Henry Barton Chapin was born on September 14, 1827, in Rochester, New York.

He was a Presbyterian clergyman and educator. He graduated from Yale University, Connecticut in 1847. He also studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York City and Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1854. He had pastorates in Steubenville, Ohio and Trenton, New Jersey. In 1866, he was associate principal of Edgehill School, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1867, he became the proprietor and principal of the Collegiate School in New York City. The school was later renamed the Chapin Collegiate School and Dr. Chapin continued his work there until his retirement in 1903. He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton in 1868 and in 1891, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him also by Princeton.

In 1854, he married Harriet Ann Smith (1834–1914). He died on July 7, 1914, in White Plains, New York.

Susan Torrey Revere Chapin was born on July 11, 1865, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Revere and Susan Tilden Revere. She was the sister of Lady Grace Linzee Osler (1854-1928). In 1887, she married Henry Bainbridge Chapin (1857–1910). Together with her husband, they were involved in the founding of the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. She was a dedicated Board member and supporter of the hospital. She died in 1893.

Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau was born on November 9, 1840, in Sainte-Thérèse de Blainville, Quebec.

He was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician. He studied at Collège Masson in Terrebonne and Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. He was admitted to the bar of Lower Canada in 1861 and was created Queen’s Counsel in 1873. He served as president of the Institut Canadien and editor of the tri-weekly Le Colonisateur. In 1878, he received an honorary degree of D.C.L. from Laval University, Montreal. He practiced law in Montreal and became a Professor of Criminal Law (1878-1885) and International Law (1885-1898) at Laval University. In 1867, he was elected a Conservative representative to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Terrebonne. He served as the 5th Premier of Quebec (1879-1882), federal Cabinet minister (1882-1892), and the 7th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (1892–1898). In 1881, he received the Roman decoration of St. Gregory the Great, in 1882, that of the Legion of Honour of France, and in 1896, he was nominated K.C.M.G.

In 1874, he married Mary Louise King (1855-). He died on June 13, 1898, in Montreal, Quebec.

Rev. Adelbert Putnam Chapman was born on October 17, 1844, in Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut.

He was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman who graduated with a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1865. From 1866 to 1868 he taught at Quincy, Illinois and after two years he returned east to study theology at the Boston Theological Seminary. He joined the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1870. He served at St. Michael's Parish in Litchfield, Connecticut and in 1872, he was ordained Deacon at Bridgeport, Connecticut and Elder in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1874, he married Helen Harvey (1850-1898). He died on May 23, 1929, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.