History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 77

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1340

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EPHRAIM CHAFFEE (deceased) was born April 25, 1760, and died August 6, 1825 ; his wife, Elizabeth, was born January 30, 1761, and died April 21, 1853. They had seven children, of whom the eld- est, Noah, born February 22, 1780, married Catherine Draper, born January 14, 1780; he died April 30, 1869, his wife died March 28, 1866. They had nine children, of whom Samuel B., the third in order of birth, born November 29, 1808, married, October 22, 1831, Maria Buffington, who was born May 29, 1815, and their family consisted of six children, as follows : Mary E., born June 26, 1832; Martha, born October 3, 1834; Rufus D., born March 26, 1837, died September 6, 1838 ; Cornelia E., born September 6, 1839, died November 28, 1875; Rufus A., born December 11, 1841, died September 24, 1864 ; Asenath A., born January 21, 1844. This wife dying November 4, 1845, Mr. Chaffee married, July 9, 1846, Betsey L. Pendleton, who was born June 23, 1824, and by her were two children, viz .: Samuel O., born August 31, 1848, died April 14, 1849; and Cordis M. Samuel B. Chaffee came to this county in 1819, and settled in Warren township ; he died October 4, 1888 ; his second wife survives. Cordis M. Chaffee was born August 10, 1850, and was reared and educated in Warren township, where he conimenced as a farmer; he has spent his life on a farm, and now owns two hundred and ninety-five acres, finely stocked and well improved. He was married in Warren township February 14, 1872, to Lucinda J. Arnold, daughter of Chauncy W. and Caro- line (Talmadge) Arnold, natives of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively, and of English origin; they have had seven children, Lucinda J. being the second ; she was reared, educated and married in Warren township, and is the mother of three children, as follows : Leah, born May 21, 1875; one that died in infancy ; and Torrance O., born March 3, 1886. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Chaffee is steward ; he is a Republican, and has filled the office of town clerk, and is now commissioner.

JOHN H. CHAFFEE, farmer and stock grower, Sheshequin township, P. O. Hornbrook, was born on the Chaffee homestead, July 13, 1843, a son of Charles Chaffee, and is the eldest and only son in this county, except D. W. Chaffee. He was reared on the farm, and received his education in the district schools and at the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda. When nineteen years old he enlisted in the army in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-first P. V. I., and was discharged May 28, 1866 ; he was promoted to corporal, December 5, 1863, and then to sergeant, January 1, 1865, and was wounded and captured at Chancellorsville, again wounded at Petersburg. He par- ticipated in the following battles: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Auburn, Kelly's Ford, Morris' Farm, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Talopotomy, Cold Harbor, Peters- burg, Poplar Spring Church, Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run and Sailor's Creek, and was with the army at the surrender of Gen. Lee. Mr. Chaffee does not know how he was wounded, but thinks it was by a concussion, caused by the explosion of a shell at Chancellorsville, which rendered him unconscious, and while in that condition he was captured ; he was confined in Libby prison thirteen days and then

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paroled ; was exchanged September 30, and joined his regiment at Petersburg. He was struck by a piece of shell in the lumbar region of the back at Petersburg, June 16, 1864, causing partial paralysis of the left leg, from which he has never fully recovered, and for which he went to Lincoln General Hospital about two months. He was also struck by a spent ball at the battle of Mine Run. He rejoined his regiment sometime in September, after he was wounded at Peters- burg. Returning from the army he commenced business for himself, and taught school eight winter and two fall terms, and also operated a threshing machine several falls, then settled down on the old homestead or Hill place ; then moved on the place that was occupied by his father before his death. He owns over two hundred and fifty acres in this county, eighty acres in Kansas, superintending the entire property, and raises cattle and sheep. Mr. Chaffee was married November 16, 1871, to Marion I., daughter of William E. and Fannie (Gore) Bull, of this county, and of this marriage there are two children: Adaline M., born May 26, 1873, and Ira P., born December 4, 1876. Mrs. Chaffee is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is a mem- ber of Watkins Post, No. 68, G. A. R., Towanda, and his political views are Republican. Mr. Chaffee now fills the office of town com- missioner, and postmaster at Hornbrook; he has held several town- ship offices besides that of commissioner.

