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hi darla, the info about Lucy I. Chaffee seems to indicate it is the same Lucy who married
Garrett Ballard, born abt 1810 in Peterboro, Madison Co., and died in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, NY about 1844(as you stated). The Chaffee Genealogy Book/1909 by William H.
Chaffee only lists her as a daughter of Walter & Anna Hyde Chaffee, there is no more
info in the book other than what I have read(no death date listed). Apparently, from what
the book says, they went out West or Garrett went out West but they or Lucy came back to
NY and lived out her life in Otto. Sorry I can't be of any other help but I found the
county Otto is in so that's one help. You will have to contact Madison County for
birth records, good luck, but you can contact Cattaraugus County, NY for death records. I
use search engine, Google, for looking up counties and finding addresses of Recorder
Office or genealogists willing to look up any info for you as volunteer work. There may
not be any death info either bu!
t if you could find cemetery where she is buried in Otto, they may have info also. In
Google, just put in the county name "Cattaraugus County, NY" and search. you
will get alot of sites where you can contact for info. Put another query for Garrett
Ballard like you did for Chaffee and that might trigger a response. I can give you info on
Walter and Anna Hyde Chaffee but sorry about Lucy, there is no further info from book. You
can view the Book thru the LDS Church microfische records if you can find in Japan. In
fact, if you have LDS branch in Japan, you can try searching for info that way from them.
They should be able to help somehow. Contact a genealogy group in NY (i.e.
nygenweb.com)and ask them for referrals on who to contact but there are alot of
volunteers/groups willing to look up info. I am a descendant of Walter and Anna Chaffee
and trying to get info from that time period may be difficult, but don't give up,ok?
I am descended from Thomas Chaffe 1637 Hingham, MA al!
l the way thru Walter to his son Enoch H. Chaffee(my ggg grandfather) and then to my gg
grandfather Walter Scott Chaffee, who left Madison Co., NY and arrived in Ventura, CA
1861. It takes time but don't give up. Find the cemeteries in Cattaraugus County and
contact them for Lucy's plot. By the way, info gets twisted sometimes(i.e. Lucy's
middle name in Book is "I" but that may be a mistake) but I am pretty sure the
info, at least her parents and husband, is correct. Good Luck, hope I helped a little bit.
Sincerely, Terry Chaffee, Ventura, CA tcbjammon(a)aol.com I am sure this Lucy I. Chaffee
Ballard is one in the same. bye. tc