Private
David
Henry
(Henry)
Champlin
aka Champlain
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Unknown) Champlin
— married
before 1860 [location unknown]
Husband of
Phebe Ann (Quackow) Champlin
— married
before 1880 (to 1886) [location unknown]
Father of
Amand E. Champlin
Died
at age 50
in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Mar 2018
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Biography
Henry Champlin is a part of US Black heritage.
D. Henry was born in 1835 in Connecticut.
Occupations
- 1860, 1880: Shoemaker
In an 1885 map of Hingham, there is one shoe factory called Arnold & Hatch. He may have worked there.
James Chandler, with whom he is living in the 1850 census, was also a shoemaker.
Residences
- 1880: Ward Street, Hingham, Massachusetts with his wife Phebe
- 1860: Hingham, Massachusetts with the Sherburn family, his first wife Hannah and their 3-year-old daughter Amand, 63-year-old Phebe Simpson, and 30-year-old Joseph D. Champlin who is presumably his brother
- 1850: Duxbury, Massachusetts with Mary & James Chandler
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Corporal in Company B of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was 28 years old, married and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 25 August 1863 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.
Company B engaged at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, the Battle of Olustee, and the Battle of Boykin's Mills; three of the regiment's five major engagements.
Death
Henry passed away in 1886 and is buried at the Fort Hill Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Projects
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_333; Page: 71B; Image: 146
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_519; Page: 448; Family History Library Film: 803519
- 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 551; Page: 401C; Enumeration District: 566
- 1890 United States Veterans Schedules for Hingham, Massachusetts
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865. Boston, MA, 1894.
- Find a Grave: David H. Champlin
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Categories: USBH Free People of Color, Linked | Massachusetts, Free People of Color | 1850 US Census, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Duxbury, Massachusetts | 1860 US Census, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Hingham, Massachusetts | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | 1880 US Census, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Fort Hill Cemetery, Hingham, Massachusetts