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Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials
Name: Silas D Chatfield
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 01 Dec 1910
Burial Place: Maringo, Ill
Death Date: 29 Nov 1910
Death Place: Wauwatosa Twp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Age: 67
Birth Date: 1843
Birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: Mason
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B00996-6
System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
GS Film number: 1013948
Reference ID: 573
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Find A Grave Memorial# 7763463
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USA Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards
Name: Silas D Chatfield
Event Type: Pension
Event Place: USA
Form Type: Army Invalid
Death Date: 29 Nov 1910
Affiliate Publication Title: Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 , Affiliate Publication Number: M850 , GS Film number: 1634421 , Digital Folder Number: 004694941 , Image Number: 00272
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Silas was in the 8th Illinois Cavalry Company G during the Civil War.

He served with the 8th Ill. Cavalry,Co.G. during the Civil War for almost four years. He was the black sheep of the family. He was twice married, had seven children, and abandoned both families. He was kicked out of the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, Illinois for being AWOL once too often. He lived out his days in the Soldiers National Home in Milwaukee. His burial was arranged by his brother Oliver P. Chatfield of Escanaba, Michigan.

Information in the 1900 Census shows that Silas was a Bricklayer and at the time he was living with his son John in Missouri. This same census data shows that Silas's birth date is March 1843. and he was 56 years old at the time of the Census. However it shows him as a Widower. There is somewhat of a mystery about this information. It looks like Silas was not quite telling the truth about his marital status. Both of his wife's were still alive in 1900.
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USA Census, 1860
Name: Silas Chatfield
Minor Civil Division: Union Township
Age (Expanded): 16 years
Page: 38
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803632
Digital Folder Number: 4233981
Image Number: 00418
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Silas Chatfield in household of William Tibbets, "USA Census, 1880"
Event Place: Frederika, Bremer, Iowa
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Marital Status: Widowed [Not exactly true]
Occupation: Stone Mason
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Birthplace: Illinois
Birth Date: 1844
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Page: 268
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 1256
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0328
GS Film number: 1254328
Digital Folder Number: 004240673
Image Number: 00624
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self William Tibbets M 51 Ohio
Wife Louisa Tibbets F 49 Ohio
Son Frank Tibbets M 22 Illinois
Son Clark Tibbets M 18 Illinois
Dau Laura Tibbets F 15 Illinois
Dau Susan Tibbets F 11 Iowa
Other Silas Chatfield M 36 Illinois
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USA 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War
Name: Silas D Chatfield
Event Place: Springfield, Bon Homme, South Dakota
Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890.
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 94
GS Film number: 338253
Digital Folder Number: 004679007
Image Number: 00080
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Silas D Chatfield
Event Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
District: 290
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Member
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: Illinois
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Number and Letter: 12B
GS Film number: 1375734
Digital Folder Number: 004454977
Image Number: 00353

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