Husband James Crossan Chaplin 1 2
Born: 7 Sep 1863 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1 2
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Father: James Crossan Chaplin (1836-1866) 2 3 4
Mother: Martha Harris ( - ) 1 2
Marriage: 5 Feb 1891 5
Wife Fanny Campbell 5 6
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Father: Col. David Campbell ( - ) 5 6
Mother: Eliza McIlroy ( - ) 5
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1 M James Crossan Chaplin 5
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2 M David Campbell Chaplin 5
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General Notes: Husband - James Crossan Chaplin
He was but three years old when death deprived him of his father. After that his childhood was passed in Missouri, but in 1879 Mrs. Chaplin returned with her three children to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, settling in Sewickley. James Crossan, who was then sixteen years old, obtained a position in the Citizens' National Bank, resigning it not long after to take a more advanced place, that of teller, with the Fidelity Title and Trust Company. With this organization he remained ten years, being promoted in the course of time to the office of treasurer. Upon the formation of the Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Mr. Chaplin was appointed to his present office of vice-president.
The thorough business qualifications of Mr. Chaplin always were in good demand on boards of directors of different organizations, and his public spirit led him to accept many such trusts. He was a director of the Coraopolis Savings and Trust Company, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania; the Greenville National Bank, Greenville, Pennsylvania; the First National Bank, Sharon, Pennsylvania; the First National Bank, Albion, Pennsylvania; the First National Bank, Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania; the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad, Cleveland, Ohio; the Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad and Coal Company; the Pennsylvania China Company, Ford City, Pennsylvania; the Pennsylvania Clay Company, and the Indianapolis & Louisville Traction Railway Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was vice-president of the Freehold Bank, Pittsburgh; and the Colonial Trust Company, South Sharon, Pennsylvania, and president of the Crawford County Trust Company, Meadville, Pennsylvania, and the Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was also treasurer of the E. J. Thompson Company, Pittsburgh, and the New Kensington Bridge Company, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Politically, he was identified with the Republicans, and his rapidity of judgment enabled him, in the midst of incessant business activity, to give to the affairs of the community effort and counsel of genuine value. He served two terms in the Sewickley council, and was active in the local affairs of the borough. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Pittsburgh Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, and was a member of the Duquesne, Automobile, Allegheny Country and Pittsburgh Country clubs. He was a vestry-man and also the senior warden of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church.