Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . orn in the homestead of his grand-father Rose at New Shoreham, Block Island,February 13, 1864, son of John P. and Lydia M.(Rose) Champlin. His father was the only son ofChristopher E. andRosina (Pocock) Champlin, andChristopher was the fourth and youngest son ofNathaniel and Mary T. (Hull) Champlin, who were the first of the family to settle on Block Island (about17 75)- The Champlin family is one of the oldest onthe island, and the name is
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . orn in the homestead of his grand-father Rose at New Shoreham, Block Island,February 13, 1864, son of John P. and Lydia M.(Rose) Champlin. His father was the only son ofChristopher E. andRosina (Pocock) Champlin, andChristopher was the fourth and youngest son ofNathaniel and Mary T. (Hull) Champlin, who were the first of the family to settle on Block Island (about17 75)- The Champlin family is one of the oldest onthe island, and the name is closely connected andassociated with all the principal events that makeits history. John P. Champlin, the father of , has been at the head of the town govern-ment for the last quarter of a century. The subjectof this sketch received his early education in thepublic schools of New Shoreham and the IslandHigh School. Adopting medicine as a profession,he entered the Boston University School of Medicine,from which he graduated in June 1885 with thedegree of M. D. Being induced to locate in hisnative town, he began the practice of medicine on. JOHN CARDER CHAMPLIN. Block Island in July 1885, and has continued thereuntil the present time. He has the honor of beingthe first physician born on Block Island. He wasappointed Postmaster of Block Island in July 1888,and in February 1893 he was appointed MedicalExaminer of the Second District of Newport Countyfor six years. He was elected a member of theSchool Committee of the town of New Shoreham inApril 1894. Dr. Champlin is a member of the RhodeIsland ;opathic Medical Society and theHahnemann Medical Society of Boston ; also ofAtlantic Lodge of Masons, of which he was masterfrom 1890 to 1895, Columbus Lodge Knights ofPythias, Newport Chapter, De Blois Council, and MEN OF PROGRESS. 169 Washington Commandery Knights Templar. Heis a member of the First Baptist Church of BlockIsland. In politics he is a Democrat. Althoughn
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