Alonzo Duane CHAFFEE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1880; Farmer
• Census: 1900, Living in Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1900; Landlord
• Census: 1910, Living in Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois
• Census: 1920, Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois

Notes:

Notes from "Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill.: Alonzo D. Chaffee, a highly esteemed citizen and a thrifty, energetic and prominent farmer of Campton Township, owns a highly cultivated dairy farm on Section 21, comprising 140 acres of land, and takes an interest in fine stock, with which his farm is well supplies. He originally came from Windham County, Vermont, where he was born August 31, 1839.
Alonzo D. Chaffee made his home with his parents, attending the district school and also Mount Morris Seminary until the age of twenty, when he branched out for himself, buying a part of the old homestead, it being the fine farm upon which he now resides. October 7, 1863, he was united in marriage with Phoebe A. Padelford, a native of Elgin county, Canada, where she was born June 11, 1844, a daughter of J.F. and Prudence (Pound) Padelford, of Massachusetts and Canada, respectively. Five children have been the result of this union Charles A., a talented Christian young man of much promise, who was frowned May 11, 1886, when nearly twenty-one years old, while attending school at Aurora: Willie E., who died December 18, 1872; Mary A; Franklin E. ; and Rosie, who died December 31, 1881. Mr and Mrs. Chaffee and daughter are prominent members of the church. In politics he is a Republican, having been elected to several town offices, such as trustee of schools, and assessor, which position he holds at the present time....

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She is a member of the Baptist Church, her husband of the Methodist, which he joined at the age of eighteen and of which he was for eight years Trustee. He is a farmer and has been for eight terms Assessor of his town. He has a light complexion, blue eyes, and is five feet, eleven inches in height. In 1893 he lived in Campton, Ill.

Alonzo married Phoebe Ann PADELFORD on 07 Oct 1862 in Home of J. Franklin Padelford in Elgin, Ill.. Phoebe (daughter of James Franklin PADELFORD and Prudence POUND) was born on 11 Jun 1844 in Elgin County, Canada; died in 1927 in Illinois; was buried in New Hampshire Cemetery, Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rossie W. CHAFFEE was born on 29 Dec 1880 in Illinois; died on 31 Dec 1881 in Illinois; was buried in New Hampshire Cemetery, Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois .
2. Mary Amanda CHAFFEE was born on 18 Feb 1873.
3. Charles A. CHAFFEE was born on 04 Oct 1865; died on 11 May 1886 in Aurora, Du Page, Illinois, USA; was buried in New Hampshire Cemetery, Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois .
4. Franklin Earl CHAFFEE was born on 20 Aug 1876 in Illinois, USA.
5. Willie E. CHAFFEE was born on 25 May 1871; died on 18 Dec 1872 in Campton Township, Illinois.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Stewart Cemetery, Kane Co., Illinois
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1841, Removed to Campton Township, Illinois

Notes:

Notes from "Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill." under Alonzo D. Chaffee: His father, Eber Chaffee, was a farmer, and a native of the same place (Windham County, Vermont he married Anna Davis, and by this marriage there were twelve children..... Four of the sons are living in Los Angeles, Cal., where they have homes. In 1841 Eber Chaffee removed with his family to Illinois, and settled in Campton Township, whre he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and lived until the time of his death, which occured in August, 1877, he being at the advanced age of seventy-seven years; Mrs. Chaffee having preceded him to the other world in October, 1876, at the age of seventy-three years, and both are buried in Stewart's Cemetery.

Eber married Anna DAVIS on 09 May 1822 in Athens, Windham Co., Vermont. Anna was born on 07 Apr 1803 in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont; died on 24 Oct 1876 in Campton Township, Illinois; was buried in New Hampshire Cemetery, Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Stewarts Cemetery, Kane Co., Illinois