N. P. CHAFFEE, dealer in boots and shoes, Athens, is a native of Warren township, this county, and was born October 29, 1833, a son of Orvilla and Amy (Lyon) Chaffee, natives of Pawtucket. R. I., and who came to this county early in life; the father, who was a farmer, died in May, 1888, in his eighty-sixth year; the mother in 1883 in her seventy-fifth year; grandfather Noah Chaffee was a soldier in the War of 1812 N. P. Chaffee is the fourth in a family of eleven chil- dren, of whom six are living. He was reared on the farm, and remained with his father until he was nineteen, when he served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, which he followed until he enlisted in the army in September, 1862, in Company D, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was injured at the skirmish at Occoquan, Va., and was sent to Carver Hospital, Washington, December 23, 1862; was discharged January 30, 1863 ; he is a member of the G. A. R., Per- kins Post, No. 202, and also of the Union Veteran Legion, No. 28. He was married in Owego, N. Y., July 18, 1857, to Miss Celestia, daughter of William H. and Diadama (Hoskins) Spencer, natives of Connecticut (she is the eighth child of a family of nine, and was born in Orwell township, this county, January 28, 1840). To Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have been born three children, as follows: Dudley K. (deceased), Ferris E. (a student at Colgate University) and Ina L. Mr. Chaffee removed from Orwell township to Athens in the spring of 1872, and opened a boot and shoe store. He is a Republican, and is one of the leading public-spirited citizens of the borough.

W. B. CHAFFEE, farmer and stock grower, Sheshequin town- ship, P. O. Ghent, was born in Bristol county, Mass., January 30, 1825, and is a son of Wilder and Sabrina (Bowen) Chaffee. His father, by trade a machinist, was born in Massachusetts and came to this county

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in 1833, locating in Warren township where he remained until his death, May 7, 1864 ; his widow survived until December 18, 1889. The father was sixty-eight years old at the time of his death, and the mother was eighty-eight ; they had five children, four living : W. B., H. B., Maria E. (married to George Harrington, of Pike, Pa.) and W. P .; Lucy Elminie died February 15, 1864, aged nineteen years. W. B. Chaffee was reared in Warren township, attending school until he was nineteen, and received an excellent education for the times. He learned the carpenter and joiner trade, and followed same about ten years. His first farm was in Warren township, purchased in 1835 where he lived two years, then went to the Sheshequin valley where he rented a farm and lived two years. In 1857 he purchased the farm he now occupies consisting of seventy acres, which he cleared, and where he put up all the buildings, all of which he has accumulated by his own exertions. He has always been successful in business. Mr. Chaffee was married December 31, 1851, to Lucy A., daughter of Abram Gore, and grand- daughter of Samuel Gore. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee were born two children: Abram G., born February 28, 1853, married to Sarah J., daughter of Joseph and Harriet (Browning) Haigh, and Sarah E., born August 12, 1855, married to H. G. Bidlack. The family are Universalists in religion, and in politics Mr. Chaffee is a Republican.

BYRON A. CHAMBERLAIN, jobber, Towanda, was born in Wind- ham township, this county, July 12, 1845, and is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Hartshorn) Chamberlain. The paternal grandfather Chamberlain, formerly of Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y., was a pioneer of Windham township, this county, and was a millwright by trade ; in later life he removed to Freeport, Ill., and died there. The mater- nal grandfather, William Hartshorn, was a native of Connecticut, a soldier of the War of 1812, and was a pioneer of Windham township, where he cleared and improved a farm, and resided there until his death. Joseph Chamberlain, who was a native of Unadilla, N. Y., was a harness maker by trade, and settled in Windham township with his parents; in 1847 he removed to Orwell township, and worked at his trade there until his death in 1876. He had seven children who grew to maturity, among whom were: Fedilia C. (Mrs. Eli Merrill), Lodenra (Mrs. Ezra Lyon), Nancy (Mrs. Charles Colgrove) and Byron A. Our subject was reared in Orwell township, received a common- school education and learned the harness maker's trade in the shop of his father. He was in the Civil War, enlisting August 20, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-first P. V. I., and was promoted to corporal in 1864; he participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor, in front of Peters- burg and other engagements, and was at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. In July, 1863, he was shot through the left thigh at Gettysburg, and was shot through the neck in front of Petersburg June 18, 1864. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1865. In October, 1866, he came to Towanda, where he followed his trade as a journeyman from 1867 to 1883. He drove a hack in Towanda, and since 1882 has been a jobber and contractor for the State Line Coal Company. On March 27, 1866, he married Marthena,

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daughter of Ruel and Eliza (Manderville) Brown, of Rome, this county, and has two children, as follows: Bertha L. and Charles B. Mr. Chamberlain is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics he is a Republican.

