District of Columbia Deaths and Burials
Name: Walter H. Chatfield
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 03 Jul 1922
Death Date: 30 Jun 1922
Death Place: Washington, D. C.
Age: 70
Birth Date: 1852
Birthplace: Conn.
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Frances R. Chatfield
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01533-5
System Origin: District of Columbia-EASy
GS Film number: 2115943
Reference ID: 288
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The many members of the old Sixth C.V. [Connecticut Volunteers] will be pleased to learn that the name of Captain Walter H. Chatfield of Waterbury is to be added to the roll of honor of Connecticut men who took part in the Spanish-American war. Captain Chatfield commands a company in the Fifth regiment of the USA infantry, and when last heard from was stationed on the northern coast of Cuba. He is the Son of the brave Colonel John L. Chatfield of Waterbury of the Sixth regiment, C.V., who was fatally wounded in the attack on Fort Wagner, SC, during the civil war. He was born in Waterbury and was a member of Company A up to the time he left that city to enlist in the regular army in the early 70's.
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Oct 23, 1899: Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, CT,
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WATERBURY, June 30--Colonel Walter H. CHATFIELD, USA retired, 70 years old, Son of Colonel John L. Chatfield of civil war fame and after whom Company A, Second Connecticut Infantry was named the Chatfield Guards, died this afternoon in Walter Reed hospital, Washington DC, following a brief illness, according to information received here today.
Colonel Chatfield was born in Derby, March 11, 1852, and was educated in Waterbury grammar and high schools, and at Cheshire Academy. Following his graduation from the academy, he served an enlistment in Company A, Second Connecticut Infantry. When his term of service was up, he enlisted in the Seventh Calvary, regular army, in 1878, at the age of 26 and remained in the army until he was retired May 11, 1916 with the rank of colonel.
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No children
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Walter Chatfield in household of George N. Grenuss, "USA Census, 1880" [With half-sister Ellen]
Event Place: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: U.S. Cavalry
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Date: 1852
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USA Census, 1900
Name: Walter H Chatfield
Event Place: ED 114 Santiago-de Cuba 5th Infantry Headquarters, Staff, Cuba, Armed Forces - Foreign Countries, USA
Birth Date: Mar 1852
Birthplace: Connecticut
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1880
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number:
Reference ID: 1
GS Film number: 1241838
Digital Folder Number: 004119088
Image Number: 00523
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