FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Levi Tomlinson Chatfield
Descends from Isaac, Joel, Elnathan, Ebenezer, John, George
4th of 11 children of Isaac Chatfield and Lucy Tomlinson
Born: Aug 28, 1813, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Nov 11, 1848 (age 35), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio; Bright’s disease (kidney disease)
Buried: Middlefield (Village) Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Episcopalian
Politics: Whig
Married: Jul 22, 1835, Lovina Mastick, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Six children: (Ernest and George died young), Isaac Willard “I.W.” Chatfield, Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Ellen Charlotte Chatfield
Lovina/Lavina Mastick
6th of 8 children of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl
Born: about 1809, Grafton, Windham Co., Vermont
Died: Apr 20, 1858 (age 48), Bath, Mason Co., Illinois; lung fever (pneumonia)
Buried: Bath Cemetery in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Occupation: Teacher; hotelier in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Religion: Episcopalian
Married: Jul 22, 1835, Levi Tomlinson Chatfield, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Six children (Ernest and George died young): Isaac Willard “I.W.” Chatfield, Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Ellen Charlotte Chatfield
Four living children of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick
1. Isaac Willard “I.W.” Chatfield
Born: Aug 11, 1836, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Jun 14, 1921 (age 84), San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California; arteriosclerosis & chronic cystitis (suffered from Civil War internal maladies)
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery; GAR Veteran’s Section, in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California
Military: Civil War, Union Army
Married (1): May 20, 1858, Elizabeth Ann “Eliza” Harrington, Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Nine children: Ella Clara Chatfield, Clark Charles Chatfield, Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, Phil Van Wert Chatfield, Jacqueline Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Myrtle Lovina Chatfield, Grace Chatfield, Calla Mabel Chatfield
Married (2): Aug 30, 1913, Sarah Jane (Rooker) Wisenor, Oakland, Alameda Co., California
Nine children of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington:
1. Ella Clara Chatfield
Born: April 2, 1859, near Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Territory of Kansas
2. Clark Charles Chatfield
Born: Sep 21, 1861, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
3. Elmer Ellsworth “Chatty” Chatfield
Born: Jun 8/12, 1863, Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado
4. Phil Van Wert “Wert/Wirt” Chatfield
Born: Jul 22, 1865, Cañon City (Florence), Fremont Co., Colorado
5. Jacqueline Chatfield
Born: Dec 10, 1867, Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado
6. Charles Henry Chatfield
Born: Sep 21, 1870, Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado
7. Myrtle Lovina Chatfield
Born: Nov 7, 1873, Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
8. Grace Chatfield
Born: prob bet 1874 and 1877, Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
9. Calla Mabel “Callie” Chatfield
Born: Nov 17, 1878, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
2. Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield
Born: Jan 9, 1839, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Mar 6, 1906 (age 67), Princeton, Colusa Co., California; Bright’s (kidney) disease
Buried: Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Colusa Co., California
Military: Civil War, Union Army
Married (1): Sep 12, 1858, Louisa Tankersley, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Three children: Elizabeth, Jennie, Ida Bell
1. Elizabeth Chatfield
Born: abt 1859, Mason Co., Illinois
2. Jennie Chatfield
Born: abt 1864, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
3. Ida Bell Chatfield
Born: Nov 19, 1867, Mason Co., Illinois (or Nebraska)
Married (2): Mar 10, 1869, Mary Elizabeth Morrow, Sonora, Atchison Co., Missouri
Nine children: (note: does not include 1st child, an infant who died), Della, Ora L., Clark Samuel, Arthur William, Willard James, Mabel Clair, Jacqueline
1. Della “Dell” Chatfield
Born: Jan 4, 1872, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska
2. Ora L. Chatfield
Born: Jul 19, 1873, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska
3. Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr.
