JOHN B. CHAFFEE, farmer, P. O. Wattsburg, was born April 19, 1821, in Amity Township, Erie County, a son of Crean B. Chaffee. He was reared here on his father's farm, enduring all the hardships of the life of a pioneer's son, and did not leave the paternal roof until he was of age.
He was united in marriage, November 10, 1847, with Mary Phelps, also a native of this township, and a daughter of John Phelps. To this union were born Mrs. Kate Munsee, Mrs. Polly Davis, Mrs. Ella Sears, Edith (deceased) and William, residing in Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee always lived in Amity, with the exception of eighteen months, 1856-57, when they resided in Illinois. Mrs. Chaffee departed this life November 10, 1859.
October 15, 1865, Mr. Chaffee married his second wife -- Mrs. Eliza Drake, born March 2, 1815, in Waterford Township, a daughter of David and Phebe Middleton. She married Dena Drake, by whom she had the following children -- Jane Applebee and Mrs. Emily Inman. Mr. Drake died in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have a farm of 160 acres near Wattsburg, besides a tract of 110 acres near Hatch Hollow. They have reared a good family, are an upright, industrious pioneer people, respected by the community.
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Amity Township, p. 5.
He was united in marriage, November 10, 1847, with Mary Phelps, also a native of this township, and a daughter of John Phelps. To this union were born Mrs. Kate Munsee, Mrs. Polly Davis, Mrs. Ella Sears, Edith (deceased) and William, residing in Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee always lived in Amity, with the exception of eighteen months, 1856-57, when they resided in Illinois. Mrs. Chaffee departed this life November 10, 1859.
October 15, 1865, Mr. Chaffee married his second wife -- Mrs. Eliza Drake, born March 2, 1815, in Waterford Township, a daughter of David and Phebe Middleton. She married Dena Drake, by whom she had the following children -- Jane Applebee and Mrs. Emily Inman. Mr. Drake died in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have a farm of 160 acres near Wattsburg, besides a tract of 110 acres near Hatch Hollow. They have reared a good family, are an upright, industrious pioneer people, respected by the community.
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Amity Township, p. 5.
JOHN B. CHAFFEE, farmer, P. O. Wattsburg, was born April 19, 1821, in Amity Township, Erie County, a son of Crean B. Chaffee. He was reared here on his father's farm, enduring all the hardships of the life of a pioneer's son, and did not leave the paternal roof until he was of age.
He was united in marriage, November 10, 1847, with Mary Phelps, also a native of this township, and a daughter of John Phelps. To this union were born Mrs. Kate Munsee, Mrs. Polly Davis, Mrs. Ella Sears, Edith (deceased) and William, residing in Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee always lived in Amity, with the exception of eighteen months, 1856-57, when they resided in Illinois. Mrs. Chaffee departed this life November 10, 1859.
October 15, 1865, Mr. Chaffee married his second wife -- Mrs. Eliza Drake, born March 2, 1815, in Waterford Township, a daughter of David and Phebe Middleton. She married Dena Drake, by whom she had the following children -- Jane Applebee and Mrs. Emily Inman. Mr. Drake died in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have a farm of 160 acres near Wattsburg, besides a tract of 110 acres near Hatch Hollow. They have reared a good family, are an upright, industrious pioneer people, respected by the community.
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Amity Township, p. 5.
He was united in marriage, November 10, 1847, with Mary Phelps, also a native of this township, and a daughter of John Phelps. To this union were born Mrs. Kate Munsee, Mrs. Polly Davis, Mrs. Ella Sears, Edith (deceased) and William, residing in Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee always lived in Amity, with the exception of eighteen months, 1856-57, when they resided in Illinois. Mrs. Chaffee departed this life November 10, 1859.
October 15, 1865, Mr. Chaffee married his second wife -- Mrs. Eliza Drake, born March 2, 1815, in Waterford Township, a daughter of David and Phebe Middleton. She married Dena Drake, by whom she had the following children -- Jane Applebee and Mrs. Emily Inman. Mr. Drake died in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have a farm of 160 acres near Wattsburg, besides a tract of 110 acres near Hatch Hollow. They have reared a good family, are an upright, industrious pioneer people, respected by the community.
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Amity Township, p. 5.
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