Presidential Cousins linked through the Chapin Line

John Reuben Chapin

John Reuben Chapin was an illustrator for the Harper's Magazine. A story by Judy Chapin Buzby tells how the Chapin family was connected to Samuel FB Morse.

http://www.isledegrande.com/buzby.htm

Wikipedia note...

John R Chapin (1827-1907) was a 19th-century American artist and illustrator, who worked for Harper's Magazine. He was especially noted for a series of illustrations entitled Artist life in the highlands of New Jersey published in April 1860 which gave a realistic depiction of the daily life of miners.

JR Chapin Illustration of the great Chicago fire....