Alonzo Duane CHAFFEE

Alonzo Duane CHAFFEE

Male 1839 - 1924  (84 years)

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  • Name Alonzo Duane CHAFFEE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • 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. [1]
    Birth 31 Aug 1839  Athens, Windham County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1880  [6
    Farmer 
    Census 1900  Living in Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation 1900  [7
    Landlord 
    Census 1910  Living in Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1920  Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Death 1924  [10
    Burial New Hampshire Cemetery, Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    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....
    Person ID I10491  Main Tree
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2014 

    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) 
    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) 
    Marriage 09 May 1822  Athens, Windham Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F05792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoebe Ann PADELFORD,   b. 11 Jun 1844, Elgin County, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1927, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 07 Oct 1862  Home of J. Franklin Padelford in Elgin, Ill. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    Pastor Rev. A.J. Joslyn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rossie W. CHAFFEE,   b. 29 Dec 1880, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1881, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Mary Amanda CHAFFEE,   b. 18 Feb 1873
     3. Charles A. CHAFFEE,   b. 04 Oct 1865   d. 11 May 1886, Aurora, Du Page, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     4. Franklin Earl CHAFFEE,   b. 20 Aug 1876, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Willie E. CHAFFEE,   b. 25 May 1871   d. 18 Dec 1872, Campton Township, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F05587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Aug 1839 - Athens, Windham County, Vermont Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 07 Oct 1862 - Home of J. Franklin Padelford in Elgin, Ill. 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 Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Living in Campton Twp., Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Living in Campton, Kane Co., Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Alonzo Duane Chaffee Headstone
    Alonzo Duane Chaffee Headstone
    Alonzo Chaffee, 1839-1924, is buried in the New Hampshire Cemetery in Lily Lake, Kane Co., Illinois. He is the husband of Phoebe Ann Padelford and the son of Eber Chaffee and Ann Davis.

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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. [S02868] Old Elgin Tales, dated April 29, 1970 by Hazel Belle Perry.

    3. [S02216] Elgin Weekly Gazette, October 7, 1863 p. 4.

    4. [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.

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

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

    7. [S00814] 1900 Census Campton Twp., Kane County, Illinois.

    8. [S01028] 1910 Census Campton Twp., Kane County, Illinois.

    9. [S5744] 1920 Census Campton, Kane County, Illinois.

    10. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

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