Dorr Bradford CHAFFEE

Dorr Bradford CHAFFEE

Male 1841 - 1921  (79 years)

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  • Name Dorr Bradford CHAFFEE  [2
    • He enlisted in Company B, 29th Illinois Volunteers, in the spring of 1863 for three months, and was taken ill with typhoid fever and compelled to return home, while with his regiment at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, guarding Southern soldiers. He is a farmer and lived from 1841 to 1881 in Campton, removing in that year to Garden Grove, California. [1]
    Birth 20 Oct 1841  Campton Township, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Living in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1880  Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1880  [3
    Farmer 
    Census 1900  Living in Westminster, Orange Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1900  [6
    Farmer 
    Death 1921  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • St. Charles (Illinois) Review, Saturday, 8 June 1878
      Batavia Department

      Headline: Lily Lake and Other Creameries

      The farm of D.B. Chaffee contains 160 acres, half of which is timber, twelve acres corn, and fifteen oats. Last year, corn was a good crop and oats yielded 650 bushels from ten acres. The stock consists of twenty-five cows, (the milk of which is sent to Chicago), eight horses and a number of hogs. there is an excellent spring on the place, which the owner has utilized for a pool in his milk house. The farm is abundantly watered by Mill Creek. It is two miles from Blackberry Station. This gentleman is a Methodist and the family attend church at Canada Corners.
    Person ID I10497  Main Tree
    Last Modified 31 May 2021 

    Father Eber Kise CHAFFEE,   b. 03 Dec 1799, Athens, Windham County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1877, Campton Township, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Anna DAVIS,   b. 07 Apr 1803, Grafton, Windham County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1876, Campton Township, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 09 May 1822  Athens, Windham Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F05792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ladona T. TREADWELL,   b. Abt 1844, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1881, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1865  Kane County,Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Ernest Alonzo CHAFFEE,   b. 16 Dec 1871, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Oct 1953, Orange County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. John Martin CHAFFEE,   b. 07 Sep 1866, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1867, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. George Dorr CHAFFEE,   b. 24 Jun 1868, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1953, Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
     4. Fanny Lulu CHAFFEE,   b. 22 Oct 1874, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Martin Henry CHAFFEE,   b. 21 Jan 1877, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 1880, Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F08520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2020 

    Family 2 Helen B. WILLETS 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1883  [1
    Family ID F29765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Oct 1841 - Campton Township, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Nov 1865 - Kane County,Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - LIving in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Living in Westminster, Orange Co., California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1921 - California Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Dorr Bradford Chaffee Headstone
    Dorr Bradford Chaffee Headstone
    Dorr Bradford Chaffee is the son of Eber Chaffee and Anna Davis. He is buried in the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5743] William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy; Also Certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe 1635-1909, (The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers).

    2. [S01981] Commemorataive Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Illinois.

    3. [S00589] 1880 Census Campton, Kane County, Illinois.

    4. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    5. [S00435] 1870 Census Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

    6. [S00987] 1900 Census Westminster, Orange County, California.

    7. [S01787] Ancestry.com: Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900.