Fourteenth Generation

3439. Edward Livingston Chatfield was born on 4 August 1842 in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, USA. He lived in Platte, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA in 1910. He died on 3 December 1924 at the age of 82 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Edward was buried in Littleton Cmtry., Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. He appeared in the census 1860/1870 in Pilot, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 8447053
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Obituary
"Dec 11, 1924: Jefferson County Republican, p. 8:
Former Resident Dies — Edward L. Chatfield, former resident of this county and active in Republican circles, died at the home of his daughter at Long Beach, Calif., last Thursday. The body was taken to the home of K.S. Rhea at Littleton, where the funeral was held at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Chatfield, who was one of the old veterans of '61, made his home in the southern end of the county for many years. He was a prosperous farmer and an ardent Republican. He was well known all over the county and his many friends will regret the news of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Rhea, at whose home Mr. Chatfield died, accompanied the body to Littleton."

The Chatfield Story: The Civil War Letters and Diaries of Private Edward L. Chatfield of the 113th Illinois Volunteers, a bold, telling, and generous new resource of American war history. The story of Edward Chatfield, on whose land the Chatfield Dam and State Park would come to be built in Littleton, Colorado, begins in the farm country of the Middlefield Township in Ohio in 1842.

1874. Nine years after the civil war ended, Edward, then 32 years old and still unmarried, rode the train to Denver. From Denver he took the rail car to Littleton, a guest in the home of his cousin, Isaac Willard Chatfield, who had relocated in Littleton from Florence, Fremont County, Colorado, in November of 1871.

Edward selected a fertile 42-acre parcel located at the junction of Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, ideal for himself and his family. Nestled against Isaac's land in Douglas County on the south, the 2,700-foot by 675-foot rectangle was bordered on the east by what is today South Platte Park.

The slice of land included a 1,400-foot strip of the South Platte River, a section that now serves as the spillway to the Chatfield Reservoir. With its purchase by contract through the Colorado Mortgage and Investment Company on April 12, 1874, Edward had assured himself and his family a new foothold. Before returning to Kankakee, Edward contracted with his cousin Isaac to purchase additional land over time.

The original land purchased by Edward, constituted the southern fourth of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 5, range 68 west. State Highway 470 now bisects the 42-acre parcel lengthwise. This land was located in Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties. It is likely that Edward purchased adjacent land in Douglas County as well, but the records are not available, having been destroyed by fire long ago.

http://www.littletongov.org/history/biographies/chatfield.asp
http://www.chatfieldstory.com/

The Chatfield Story unearths a goldmine of new information about the boys who fought in the 113th Illinois and associated regiments. Compelling and meticulously researched, this fully indexed and well-illustrated historical biography captures Chatfield's experiences at Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Black Bayou, Vicksburg, Corinth, Brice's Cross Roads, and the prisons of Andersonville, Savannah, Camp Lawton and Camp Florence. Read about Chatfield's escape and return to Union lines. Explore his gradual recovery. Rejoice in the 1879 family move to Littleton, Colorado. Browse through the many news clippings about the Chatfield pioneers of early Colorado.

Accumulating top reviews, this is the incredible story of Edward Livingston Chatfield, his name and family honored by the Chatfield Dam and Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colorado. Featured at the Littleton Historical Museum, the Chatfield family is celebrated in Colorado, but until now, Chatfield's impressive and improbable story of survival has never been told--a remarkable man of character, charm, and fortitude who lived an extraordinary life, his story important to a broad variety of readers.

Simulations
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Edward L Chatfield
Event Place: Platte, Jefferson, Colorado
District: 213
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Sheet Number and Letter: 15B
Household ID: 36
GS Film number: 1374133
Digital Folder Number: 004327323
Image Number: 01136
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edward L Chatfield M 67 Ohio
Wife Anna E Chatfield F 65 Ohio
Dau Edaline A Chatfield F 26 Colorado

Edward Livingston Chatfield and Anna E Bates were married on 8 February 1877 in Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, USA. Ohio, County Marriages
Name: Edward L Chatfield
Event Date: 08 Feb 1877
Event Place: Trumbull, Ohio
Spouse's Name: Anna E Bates
Reference ID: p443
GS Film Number: 905550
Digital Folder Number: 004259945
Image Number: 00236
Anna E Bates was born in 1845 in Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, USA. She lived in Platte, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA in 1910. She died on 6 July 1916 at the age of 71 in Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. Anna was buried in Littleton Cmtry., Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. Daughter of Stephen Bates & Caroline Spencer.

Find A Grave Memorial# 8447058

Edward Livingston Chatfield and Anna E Bates had the following children: