Alden) Grover of Somers Giles Private School, Spnngfield, Mass. Civil engineering course, president Sheff Telegraph Company Senior year; Commencement speaker; member Alpha Chi, and Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta. Engaged in experimental work with New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company in New Haven, Hartford, and Somers 1878-80, draftsman Wells Engine Company, high-speed engines, New York City, 1880-82, Weeks & Halsey 1882-85, and Joseph Edwards & Company, |
