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Author: tcbjammon
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Father: James Eber Chaffee (Elisha H., Rufus, Ezra, Ebenezer, John, Joseph, THOMAS) was
born in Oswegatchie, NY March 16, 1839, and married in Canton, NY, July 11, 1864, Sarah
Jane, daughter of Bela Bell of Heuvelton, NY. She has a light complexion, blue eyes and
light brown hair. Mr. Chaffee has a dark complexion, black eyes and hair, and is five
feet, eight and one-half inches in height. He lived in Oswegatchie until 1858, when he
went to Wisconsin and worked on a farm. Returning to Oswegathchie, he worked for his
brother until the fall of 1861, when on October 1st he enlisted as a Private in the 16 New
York Volunteer Infantry and went to Virginia via New York City. He served until February
14, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability. He returned to his home and
after partially regaining his health, entered the construction department of the army and
returned to the South, where he repaired railroads and built bridges until the close of
the war. Durin!
g this time he obtained leave and returned to Canton to be married, remaining two weeks.
He continued on duty in the South until October, 1865. He bought a farm near Heuvelton
and lived there seven years, at the end of that time selling it, and buying a hardware
business in Heuvelton, where he was living in 1891. Mr. Chaffee united with the Methodist
Church, of which his wife is also a member, at the age of twenty-eight, and was for twenty
years a Steward in it. He was also a Sunday School Superintendent for four years. He was
at one time Postmaster, was Notary Public two terms, Superintendent of the Poor three
terms and Surveyor four terms.
Children:
Florence Angeline Chaffee, born March 21, 1867; married Walter L. Millard
Mary Bell Chaffee, born May 19, 1869
Mable Coralie Chaffee, born July 10, 1874
Willie James Chaffee, born December 26, 1879
From the William H. Chaffee book "The Chaffee Genealogy"
1909 Grafton Press
There is no other information in the book about this family
1900 census Jas R. and Mary living in Watertown Ward 5, Jefferson, NY married 1896 [2
children]
1910 census James and Mary living in Hounsfield, Jefferson, NY [more children]
follow those children. maybe you can connect with living descendants
hope this helps, twchaffee tcbjammon(a)yahoo.com
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