Milford chronicle., 1961-03-03
Prominent Doctors
Died Last Saturday
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Hospital. This was closed in 1884
when DR.. Marshall returned to
the staff of the Milford Hospital
He was a member of Sussex
County, Delaware State ard Penn
sylvania State Medical Associa-
tions, American Medical Associa-
tion, Temple Lodge No. 8. A. f.
and A. NJ. the Christ Episcopal
Church and was a former direc-
tor of the First National Bank and
Trust Company in Milford.
In 1884, he was elected a mem
ber of the Delaware State Senate
from the First Senatorial District
of Sussex County with a majority
of 1874. A lifelong Republican, he
was raised in a political and mil
itary atmosphere by his late fa-
ther, DIR. George W. Marshall, who
! for years was County Chairman in
Kent County and a recognized
leader OF the Republican Party in
Delaware, and a captain of the
National Guard, Milford Battery
DR.. Sam did not seek reelection
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ate.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth
Fl. Marshall: a son. Samuel NJ d.,
Jr.; daughter, Mrs Barbara
Horton of Indianapolis, Indiana;
brother. DR.. William Marshall,
and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Berry Funeral Home
in Milford.
DIR. Chapman practiced his pro-
fession in Harrington for SO years,
and most of those years was ae-
lively identified with the Republic
can Party.
He was a past president of tine
Medical Board of Milford Memoir
ial Hospital and was a surgeon
for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He was a former member of the
State Medical Examining Board,
the State Board of Health and was
chief examiner for the Selective
Service System in Kent County
In 1928. he was presidential
elector when Herbert Hoover was
elected. In November. 1916. he
was elected a member of the Leg
islature, the second Republican
ever to be elected from the Ninth
District of Kent County, during a
period of 106 years.
He served as Speaker of the
House of Representatives in the
Hath General Assembly. He was
former member of the Republi-
can State Committee, the Kent
County COP War Board. and the
State Industrial Accident Board.
DR.. Chapman was vice president
of the First National Bank of
Harrington at the time of his
death. He was the first president
of the Harrington Chamber of
Commerce. He was a past vice
president of the Harrington
Building and Loan Association.
and a director of the Kent and
Sussex Fair Association.
About two years ago he was the
guest of honor at a dinner given
by the hundreds of folk he had so
faithfully ministered to during
his long and successful years of
practice.
He was born in Laurel, a son of
the late William II. and Sarah En-
ma Tomlinson Chapman. He grad
uated from the University of Mary
land and spent a year practicing
medicine in Detroit. Michigan He
opened an Office in FELTON, ard
spent six years there before re-
turning to Detroit for another
year. He went to Harrington in
1921.
In 1913, DR.. Chapman married
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Berlin of
Ohio. They were the parents of
two children. Harrison Berlin
Chapman of Florida. and Mrs. Ell
oise Payne of Baltimore. Md.
His first wife died in 1921. DR..
Chipman later married Miss Pearl
Parker of Salisbury, Md, who at
the time of their marriage was
chief nurse in charge of the op-
Grating room at the Milford Emer-
gency Hospital, Milford. BY this
marriage. they have one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Suzanne Jones. now liv-
ing on Guam.
A viewing was held at the Ber-
ry Funeral Home, Milford. on
Wednesday evening. and services
were held at his late residence in
Harrington. with Rev. Olin Shock
ley, pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, Harrington, officiating. on
Thursday, March 2, at 1870 p. M,
with interment in Hollywood
Cemetery, near Harrington.