John Chaffee
(1823-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Ann Fast

John Chaffee 1 2

  • Born: 6 July 1823, Canterbury, CT 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Mary Ann Fast on 4 November 1851 in , Stark County, IL 1
  • Died: 5 April 1903, Canton, IL at age 79 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Canton, IL on 18 August 1870. 2

1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 107, Family 105, Roll 222
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
John Chaffee..47..CT..Dealer in Groceries
(Living with wife and 6 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 6 Jul 1823, then his age should have been 46 instead of 47.
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John married Mary Ann Fast, daughter of David Fast and Elizabeth Biddinger, on 4 November 1851 in , Stark County, IL.1 (Mary Ann Fast was born on 1 August 1833 in , Wayne County, OH 1 and died on 9 July 1889 in Canton, IL 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Canton, IL on 18 August 1870. 2

1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 107, Family 105, Roll 222
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
John Chaffee..47..CT..Dealer in Groceries
Mary Chaffee..37..OH..Keeps House
Sarah Chaffee..17..CT..At Home
Alice Chaffee..14..CT
Emma Chaffee..12..IL
Charles Chaffee..11..IL
Mary Chaffee..9..IL
Lorena Chaffee..5..IL
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bullet  Marriage Notes:

1900 Federal Census
page 10A, T623-302, ED 8, Ward 1
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
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Sources

1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 27 Mar 2010).

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, p. 13, dwelling 107, family 105, John Chaffee and Mary Ann Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 222.

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