Born: Jun 14, 1876, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska
4. Arthur William “Art” Chatfield
Born: Aug 4, 1878, near Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska
5. Willard James Chatfield
Born: Feb 1, 1880, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
6. Mabel Clair Chatfield
Born: Oct 12, 1883, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado
7. Jacquelin(e) “Jacq” Chatfield
Born: Feb 3, 1886, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado
8. Levi Tomlinson “Lee” Chatfield
Born: Sep 2, 1889, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado
9. Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield
Born: Nov 20, 1893, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado
3. Charles Henry Chatfield
Born: Oct 3, 1840, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Jun 27, 1864 (age 23), Kennesaw Mountain, Cobb Co., Georgia; died in Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Buried: Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
Military: Civil War, Union Army
4. Ellen Charlotte “Ellie” Chatfield
Born: Mar 1846, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Died: Sep 1928 (age 82), (prob Denver, Denver Co.), Colorado
Buried: Sep 10, 1928, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
Married: Mar 3, 1872, Isaac H. Batchellor, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Two children: Walter David Batchellor, Charlotte Ellen Batchellor
1. Walter David “Wallie” Batchellor
Born: Dec 22, 1872, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
2. Charlotte Ellen Batchellor
Born: Dec 26, 1874, Clear Creek, Clear Creek Co., Colorado
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Timeline and Records
Jul 22, 1835: Marriage of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield and Lovina Mastick, in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio. Levi is 21 years of age and Lovina is about 26 at the time of their marriage. Chardon is the county seat near their home of Bath.
Aug 11, 1836: Birth of Isaac Willard Chatfield, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Jan 9, 1839: Birth of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Oct 3, 1840: Birth of Charles Henry Chatfield (#2), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Mar 1846: Birth of Ellen Charlotte “Ellie” Chatfield, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio:
Chardon in 1846 – Chardon is the county-seat, 170 miles northeast of Columbus, and twenty-eight miles from Cleveland. It was laid out about the year 1808, for the county-seat, and named for Peter Chardon Brookes, of Boston, then proprietor of the soil. There are but few villages in Ohio that stand upon such an elevated, commanding ridge as this, and it can be seen in some directions for several miles; although but fourteen miles from Lake Erie, it is computed to be 600 feet above it. The village is scattered and small. In the centre is a handsome green of about eleven acres, on which stands the public buildings, two of which, the court-house and Methodist church, are shown in the engraving. Chardon has six stores, a newspaper printing office, and in 1840 had 466 inhabitants–Old Edition.
View of Public Square in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Drawn by Henry Howe, in 1846
Online source: GenWeb; Historical Collections of Ohio, by Henry Howe, Vol 1, 1888, pg 689.
Mar 26, 1847: Illinois Public Land Purchase Records:
Chatfield, Levi T.: Section SENW; Price $125; Total $5000; Volume 070; Page 098; Acres 4000
Nov 11, 1848: Death of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield (age 35), in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, of Bright’s disease (kidney disease) at the home of his parents, Isaac and Lucy Chatfield. Father of Isaac (age 12), Clark (age 10), Charles (age 7) and Ellen (not yet 2).
Burial of Levi Chatfield in the Middlefield Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, along with his sisters, Georgiana and Charlotte
Middlefield Cemetery in 1993, Gordon Clemens at right with 3 uprighted Chatfield headstones
Oct 31, 1850: Federal Census for Mason Co., Illinois:
Levina Chatfield: age 40, born Ohio (error, born Vermont)
Willis Chatfield: age 15, born Ohio (Isaac Willard Chatfield went by Willis and Willard as a young man)
Clark Chatfield: age 12, born Ohio
Charles Chatfield: 10, born Illinois (born Ohio)
Ellen Chatfield: age 4, born Illinois
Note: Levi Tomlinson Chatfield, father, had died Nov 11, 1848, leaving Lovina with their four children. Lovina was a teacher at Peterville [aka Leaf school] School in Kilbourne, Mason Co., Illinois; in Oct 1850 she was paid $20.70 month. She was later a hotelier in Bath.