J. W. CHAMBERLAIN, physician and surgeon, Wyalusing, though comparatively a young man, has already climbed well toward the top of the profession in this county. He was born in Wyalusing township, August 3, 1859, and is a son of John F. Chamberlain (born September 14, 1814, and died March 11, 1881) and Susan (Terry) Chamberlain (born April 6, 1818, and is still living). They had a family of five children, four yet living, viz .: Nancy Irene, George F., Jennie E. and J. W. Gilbert, the second child, died October 26, 1863, being then twenty-four years old. The father was for many years a merchant of Terrytown, and he purchased a farm on Lime hill, where he resided for several years; then in 1865 he conducted the warehouse and coal office at Wyalusing, remaining in business there for several years ; in 1868 he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and was the only man up to that time who received that high honor unso- licited ; after serving three years, he returned to Wyalusing and per- chased the Washington-Taylor farm, where he resided for about ten vears ; then retired from active life and removed to the present resi- dence of the family, where he died. Among the many popular resi- dents of his native township none stood higher than he; industrious, intelligent and scrupulously honest, he commanded the respect of all. In early life he identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and contributed liberally to the support of the same; his views on the temperance question were strong, almost to radicalism, and in politics he was a stanch Whig and Republican, taking an active interest in the great political questions of his day ; he was a successful business man. Dr. Chamberlain passed his boyhood on the farm, and in the village of Wyalusing, receiving his English education in the Wyalusing schools and Wyoming Seminary. In 1883 he began the study of medicine, entering college the same year, and in April, 1886, he was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, tak- ing the degree of M. D., and was registered in Bradford county that summer, but went to Castleton, Ills., where he formed a partnership with Dr. Holgate, of that place, and practiced one year. He then returned to Wyalusing where he has been in active practice since, and has been very successful. The doctor is a stanch Republican, and takes an active interest in politics. His grandfather, Jabez Chamber- lain was one of the oldest physicians of the county, and a graduate of one of the old medical colleges of New York.

M. CHAMBERLAIN, blacksmith, Silvara, was born at Lenox, Susquehanna Co., Pa., December 29, 1851, and is a son of Levi and Martha A. (Betts) Chamberlain, both living in Silvara, who had three children, two yet living: M. (our subject) and Phoebe (married to John A. Wood, a liveryman, of Nebraska City, Kans.). M. Chamber- lain was born and reared on a farm, and was educated in the common schools ; at the age of twenty-two he began business for himself and followed farming one year, and began to learn the trade of blacksmith

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in the shop of George E. Chamberlain, of Dimock, Pa., and remained there three years; he then worked a short time with Mr. Mc Vicker, at Eaton, Pa .; he worked as a journeyman about eight years. He was married January 29, 1881, to Libbie Babcock, a daughter of N. P. Babcock, a farmer, of Tuscarora, and for the following two years resided and worked at his trade in Wyalusing, then was one year at Elk Lake, and one year at Eaton ; then removed to Silvara, where he has pursued his trade up to the present time, having built up a large and growing trade, and is recognized as one of the active business men of the village. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain have four children : Leo E., Fay, Lizzie and Willie ; politically Mr. Chamberlain is a Republican, but not an active politician.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLIN, farmer, Wysox township. P. O. Myers- burg, was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., November 17, 1819, a son of Lewis and Mary (Wood) Chamberlin, natives of New York and Connecticut, respectively, and of English origin. In his father's family there were seven children, of whom, Samuel, who is the second, began life for himself at the age of twenty-one, and took up farming as his occupation ; he has lived in his present home since 1842. He was married June 30, 1841, to Elsie Maria, only daughter of William and Abigail (Russell) Moger, and this happy union was blessed with thirteen children, as follows: William, born March 1, 1842 (enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, P. V. I., and was killed at Gettysburg); Alonzo, born August 14, 1843 (was taken prisoner and starved in Salisbury prison, North Carolina) ; Frances Adaline, born June 28, 1845 (married to Joseph VanScouten, of Wysox, and later to Thomas Burdict, of Black Creek, Wis.); Mary A., born September 2, 1846 (married Elisha Strope, of Wysox); Oscar F., born June 24, 1848, a farmer and lumberman of Tomahawk, Wis. (married to Elizabeth Emory); Helen M., born March 24, 1850 (married Josiah Smith, of Seymour, Wis.); Emma J., born December 16, 1851 (married John Hoaglin, of Wysox) ; Charles H., born August 11, 1853, died October 17, 1854; Charles M., born April 16, 1856, now in Wisconsin ; George M., born September 12, 1858, employed in a toy factory at Towanda (married Blanche Luens, of Towanda); Harriet E., born September 11, 1861 (married Jesse Parkhill, a railroad engineer in Wisconsin); Samuel J., born April 10, 1863, working his father's farm (married to Hetuline Reynolds, of Wysox); and William A., born April 15. 1866 (married to Cora Vanness, of Wysox). Mrs. Chamberlin died November 14, 1888, and Mr. Chamberlin married, for his second wife. Mrs. Alonzo P. Jones (nee Rebecca M. Twining), of Towanda, the eldest of four chil- dren of Henry and Chloe (Hickok) Twining, of East Smithfield, Pa. Her only brother, John H., was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Her grandfather, Oliver Hickok, was a captain in the War of 1812. Mr. Chamberlin's great-grandfather and two brothers came to America from England ; his grandfather, William Chamberlin, was a Revolu- tionary soldier, and served through the entire war. Samuel Chamberlin was formerly a member of the Baptist Church, but now attends with his wife, who is in fellowship with Brethren at Towanda. Mr. Cham- berlin was town commissioner several years.

