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Colonel Cyrenius Chapin: The Brave Soldier, The Good Citizen, The Honest Man

By C. Douglas Kohler - January 15, 2010

As a medical doctor and a military colonel, Cyrenius Chapin's reputation often preceded him along the Niagara Frontier. Erie County Historian Doug Kohler looks at the influential character.

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