When William Stoddard Chatfield was born on 28 September 1847, in Middlefield, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Nathan Stoddard Chatfield, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Prudentia Herrick, was 29. He married Laura Emily Dole on 24 June 1869, in Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Township of Pilot, Kankakee, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 January 1925, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English (East Anglia): habitational name from Chatfields in Sussex, which is named with the Old English personal name Ceatta (probably a variant of Catta) + Old English feld ‘open country’.
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