Fourteenth Generation

3564. Seneca Burchard Chatfield was born on 15 November 1875 in Wisconsin, USA. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Adams, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. She died on 5 January 1961 at the age of 85 in Troy, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. Seneca was buried in Adams Cmtry., Adams, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. She lived in Adams, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA 1900/1905. Find A Grave Memorial# 50884488
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Historical information from Al Gruling who knew Seneca well.

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WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 997

SENECA BURCHARD CHATFIELD.
Troy township, Walworth county, can boast of few more progressive and successful farmers among her younger generation than Seneca Burchard Chatfield. As a citizen he is intelligent, enterprising and public-spirited, combining within himself those sterling qualities of manhood that make one not only a useful member of society, but a leader in whatever he undertakes, and there is added to this an honest determination of purpose and a kind hear. which impels him to help others while paving a path to prosperity for himself. From his boyhood his desire has been to earn every cent needed in the prosecution of his business affairs, and he has always lived up to his principle, prreferring to do his own planning and execution.
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Mr. Chatfield was born in Troy, Wisconsin county, in 1875. He is the son of Silas B. and Katherine (Kling)Chatfield, the father born in New Milford, Connecticut, on October 21, 1822, and the mother in New Hartford, Oneida county, New York, on May 10, 1832. He came from Connecticut to Walworth county, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1846 and bought eighty acres where the subject now lives later adding forty acres to this, and here he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring on February 7, 1908, and his widow is still living on the old homestead. He cleared the land and made the implements, establishing a good home through his thrift and close application. He spent the last few years of his life in retirement. Politically, he was a Repub1ican, bur was never an office seeker. He was a member of the Baptist church, and very active in the same.

Silas B. Chatfield was married on May 6, 1849, to Mary Holcomb, of Walworth county, and to this union were born, Norman A. and Levi L., the former dying in 1894. The wife and mother died on May 6, 1854, on the fifth anniversary of her wedding. In 1857 Mr. Chatfield was married to Katherine Kling, a daughter of Jacob and Dorothy (Gaspar) Kling, the father born in New York in 1785, and the mother born in New Jersey in 1793. They spent the major part of their lives in the East and came to Walworth county, in May, 1849, settling in Troy township, and here the father's death occurred, when near the century mark, on October 12, 1883, having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1874. They were the parents of twelve children, two of who are living at this writing.

Seven children were born to Silas B. Chatfield and his second wife, namely: George K., born June 8, 1858; Omer C., born April 24, 1860, died in 1908; Dewitt C., born August 11, 1862; Jane E., born February 22, 1864, died November 29, 1871; Sarah Elizabeth, born July 27, 1869, died November 29 1901; Alice Jane, born June 22, 1873; Seneca B., subject of this sketch is the youngest.

The father of the subject when young went with his parents from Connecticut to Otseila, New York, and here his parents died and he was bound out to Theodore Burchard. After he was eighteen years old and he went to live with James Stratton, who worked the Burchard farm.

Seneca B. Chatfield of this sketch was reared on the farm and received his education in the public schools,_abd was graduated from the East Troy high school
with the class of 1900. He spent one year in Milwaukee as book-keeper for the American School Board Journal, then came back to the farm in Walworth county, which he has managed since April, 1907, in a most

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satisfactory manner, carrying on general farming and stock raising. Politically, he is a Republican of the progressive wing, but he has never been an
aspirant for office.
Mr. Chatfield was married on December 4, 1907, to Ella M. Rhode, who was born in Mukwonago, Waukesha county, this state. She is the daughter of Fred and Amanda Rhode, an excellent family of East Troy township.

Seneca Burchard Chatfield and Ella M Rhode were married on 4 December 1907 in East Troy, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. Married at the Home Farmstead.
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No issue - raised four foster children.
Miss Pearl Barker
Mrs Delberta Bigelow of Denver, Colorado
Mrs Lorraine Schuman of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin
Harold Bellas of Wausau.
Ella M Rhode, son of Frederick Rhode and Amanda Barker, was born on 9 November 1882 in Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin, USA. He appeared in the census in 1905 in East Troy, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. He died on 15 February 1970 at the age of 87 in East Troy, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. Ella was buried in Adams Cmtry., Adams, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA. Wisconsin, Births and Christenings
Name: Rhode
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1882
Birthplace: Mukwonago, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Frederick Rhode
Mother's Name: Amanda Barker
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09185-4 , System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy , GS Film number: 1305602 , Reference ID: p 231
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Find A Grave Memorial# 50884397
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Mrs. Ella Chatfield -- Services Planned For Wednesday
Mrs. Ella M. Chatfield, 87, of Route 2, East Troy, (Adams) passed away Sunday morning at Burlington Hospital after being admitted two days before.

Born at Mukwonago on Nov. 9, 1882, the daughter of Frederick and Amanda Rhode, she was raised in this area and after her graduation from East Troy High School in 1900 she taught school in this area several years. On Dec. 4, 1907, she was united in marriage to Seneca Chatfield at the Home Farmstead in East Troy Township. The couple farmed in the Adams area until his death in 1961.

She is survived by four foster children: Miss Pearl Barker at home; Mrs. Delberta Bigelow, of Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Lorraine Schuman of Camp Douglas, Wis., and Harold Bellas of Wausau; one brother Earl Rhode of Route 2, Burlington, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Anderson Memorial Home with Rev. Richard Davis of LaGrange United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be at Adams Cemetery.

Mrs. Chatfield was a charter member of the LaGrange United Methodist Church.
Newspaper name omitted from this article; handwritten date is 1970.

The Chatfield's were an interesting and generous family. For years they hosted the Chatfield family reunions. Seneca dug the graves by hand for those whose families wished to bury their relatives in Adams Cemetery.

From Whitewater Register, March 2010 Remember when…
A look back at the people and places of Whitewater
By Marilyn Kienbaum CONTRIBUTOR
While driving around the country take Highway 12 to J and 20 to Adams Road then turn left. You will find Adams Cemetery across from a school building and church. This property was a parcel from Seneca and Ella Chatfield's farm.

If you stop and walk around, you'll find the Chatfield's and their foster daughter, Pearl Barker's graves. There are also graves of neighbors and friends whose names you might recognize.
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WISCONSIN STATE CENSUS 1895:
RESIDENCE: East Troy, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: CSUSAWI1905_30
Fredrick Rhode 44 abt 1861 Germany Head
Amanda Rhode 41 abt 1864 Wisconsin Wife
Ella M Rhode 22 abt 1883 Wisconsin Dau
Clara A Rhode 19 abt 1886 Wisconsin Dau
Earl L Rhode 15 abt 1890 Wisconsin Son
Naomi R Rhode 1 abt 1904 Wisconsin Dau
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Wisconsin, State Census, 1905
Name: Ella M Rhode
Residence Place: East Troy town, Walworth, Wisconsin
Age (Original): 22y
Birth Year (Estimated): Abt 1883
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Relationship to Head of Household (Original Language): Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Parent 1 Birthplace: Germany
Parent 2 Birthplace: Wisconsin
Page: 129
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Fredrick Rhode Head M 44y Germany
Amanda Rhode Wife F 41y Wisconsin
Ella M Rhode Dau F 22y Wisconsin
Clara A Rhode Dau F 19y Wisconsin
Earl L Rhode Son M 15y Wisconsin
Naomi R Rhode Dau F 1y Wisconsin
John Castle Lodger M 24y England
Family Number: 175 , Line Number: 36 , GS Film number: 1020987 , Digital Folder Number: 4236870 , Image Number: 00079