Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE

Born

16 April 1861 , Ledyard, New York, USA

Died

22 April 1937 , Tiffin, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram married Ella C SMITH 17 May 1882 in Ledyard, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ella C SMITH was born 10 November 1860 in Ledyard, New York, USA . Ella C died 16 December 1933 in Tiffin, Ohio, USA.

Parents & Family of Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE

Parents of Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE

Father

Cornelius CHAFFEE

Mother

Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY

Grandparents of Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE

Paternal grandparents

Hiram CHAFFEE Maria B WILKINSON

Maternal grandparents

Lewis B SALISBURY Sally Anne (Sarah) TOFFET

Born in the village of Aurora.

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE

Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE married

Ella C SMITH
Marriage date: 17 May 1882
Marriage place: Ledyard, New York, USA

Marriage notes:

Lewis Hiram Chaffee married Ella C. Smith 17 May 1882 in the village of Aurora. Ella was the daughter of Howard J. Smith and Mrs. Smith (d. 17 Dec 1912 at age 84) of Aurora, New York

Children of Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE and Ella C SMITH

Harry Augusta CHAFFEE

Born: 21 March 1883, Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Died: 29 October 1956, Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Married: Nancy Elizabeth "Nan" TUSING 3 October 1908

Mary Helen CHAFFEE

Born: 4 March 1886, Bloomfield, Ohio, USA
Died: 15 December 1931, Tiffin, Ohio, USA

Married: Ralph J RAYMOND 10 September 1902

Married: Dow HEDDEN 24 May 1919

Benjamin Harrison CHAFFEE

Born: 24 December 1888, Bloomsville, Ohio, USA
Died: 3 August 1965, Tiffin, Ohio, USA

Married: Edna Almyra CULP 2 April 1913

Lulu M CHAFFEE

Born: 7 November 1895, Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Died: 5 February 1977, , Ohio, USA

Married: Gilbert C GARDNER 20 April 1921 Place: , Ohio, USA

Carrie CHAFFEE

Born: September 1898, , Ohio, USA
Died: abt. 1940,

Married: Bryan E MCDONALD 5 April 1919 Place: , Ohio, USA

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Birth — 1861
16 April 1861
Ledyard, New York, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York

Lewis Saulsbury, 61, m, b. Saratoga, married 1 time, now married, Cooper
Sarah Saulsbury, 43, f, b. Yates, mother of 3 children, married 1 time, now married
Sarah Chaffee, 21, f, child, b. Cayuga, mother of 1 child, married 1 time, widowed
Clemmie Saulsbury, 16, f, child, b. Cayuga, single
Lewis Chaffee, 4, m, grand child, b. Cayuga
Reuben Hilliard, 40, m. boarder, b. Cayuga, single, mechanic
David Perry, 27, m, boarder, b. Cayuga, single, clerk

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1865 New York State Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York

Lewis Salisbury, cooper at age 66, living in Ledyard, Cayuga, NY with wife, Sara, age 50?, daughter, Sara, age 26, son, Lewis, age 9.
Possibly living with them is: Bidwell Runyan, age 20, telegrapher, b. NY

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Scipio, Seneca, Ohio

Chaffee, Hiram, age 67, farmer, b. NY, parents b. MA
Chaffee, Mariah, age 70, wife, keeping house, b. NY, father b. NJ, mother b. PA
Chaffee, Lewis H., age 19, grandson, farm laborer, b. NY, parents b. NY
Powers, Abram, age 38, nephew, farm laborer, b. MA, father b. NY, mother b. MA

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Marriage / Partner
Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE and Ella C SMITH 17 May 1882, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

He was 21 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Harry Augusta CHAFFEE was born 21 March 1883, Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 21 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Mary Helen CHAFFEE was born 4 March 1886, Bloomfield, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 24 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Benjamin Harrison CHAFFEE was born 24 December 1888, Bloomsville, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 27 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Birth of Child
Lulu M CHAFFEE was born 7 November 1895, Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 34 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 Birth of Child
Carrie CHAFFEE was born September 1898, , Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 37 years old.

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Scipio, Seneca, Ohio

Chaffee, Lewis, b. Apr 1861, age 39, married 20 years, b. NY, parents b. NY, occupation: farmer
Chaffee, Ella F., wife, b. May 1861, age 39, married 20 years, 5 children, 5 living, b. NY, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Harry H., son, b. Mar 1892, age 18, b. OH, parents b. NY, occupation: farmer
Chaffee, Mary H., daughter, b. Aug 1885, age 14, b. OH, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Bennie H., son, b. Dec 1888, age 11, b. OH, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Sylvia M., daughter, b. Dec 1896, age 3, b. OH, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Carrie, daughter, b. Sept 1899, age 1, b. OH, parents b. NY

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Scipio, Seneca, Ohio

Chaffee, Lewis H., age 48, married 28 years, b. NY, parents b. NY, occupation: farmer
Chaffee, Ella C., wife, age 48, married 28 years, 6 children, 5 living, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. MI
Chaffee, Benjamin H., son, age 21, b. OH, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Lula, daughter, age 14, b. OH, parents b. NY
Chaffee, Carried, daughter, age 12, b. OH, parents b. NY

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 Marriage of Child
Carrie CHAFFEE married 5 April 1919, , Ohio, USA to Bryan E MCDONALD

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Liberty Street, Tiffin Ward 1, Seneca, Ohio

Chaffee, Lewis H., age 58, b. NY, parents b. NY, laborer in a factory
Chaffee, Ella C., age 59, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. MI
Chaffee, Lulu M., daughter, age 24, b. OH, parents b. NY, cigar maker in cigar factory

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 Marriage of Child
Lulu M CHAFFEE married 20 April 1921, , Ohio, USA to Gilbert C GARDNER

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 West Market Street, Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio

Chaffee, Lewis H., age 68, b. NY, parents b. NY, grinder in an iron manufacturing plant
Chaffee, Ella C., wife, age 69, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. MI

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1931 Death of Child
Mary Helen CHAFFEE died 15 December 1931, Tiffin, Ohio, USA

Lewis Hiram was 70 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1933 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ella C SMITH died 16 December 1933, Tiffin, Ohio, USA

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

Death

Name: Lewis Hiram Chaffee
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Apr 1937
Event Place: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Residence Place:
Address: 221 W Perry St
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: w.
Occupation: laborer
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1861
BirthPlace: Aurora, N.Y.
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Burial Date: 26 Apr 1937
Burial Place: Republic Fairlwell Retreat
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Cornelius Chaffee
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's BirthPlace: Bloomville, Ohio
Mother's Name: Sarah Salsberry
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's BirthPlace: Elmira, N.Y.
Spouse's Name: Ella C
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
File Number: fn 28434
GS Film Number: 2023496
Digital Folder Number: 004020755
Image Number: 01895

'Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XZX4-MQQ : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Lewis Hiram Chaffee, 1937.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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