Henry S. Chatfield Memorial Garden in Warinanco Park, Union Co., New Jersey, named after the park commission’s first president.
History:
Warinanco refers to an Indian who sold land to settlers.
The City’s most extensive park.
1921 --creation of the Union County Park System, first president Henry Summers Chatfield (1864-1933), memorialized with a stone bench in Warinanco Park’s tulip garden.
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On November 19, 1921, Henry S. CHATFIELD, Charles A. Reed, Arthur R. Wendell, Charles Hansen and Caxton Brown were officially appointed commissioners of the newly formed Union County Park Commission. In December of that year, the commissioners met to begin the task of building a park system.
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Henry Summers Chatfield (1864-1932) was born in New York City and from age 6 was raised in Elizabeth NJ where he attended the Pingry School. In the 1880s he formed a business, manufacturing shellac and worked in that business all his life. He was known for his defense of denatured alcohol during Prohibition, the substance begin necessary to the cutting and development of shellac. Chatfield distinguished himself also with his charitable work in Elizabeth. He was a long time trustee of Sacred Heart Church, a founding member in 1907 of St Elizabeth's Hospital, and the first appointee of the Union County Park Commission (1920), where he supported the designs of Olmstead Associates for Warinanco Park. A memorial bench to his life and achievement (Chatfield died Oct 27, 1932 of pneumonia) looks out over a formal flower garden in the park. Cf M. H. Haertel, "American Contemporaries: Henry Summers Chatfield," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, v. 22, no. 3 (1930): 299-300. Many thanks to Robert Batista for this citation
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New Jersey, State Census, 1905
Name: Henry S Chatfield
Event Place: , Union, New Jersey
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Page: 8
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Henry S Chatfield M 44
Ada E Chatfield F 38
Mary E Carrigan F 59
Margaret Van Nole F 26
Family Number: 148 , Line Number: 19 , GS Film number: 1688626 , Digital Folder Number: 004881600 , Image Number: 00627
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USA Census, 1920
Name: Henry S Chatfield
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Elizabeth City Ward 11, Union, New Jersey
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Own or Rent: Own
Birth Year (Estimated): 1869
Birthplace: New York
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Henry S Chatfield Head M 51 New York
Ada E Chatfield Wife F 48 New Jersey
Mary E Corrigan Sister-in-law F 69 New Jersey
Mary M Corrigan Niece F 17 New Jersey
John E Corrigan Nephew M 19 New Jersey
Margaret Van Nolt Maid F 34 New Jersey
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USA Census, 1930
Name: Henry Chatfield
Event Place: Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Birthplace: New York
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Affiliate Film Number: 1387
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Henry Chatfield Head M 65 New York
Angela Chatfield Wife F 36 New Jersey
Mary Chatfield Daughter F 5 New Jersey
Olive Chatfield Daughter F 3 New Jersey
Elizabeth Callahan Servant F 64 Ireland
Margaret Burke Servant F 32 Ireland
