BIOGRAPHY

ELIAS M. CHAPELL - OF ELBA, NY

Elias M. Chapell was born in New London, Conn., and came to Orleans County with an ox-sled at an early day. David, his son, was born in Clarendon, and August 14, 1818, married Amy A. Haskins, of Byron. They have six children, viz.: James B., Morris D., Amy A., Ida, Frank, and Edgar H. Frank Chapell was born June 24, 1861. He received a common education, and married, November 11, 1883, Mary A., daughter of John W. Parnell, of Elba.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record, of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890