Elizabeth Luna (Chapin) Holland (1823 - 1896)

Born 3 Jul 1823 in Springfield, Hamden, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Gilbert Holland — married 1845 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Died 26 Apr 1896 at age 72 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Chapin was born in 1823; in 1845, she married physician and writer Josiah Gilbert Holland, who became editor first of the Springfield Republican, and later of Scribner's Monthly. Through her husband, during his time at the Republican, Elizabeth met and became friends with poet Emily Dickinson. Elizabeth passed away in 1896.

Sources

• Birth 3 Jul. 1823, at Springfield: "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJW-LDQ : 9 February 2018), Elizabeth Luna Chapin, 03 Jul 1823; citing p 231, SPRINGFIELD, HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414. Alternative record (NEHGS, image of printed record): "Elizabeth Luna daughter of Whitfield and Melia Chapin, was Born July 3d 1823." -- Springfield VRs, Vol. 1, p. 707; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/39814/707/1320106920 (by subscription)

• Christening 12 Dec. 1824 (NEHGS; image of printed record): "Decemb12 1824 Elizabeth Luna daughter of Whitfield Chapin" -- Springfield VRs, Vol. 3, p. 1931; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/46056/1931/1320135433 (by subscription). This christening record of 12 Dec. 1824 also appears in an index record on FamilySearch, but with the name mistranscribed as "Elizabeth Leeora Chapin"; see https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCF-3YJ (no image of the original record given).

• Death and burial FindAGrave page for Elizabeth L. (Chapin) Holland,

• "Biographical Encyclopaedia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century", by H. Clay Williams, New York, Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Co., 1879-1883, entry for Josiah Gilbert Holland, pp. 181-188

• Emily Dickinson Museum page for Elizabeth Holland,

• Family record (family tree) in possession of descendant Ann Friend Clark; digital copy in possession of Christopher Childs (Childs-1516).