Morning,
I just received the info below. I am seeking further info on the CHAFFEE
line mentioned. My line of descent is as follows:
1>Norman L CHAFFEE & Mary Eliza StJOHN
2>Benjamin Alison LOOMIS & Mary E CHAFFEE
3>Walter Lemuel LOOMIS & Minnie Lucy HAZELTINE
4>Frank Bowman HOLBROOK & Mary Grace LOOMIS
5>Garold Franklin PIERCE & Anna Marie Holbrook
Garold PIERCE & Anna HOLBROOK are my maternal grandparents. Pasted below is
the full text of what was sent to me via email from someone whose been very
helpful in piecing together my Ashtabula County connections.
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From the 1850 Census of Jefferson, Ohio:
Norman L. Chaffee, 35, lawyer, norn N.Y., real estate $6000, with Mary E.,
26., Mary E., 7: Henry C. 5; Isabel C. 3; Gaius W. 5 months, Caroline M.
Lee, 27 B. born Slave State, and Montreville wilcox, 26, medical student,
born N.Y.
Judge Norman L. chaffee was born, according to one records, Oct 30, 1813, in
Tully, Onanganda Co., N.Y., the son of Joseph and Roxy (Griggs) Chaffee. He
came to Ashtabula County in 1831. He studied law in the office of Joshua R.
Giddings, and was admitted to the Bar in 1839. He was Prosecuting Attorney
from 1842 to 1848, then Representative in the State, legislature, and Judge
of the Court of the Common Pleas from 1961 to 1871. In 1840 he married Mary
Eliza St. John, daughter of Col. Gaius Weed St. John and his wife Cebelia
(Hawley) St. John. Mrs. Mary E. Chaffee died in 1859, and in 1860 Judge
Chaffee married Almira Ruggles. The first Mrs. chaffee was a grand-daughter
of Orestes K. Hawley, the first licensed physician in Ashtabula County, and
a great-grand-daughter of Col. Eliphalent Austin. the proprietor and first
settler in Austinburg Township. Henry C. Chaffee lived in Manhattan,
Kansas., and Isabel C. (Mrs. Berkley) in Cal., Gaius Weed Chaffee was for 15
years deputy Recorder and for six year Recorder of Ashtabula County. He
never married, but brought up as his own daughters, Isabel and Kate Jackson,
daughters of his youngest sister. Mrs. Julia Jackson. Miss Isabel Jackson
now lives in Cleveland and Kate Jackson married John Jones of Jefferson.
Loomis Births:
Norman S. Loomis, b. 2 Aug, 1873 - Parents Benjamin A. Loomis and Mary E.
Chaffee
Alvirs Lena Loomis, b. 7 Jan 1876 - Parents same as above
Burt D. Loomis, b. 15 Aug 1880 - Parents same as above
Walter Loomis, b. 24 Jul 1874 - Parents same as above.
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Thanx just for reading this far,
Jim SHREVE Sr.