Fourteenth Generation

3542. Col. Harvey Strong Chatfield was born on 15 July 1837 in New York, USA. He appeared in the census in 1860 in New York City, New York Co., New York, USA. He appeared in the census in 1870 in New York, USA. Harvey appeared in the census in 1880 in Kearney, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA. He died in 1901 at the age of 64 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. He was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Harvey was a Lawyer. Burial plot: Sec. T 18 20

FG-Gerould p.58
History of Sullivan, NH Vol 2 p.1427-1429

Harvey S. Chatfield first enlisted, August 30, 1861, as Captain, Co. K, 43 rd NYSVI and was discharged for transfer to the 78th NYSVI. He served in t he 78th until July 12, 1864, at which time he was promoted to Lieutenant-C olonel of the 102nd NYSVI, "The Van Buren Light Infantry." On June 4, 186 5, he was promoted to Colonel, and served in that rank until the regime nt was mustered out, July 21, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
During his service, the regiments he was part of participated in the follo wing battles: Yorktown, Williamsburg, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Grove ton, Second Bull Run, Antietem, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchi e, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Dallas, and Atlanta.

On the 12th July, 1864, the Seventy-eighth New-York was consolidated with the One Hundred and Second, and officers absent from wounds and supernumerary, ordered to be mustered out. Since the cessation of hostilities other regiments have been consolidated with it, so that they now number about 600 men. These are commanded by Col H.J. CHATFIELD, a son of Hon. LEVI S. CHATFIELD, of this city.

As the One Hundred and Second is the only regiment from this city now in service that has been with Gen. Sherman throughout his historical march, it is expected that a warm reception will be given the veteran heroes on their arrival home.

Col. Harvey Strong Chatfield and Sarah Mary Towne were married on 29 July 1868 in Cambridge, New York, USA. Sarah Mary Towne, daughter of Ebenezer Towne and Sophia Bishop Tanner, was born on 7 August 1847 in Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. She appeared in the census in 1870 in New York, USA. She died in 1896 at the age of 49 in USA. Sarah was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Burial plot: Sec. T 18.

(She gave this date of her birth to the writer herself. The Gerould published genealogy has the year 1848)

Col. Harvey Strong Chatfield and Sarah Mary Towne had the following children:

