History of Somers, (Tolland County) Connecticut United States of America

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Alonzo Bowen Chapin - A Biography

Alonzo Bowen Chapin, clergyman, was born at Somers, Conn., March 10, 1808. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and began to practise law at Wallingford, Conn. At the same time he was editor of The Chronicle of the Church, an Episcopalian periodical, published at New Haven. This work he continued for about eight years. In 1838 he was ordained an Episcopal minister, preached at West Haven, Conn., for twelve years. From 1850 to 1855 he was rector of St. Luke's church at Glastonbury, Conn., going to Hartford in the latter year to become editor of the Calendar. His published writings include: The English spelling book; containing Rules and Reasons for Orthography and Pronounciation (1841); A View of the Organization and Order of the Primitive Church (1845); Puritanism not Genuine Protestantism (1847), and Glastonbury for Two Hundred Years (1853). He died in Hartford, Conn., July 9, 1858.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor