My Family Tree - Chatfield, Charles Henry

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Find A Grave Memorial# 33847971
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Dec 24, 1891, Kankakee Gazette, Kankakaee Co., Illinois:
KILLED BY A FALL: Farmer Charles Chatfield of Salina precipitated from a Windmill. Charles Chatfield of Salina, brother of Wm. S. Chatfield of this city, was killed at his neighbor Harry Strawson's place on Sunday evening by falling from a windmill. His turkeys had acquired the habit of leaving home and roosting upon Strawson's windmill. Mr. Chatfield decided to catch them and sell them off. With this purpose in view he came to Strawson's and the latter went across the road with him to hold the lantern while he climbed the windmill ladder. Mr. Chatfield made two trips to the top and was making the third when a rung of the ladder broke and he fell a distance of 25 feet striking upon some large stones. He was picked up unconscious with a leg broken in several places and died on the following day. The Chatfield family were among the early settlers in Salina. The senior Chatfield is dead and three of the brothers have emigrated to Colorado. Charles was the only one left on the farm. The place where he was injured was the old homestead, recently sold to young Strawson, where he was raised from boyhood and the wind mill was the one he helped to build and with which he was perfectly familiar. He leaves a family.

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Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	25 August 1855	Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, USA

Death	22 December 1891	Pilot, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA
	Cause: Accidental ladder fall from windmill.
Burial		Mound Grove Cmtry., Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA

Census	1860/1870	Pilot, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA

Census	1880	Precinct 5, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Chatfield, Nathan Stoddard	3 October 1815	22 August 1885
Mother	Herrick, Margaret Prudentia	19 May 1818	10 October 1887
Brother	Chatfield, Edward Livingston	4 August 1842	3 December 1924
Brother	Chatfield, David Avery	13 November 1845	18 September 1864
Brother	Chatfield, William Stoddard	28 July 1847	26 January 1925
Brother	Chatfield, Isaac Newton	13 July 1849	25 May 1926
Brother	Chatfield, James Herrick	16 August 1851	20 April 1919
	Chatfield, Charles Henry	25 August 1855	22 December 1891
Sister	Chatfield, Mary Margaret	14 February 1859	15 February 1925

Families

Family of Chatfield, Charles Henry and Taylor, Selina Elmira

Married

Wife

Taylor, Selina Elmira ( * 22 January 1863 + 29 December 1952 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	30 August 1883	Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA

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CHATFIELD, CHAS H. - TAYLOR, SELINA E - 1883-08-30 - 00A/ 00001446 - KANKAKEE Co.
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Illinois, County Marriages
Name: Chas H Chatfield
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Aug 1883
Event Place: Kankakee, Illinois
Age: 28
Birthplace: Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Father's Name: W S Chatfield
Mother's Name: Margaret Hurck
Spouse's Name: Selina E Taylor
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birthplace: Bourbonnais, Illinois
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Spouse's Father's Name: Stuart Taylor
Spouse's Mother's Name: Salina Jane Bratton
Reference ID: v C p 117 #1446 , GS Film number: 1839993 , Digital Folder Number: 005205859 , Image Number: 00742