5850	i.	Guy Levi "Garry" Chatfield was born on 8 June 1869 in Cambridge, New York, USA. He appeared in the census in 1870 in New York, USA. He died on 14 August 1890 at the age of 21 in New York City, New York Co., New York, USA. Garry was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Burial plot: Sec. T 18 Guy had passed examinations for West Point, but failed in the physical examination, on account of a swelling in his throat which suddenly developed. He was in the engineer corps which started for Nicaragua, under Menocal; was taken ill at Greytown, and returned to New York City where he died. ======================== Source: Sussex Chatfield Family Genealogy
5851	ii.	Mary Effingham "Molly" Chatfield was born on 16 October 1870 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. She died Suicide by self stabbing needle into heart on 29 December 1913 at the age of 43 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. She was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Burial plot: Sec. T 18 20. New York Times Mary E. Chatfield, daughter of Col. Harvey Chatfield. Funeral at Cambridge, Never married Occupation: Artist's bookbinder ======================== Dec 30, 1913, New York Times: Miss Mary E. Chatfield, an artist's bookbinder, whose work is to be found in the libraries of many prominent families in this city, committed suicide some time on Sunday in her studio on the sixth floor of the building at 400 West Twenty-third Street. She stabbed herself in the left breast with a slender-bladed, keen-pointed paper cutter. Her body was found yesterday morning at 11:30 o'clock flung across a couch in the front room where she did her work. On a nearby table was a piece of paper on which was scrawled in an almost illegible hand, the words "Mrs. Howard is to blame for this". The paper was spotted with blood, indicating that Miss Chatfield had written the message after she stabbed herself, and then dragged herself to the couch to die. Death must have followed shortly, for an examination showed that the blade of the paper cutter had entered her heart. Friends of Mollie Chatfield, as she was known to her intimates, when they heard of her violent death, and of the strange note she had left, refused at first to believe that she had taken her own life. They urged the police to make a thorough investigation, hinting that she may have been murdered. Her brother, Harvey S. Chatfield of 105 East Fifty-third Street, who identified the body, put aside the murder theory. After he had recovered from the first shock he told of a remarkable story of the happenings which he believed led to his sister's death. For the past two months, he said, Miss Chatfield has been the victim of strange hallucinations. She had been pursude, he said, by a voice which she believed to be that of a woman. She had felt herself bound to do whatever the voice told her to and it was in an effort to escape from its influence that she rented a studio on the top floor of the Twenty-third Street building, hoping that it would not reach her there. Mr Chatfield also said that his sister had been accustomed to taking long walks, and had worn herself out by the rapid pace at which she had strode along in the hope of eluding the Voice. "I have not the slightest doubt that my sister committed suicide," he said. "I do not know who the Mrs. Howard she referred to may have been for I do not remember any one of that name who has come into touch with our lives for at least five years. It may have been that she believed that a Mrs. Howard was the woman whose voice was following her wherever she went. Mr. Chatfield said that his sister had devoted her time of late to the making of artistic bindings for rare books. He mentioned tha name of Robert J. Colter as one for whom she had done much work of this kind, and said that her work was to be found in the libraries of many of the most prominebt families in New York. A Mrs. Taylor, a friend of Miss Chatfield, who was present during the interview, said that she thought it best not to mention other names. Miss Chatfield's studio was one of the most artistically furnished of those in the big building. She had her workshop in the large front room into which the sunlight poured through a great skylight. An old spinning wheel stood in one corner, and the furniture included an antique desk of considerable vale and an old mahogany piano. On the mantel was a pair of brass candle-sticks of unique design. A complete bookbinding outfit was neatly arranged on the work table beneath the skylight. Off this room was a smaller one, where Miss Chatfield had lived. She did her own cooking on a small gas range. Miss Chatfield was a member of an old Southern family, friends said. She was a handsome woman, 42 years of age. Mrs Chatfield, the brother, talked with a Times reporter in the front room of the studio apartment. He is almost deaf and questions had to be written for him on a piece of paper. His sister had been well known in art circles in New York for many years, he said. There had been another sister, Elizabeth and about a year ago she had become so reduced by tuburculosis that she was taken to Saranac in the hope that the change might do her good. Mollie Chatfield had given up her work to accompany her sister. The months which followed were hard ones for her, and upon the death of Miss Elizabeth Chatfield a short time ago she had suffered a breakdown. About two months ago, he said, his sister Mollie had recovered sufficiently to take up her work again and come on to New York, where she placed herself under the care of Dr. John E. Wilson, a nerve specialist of 616 Madison Avenue. It was about that time that she began to experience the strange hallucinations, and she complained that a strange voice was driving her on and directing her to do things which she did not want to do. Her first effort to escape from the strange influence was made when she rented the studio on the top floor. Later she started to go on the long walks. Mr. Chatfield said that he had believed that his sister was regaining her health. He had taken her out to dinner on Christmas Eve, he said, and she seemed to be in a cheerful mood. A physician she consulted that had had also given an encouraging report. It was learned that for three years up to 1911 Miss Chatfield had had a studio with her brother and Harriet Kaucher, an artist on the second floor of the building at 37-45 West Twenty-second Street. A woman who had lived in an adjoining apartment for twenty-five years gave some information about her life there. She said Miss Chatfield was prominent in her line. The brother, she said, was married about two years ago and was well-to-do. Employees at the Twenty-third Street building furnished the rest of the story. Miss Chatfield, the polioce were told, had been seen alive last at 7:30 o'clock on Saturday night. At 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning a Mrs. Taylor came to the studio with some books she wished to have bound. She was unable to gain entrance and summoned the Superintendant. The door was opened with a pass-key and Miss Chatfield's body was found on the couch. She had been dead for at least twenty-four hours. When all of the facts became known the brother was permitted to remove the body to an undertakers. ======================= Source: Sussex Chatfield Family Genealogy
5852	iii.	Jessica "Jessie" Chatfield was born on 23 October 1872 in Hoosick Falls, New York, USA. She died on 26 July 1877 at the age of 4 in Hoosick Falls, New York, USA. She was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Burial plot: Sec. C 59.
+5853	iv.	Harvey Strong Chatfield.
5854	v.	Elizabeth Starr "Bessie" Chatfield was born on 11 December 1878 in Arlington, New Jersey, USA. She died Tuberculosis. in 1913 at the age of 35 in USA. She was buried in Woodland Cmtry., Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, USA. Burial plot: Sec. T 18 20. Never married.
5855	vi.	Sally Wells Chatfield was born on 17 October 1880 in Arlington, New Jersey, USA.