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H. I. CHANDLER, farmer, P. O. Athens, was born in Athens town- ship, this county, March 26, 1855, a son of Daniel S. and Sarah M. (Campbell) Chandler, the former a native of Athens, the latter of Litchfield township. Daniel S. Chandler is the son of Samuel Chand- ler, who was born in Orange county, N. Y., and removed in 1805 to Tompkins county, same State, where he remained twenty years; in 1825 he came to this county, locating on what is known as " Prospect Hill," and purchased a farm which he cleared; he died April 23, 1850, in his sixty-eighth year ; his wife, Margaret, died October 12, 1851, in her sixty-seventh year. His son, Daniel S., is now living on the old homestead, in his seventy-sixth year, and is the father of seven chil- dren, six of whom grew to maturity and are living at the present time. H. I., who is the eldest in the family, was reared and educated in Athens, spending one term in the Rome Academy. On September 30, 1884, he married, at Nichols, N. Y., Miss Eva, daughter of William M. and Mary D. Harris. This union was blessed with two children : Walter D. and Grover L. Mr. Chandler is a general farmer, giving more attention to stock (of which he has a fine assortment) and grain. In 1884 he purchased what is known as the Eastabrook farm of 115 acres. He is an enterprising farmer, and enjoys the full confidence of his townsmen, who elected him to the office of town clerk ; politic- ally he is a Democrat.

M. C. CHAPMAN, superintendent Cayuta Wheel and Foundry Company, Sayre, is a native of Salisbury, Conn., and was born June 25, 1836. His parents were William and Betsy (Crane) Chapman, also natives of Salisbury, Conn., the former of whom, who was a pig-iron manufacturer, was born in January, 1800. and died in 1879; the latter died in 1888, in her eighty-second year. M. C. Chapman is the seventh in a family of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except two girls. He was reared in his native place, and served an apprenticeship in Barnum, Richardson & Co.'s Car Wheel Foundry, and worked there about five years; then went to Chicago and helped establish the Barnum & Allen Car Wheel Foundry, where he remained a year, and then proceeded to New Haven, and had charge of the New York & New Haven Railroad Shops about five years ; then went to the Ramapo Car Wheel Works in Rockland county, N. Y., where he remained five years; from there he came to Sayre in the fall of 1872, and accepted the position he now holds with the Cayuta Wheel and Foundry Company. Mr. Chapman was married in Salisbury, Conn., in 1866, to Miss Mary, daughter of William and Margaret (Hall) Wolfe, natives of Dutchess county, N. Y. Mrs. Chapman is the eighth in a family of eleven children, and was born in Salisbury, Conn., in 1845. To Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were born four daughters, as follows: Car- rie, Lydia, Bessie and Mabel. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Montgomery Lodge, No. 13, and a member of the Empire Order. He is a Republican, and served six years as school director in the Inde- pendent school district of Sayre; also as township commissioner three years.