1855: State Census for Mason Co., Illinois:
L. Chatfield: head of household (Lovina Chatfield)
3 males (age 10-20) (sons, Isaac, Clark, and Charles)
1 female (age 1-10) (daughter Ellen)
1 female (age 40-50) (mother Lovina Chatfield)
Apr 20, 1858: Death of Lovina (Mastick) Chatfield (age 48), Bath, Mason Co., Illinois; lung fever (pneumonia)
Burial of Lovina Chatfield in the Bath Cemetery in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
May 20, 1958: Marriage of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington, in Havana (near Bath), Mason Co., Illinois
Sep 12, 1858: Marriage of Clark Samuel Chatfield & Louisa Tankersley, in Havana (near Bath), Mason Co., Illinois
Aug 31, 1860: Federal Census for Bath, Mason Co., Illinois:
Willard Chatfield: age 23, farm keeper, Value of Personal Estate $100, born Ohio (note: head Isaac Willard Chatfield)
Eliza Chatfield: age 19, born Iowa (wife Eliza Harrington)
Clara E. Chatfield: age 1, born Kansas (daughter, Ella Clara)
Ellen C. Chatfield: age 14, born Illinois, attending school (Isaac’s sister)
Charles Chatfield: age 19, born Ohio (Isaac’s brother)
Sep 8, 1860: Federal Census for Bath, Mason Co., Illinois:
Clark Chalfield: age 25, Farmer, Value of Personal Estate, $200, born Ohio
Louisa Chatfield: age 20, born Kentucky
Note: Census record for Clark Samuel Chatfield
Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
The town of Bath, Illinois was settled in 1828 by John Stewart and John Gillespie, soon to be followed by other Kentuckians. Abraham Lincoln surveyed the town in 1836. The second house and first mansion, a two-story red brick Italianate four-square, was built by Major Benjamin H. Gatton in the 1840s. The town name is said to have originated with some English settlers, who thought the area looked like the land around Bath, England. Bath was the Mason County seat from 1843 to 1851. The town was the site of one of Abraham Lincoln’s “a house divided…cannot stand” speeches in 1858.
The first businesses in Bath included several blacksmiths: Guy Spencer, John Hortsman, and George Steigleder. Other establishments were Gatton and Ruggles flourmill, Cragg’s sawmill, replaced in 1975 by Bath Mill, manufacturer of “Queen of Mason” flour, and a newspaper, the Bath Journal, W.W. Stout, publisher, founded in 1860.
Source: Illinois State Museum website, Harvesting the River, Bath, Illinois
Apr 12, 1861: Beginning of the American Civil War
May 25, 1861: Charles Henry Chatfield(#2) (age 20) enlists in the Union army as a Private in Company K, 17th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Jul 23, 1861: Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 22) enlists in the Union army as a Corporal, in Company C, 2nd Cavalry, Volunteer Regiment, Illinois; promoted to Full Private
Aug 12, 1861: Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 25) enlists in the Union army as a Sergeant 1st Class in Co E, 27th Infantry Regiment, Illinois
Feb 19, 1863: Isaac (age 26) reluctantly resigns his commission as an officer in the Union army and is medically mustered out at rank of 1st Lieutenant
Jun 27, 1864: Captain Charles Henry Chatfield(#2) (age 23) is killed in the Civil War battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
Aug 11, 1864: Clark Samuel Chatfield is mustered out of Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Illinois
May 1865: End of the American Civil War
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First page of the family Bible, published in 1828 ⇒
of Levi & Lovina (Mastick) Chatfield
Passed down to Isaac W. and Eliza (Harrington) Chatfield,
then on to their daughter Jacqueline (Chatfield) Adams,
then on to her daughter Marion Jacqueline (Adams) Graham,
then on to her daughter Marion “Joann” (Graham) Levine.
Chatfield family members, carte de visites:
The six carte de visite are in a beautifully preserved velvet carte de visite and cabinet card album of Chatfield/Tuck photos held by a Tuck descendent who graciously let us copy them along with nearly a hundred other Chatfield family pictures.
Upper left: Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield, abt age 73
Upper center: presumably James W. Herrick, Lucy’s 2nd husband
Upper right: unknown, but possibly one of the Chatfield brothers: Issac Willard, Clark Samuel, or Charles Henry
Lower left: possibly Eliza (Harrington) Chatfield, wife of Isaac Chatfield
Lower center: unknown, but possibly one of the Chatfield brothers: Clark Samuel or Charles Henry
Lower right: Eliza & Isaac Willard Chatfield, post Civil War
2019. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau and Gordon Clemens.