Born: March 2, 1768, Long­mea­dow (near Spring­field), Mass­a­chu­setts.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 19, 1835, North­field, Ohio.

Buried: North­field-Ma­ce­don­ia Cem­e­tery, North­field Cen­ter, Ohio.

Amzi was the sixth son of Ed­ward and Eu­nice Chapin. He start­ed his ca­reer in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut, work­ing as an ap­prent­ice ca­bi­net­mak­er to his brother, Aa­ron, for three years. He then went with his bro­ther Lu­cius, to teach sing­ing schools in Vir­gin­ia and North Car­o­li­na. Amzi event­u­al­ly set­tled in 1795, found­ing a mill and con­tin­u­ing as a sing­ing teach­er. He mar­ried Han­nah Power, daugh­ter of Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter James Pow­er, in 1800, and they moved to near Browns­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia, where Amzi farmed and con­tin­ued teach­ing in sing­ing schools. The family moved to North­field, Ohio, in 1831.

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