DANIEL CHASE, farmer, P. O. Gillett, was born in South Creek township, this county, in October, 1840, a son of Joseph and

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Margaret (Wilson) Chase, natives of Massachusetts and New York, respectively. Joseph Chase was a builder by trade, having been employed in his own neighborhood in the erecting of many buildings ; he was the son of David Chase, a ship builder ; removed to this county about 1826, first locating in South Creek, then Tioga Point, then went to Springfield, and finally to South Creek, locating on the hill east of what is called "Dunnings," where he remained until his death in 1874, in the seventy-sixth year of his age; his family numbered twelve, ten of whom grew to maturity, eight of them now living; four sons served in the army in the Civil War-William, Wallace, Daniel and John ; William was captain ; John died of disease ; Daniel served in Company F, Twenty-third N. Y. V. I., for the term of two years, and was honorably discharged from his command; then enlisted, for the second time, in Company A, First N. Y. V. C., for the term of three years, or during the war ; he served until the close of the war; was wounded at an encounter at Upperville, Va., and, during this term of service, he was promoted to first duty sergeant, in which rank he was discharged. He married at Gillett in 1879, Mrs. Williams, widow of the late Orlando Williams, and this union resulted in the birth of one son, John, now in his eighth year. Mr. Chase makes a specialty of dairying, having some very fine graded stock. He has filled the office of school director seventeen years; has been town clerk, and now holds the position of commissioner ; he is a member of the G. A. R., Good Templars and a Grange ; politically he is Independent.

DAVID CHASE, farmer, P. O. Gillett, was born in South Creek township, this county, in September, 1843, a son of Joseph and Mar- garet (Wilson) Chase, the former of whom was born in Newburyport, Mass., the latter in New York. Joseph Chase was a carpenter and builder, the son of David Chase, a ship-builder by trade. Joseph came to this county about the year 1830, first locating in Athens, then called "Tioga Point," from which place he removed to Smith- field, thence to Springfield, and finally came to South Creek township, locating on the hill east of what is now called "Dunnings," where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1877, when he was in his seventy-second year. He reared a family of fourteen children-eleven sons and three daughters-who grew to maturity, of whom eight are now living, four were in the army, and one died of disease contracted there. David, who is the eleventh in the family, was reared and edu- cated in his native township. at the common school, and in his early life he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he works more or less in connection with his farm. He spent two years in California, and after his return, in January. 1877, he married Jeanette, daughter of Will- iam and Rhoda Ann Chapman, which union resulted in the birth of four children : David W., Nettie N., Chester A. and Lulu. Mr. Chase is engaged in what is termed " mixed farming ;" is a man of influence, and has beld various offices of trust ; has been constable, collector and school director, and at the present time holds the office of assessor. He is a member of the various orders: Good Templars, I. O. O. F., E. A. U., and of the Grange ; politically he is a Republican.

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WILLIAM P. CHASE, farmer, P. O. Gillett, was born in South Creek township, this county, November 25, 1845, a son of Benjamin and Susan (Wilson) Chase, natives of Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire, respectively. They came to this county about 1820, locating on the farm now occupied by their son William; their family numbered eleven, ten of whom grew to maturity, and seven are now living. Our subject, who is the ninth in the family, was reared and educated in South Creek township. On December, 1866, he married, at Bentley Creek, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Almina Cummins, and by this union there were five children, four of whom are now living, as follows : Eva, Ruby, Charles and John. Mr. Chase entered the army in 1864, in Company B, Tenth New York Cavalry, and served until the close of the war ; he was honorably discharged and now draws a pension. He is a general farmer, and pays especial attention to grain raising. He is a member of the G. A. R., and politically is a Republican.

A. N. CHESLEY, farmer, P. O. Granville Summit, was born in Granville township, this county, May 25, 1837, and is a son of Simon P. and Eliza (Dudley) Chesley. His paternal grandfather, Simon Chesley, was a native of Canada, was a soldier of the Revolutionary War on the American side, and was among the pioneers of Franklin township, this county, and later of Granville township, where he lived until his death ; his wife was Betsey Shafer, by whom he had five children, as follows : Simon, Philip, Margaret (Mrs. Henry Downs), Susan (Mrs. Orrin Pratt) and Malachi. Of these, Simon, born in Luzerne county, Pa., was a farmer by occupation, and cleared a large tract of land on Granville Summit ; he was a soldier in the Civil War, and died of disease contracted while in the service of his country. His wife was a daughter of Abner Dudley, of Burlington, this county, and by her had eight children : A. Neton, Betsey (Mrs. Henry Tinklepaugh), Philip, Ennice (Mrs. David Webb), Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Van Horn), John, Susan (Mrs. Michael Collins) and Mary (Mrs. Philander Flem- ing). A. Neton Chesley was reared in Granville township, and has always followed farming. He married Eliza J., daughter of Roswell and Harriet (Loomis) White, of Canton township, this county, and has one son, Oscar, who married Sadie, daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Shoemaker) Spalding, of Granville township, and has two children : Clarence R. and Roy. Mr. A. N. Chesley and his son are enterpris- ing citizens of Granville, and in politics are Democrats.

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History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 77

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.) Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Chicago, S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1340

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1340