*Note- His mother remarried Alva Samuel Chapin born in Syracuse, NY and died in Gainesville, Florida 1932.
Herbert at age 10 came from Sutton, Quebec to Madison, Lake County, Dakota Territory (SD) with his mother and sister in 1880. He was either born in Abbott's Corner, Brome-Mississiquoi Quebec or 'Moffatt's Corner' Richford, VT, a mile apart from each other. He made his way to Pitt, Lake of the Woods, MN, Baudette, and eventually Hibbing. He did a variety of jobs in the lumber industry. He was a forest surveyor for a logging company, head foreman at at Backus & Brooks Lumberyard in Pitt, MN in 1910, and drove logs down the Rainy River to the lumber mills. He loved spending time in the woods.
Herbert at age 10 came from Sutton, Quebec to Madison, Lake County, Dakota Territory (SD) with his mother and sister in 1880. He was either born in Abbott's Corner, Brome-Mississiquoi Quebec or 'Moffatt's Corner' Richford, VT, a mile apart from each other. He made his way to Pitt, Lake of the Woods, MN, Baudette, and eventually Hibbing. He did a variety of jobs in the lumber industry. He was a forest surveyor for a logging company, head foreman at at Backus & Brooks Lumberyard in Pitt, MN in 1910, and drove logs down the Rainy River to the lumber mills. He loved spending time in the woods.
*Note- His mother remarried Alva Samuel Chapin born in Syracuse, NY and died in Gainesville, Florida 1932.
Herbert at age 10 came from Sutton, Quebec to Madison, Lake County, Dakota Territory (SD) with his mother and sister in 1880. He was either born in Abbott's Corner, Brome-Mississiquoi Quebec or 'Moffatt's Corner' Richford, VT, a mile apart from each other. He made his way to Pitt, Lake of the Woods, MN, Baudette, and eventually Hibbing. He did a variety of jobs in the lumber industry. He was a forest surveyor for a logging company, head foreman at at Backus & Brooks Lumberyard in Pitt, MN in 1910, and drove logs down the Rainy River to the lumber mills. He loved spending time in the woods.
Herbert at age 10 came from Sutton, Quebec to Madison, Lake County, Dakota Territory (SD) with his mother and sister in 1880. He was either born in Abbott's Corner, Brome-Mississiquoi Quebec or 'Moffatt's Corner' Richford, VT, a mile apart from each other. He made his way to Pitt, Lake of the Woods, MN, Baudette, and eventually Hibbing. He did a variety of jobs in the lumber industry. He was a forest surveyor for a logging company, head foreman at at Backus & Brooks Lumberyard in Pitt, MN in 1910, and drove logs down the Rainy River to the lumber mills. He loved spending time in the woods.
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