Clark S. Chatfield & Louisa Tankersley

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield, Sr.
2nd of 4 living children of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick
Born: Jan 9, 1839, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Feb 6, 1906 (age 67), Princeton, Colusa Co., California; Bright’s (kidney) disease
Buried: Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Colusa Co., California
Occupation: Farmer, businessman, store-owner, cattle rancher
Married (1): Sep 12, 1858, Louisa “Lou” Tankersley, Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Three children: Elizabeth Chatfield, Jennie Chatfield, Ida Chatfield
Married (2): Mar 10, 1869, Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Morrow, Sonora, Atchison Co., Missouri
Nine children: Della Chatfield, Ora L. Chatfield, Clark Samuel Chatfield Jr., Arthur William “Art” Chatfield, Willard James Chatfield, Mabel Clair Chatfield, Jacquelin(e) Chatfield, Levi Tomlinson “Lee” Chatfield, Margaret Emma “Marjorie” Chatfield

Louisa “Lou” Tankersley
Daughter of John Wesley Tankersley & Nancy Turner
Born: abt 1840, Kentucky 
Died: Aug 18, 1868 (age 28), Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado
Buried: Nebraska (Clark brought Louisa’s body to Nebraska for burial)
Married: Sep 12, 1858, Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield, Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Three children: Elizabeth Chatfield, Jennie Chatfield, Ida Chatfield

1. Elizabeth Chatfield
Born: about Aug 1859, Mason Co., Illinois
Died: Aug 1859, Mason Co., Illinois; inflammation
2. Jennie Chatfield 
Born: abt 1864/1865, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Died: between 1870 and 1880 census, Brownville, Nemaha Co., Nebraska
3. Ida Chatfield
Born: Nov 19, 1867, in Mason Co., Illinois or in Nebraska
Disappeared: Jun 4, 1886, Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado
Died: Jun 4, 1886 (age 19); according to coroner’s report from a suicide drowning
Body Found: Aug 6, 1886 (age 19) in waters of Roaring Fork River below Red Butte in Pitkin Co., Colorado
Buried: Ute Cemetery in Aspen Co., Colorado

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Timeline and Records

Four living children of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick:
1. Isaac Willard “I.W.” Chatfield
1836 – 1921
2. Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield
1839 – 1906
3. Charles Henry Chatfield
1840 – 1864
4. Ellen Charlotte “Ellie” Chatfield
1846 – 1928

Three known children of John Wesley Tankersley & Nancy Turner:
1. William B. Tankersley
abt 1831 – aft 1880 census
2. Edward Tankersley
abt 1832 – aft 1880 census
3. Louisa “Lou” Tankersley
abt 1840 – 1868

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Aug 11, 1836: Birth of Isaac Willard Chatfield, 1st child of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield and Lovina (Mastick) Chatfield in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio

Jan 9, 1839: Birth of Clark Samuel Chatfield, 2nd child of Levi and Lovina, in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio

Oct 3, 1840: Birth of Charles Henry Chatfield(#2), 3rd child of Levi and Lovina, in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio

abt 1840: Birth of Louisa Tankersley, future wife of Clark Samuel Chatfield, in Kentucky. Louisa’s father died in Illinois in 1839 and she was born shortly thereafter. Her mother may have gone home to Kentucky to be with family after the death of her husband, which was where Louisa was born.

1844: Clark (age 6) and his family move to Bath, Mason Co., Illinois

Mar 1846: Birth of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield, 4th child of Levi and Lovina, in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois

Nov 11, 1848: Death of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield (age 35), of Bright’s disease (kidney disease) in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, at the home of his parents, Isaac and Lucy Chatfield. Children: Isaac (age 12), Clark (age 10), Charles (age 7) and Ellen (not yet 2). Levi is buried in Middlefield Cemetery, Geauga Co., Ohio.

Oct 31, 1850: Federal Census for Mason Co., Illinois:
Levina Chatfield: age 40, born Ohio (note: error, born Vermont)
Willis Chatfield: age 15, born Ohio (note: Isaac Willard Chatfield went by Willis or Willard as a boy)
Clark Chatfield: age 12, born Ohio
Charles Chatfield: 10, born Illinois (note: born Ohio)
Ellen Chatfield: age 4, born Illinois

Note: Levi Tomlinson Chatfield, the father, died Nov 11, 1848, leaving Lovina with 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), mother of Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 20), in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois of lung fever (pneumonia). Lovina is buried in the Bath Cemetery.

May 20, 1858: Marriage of Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 21) to Eliza Ann Harrington (age 18) in Havana, Mason Co., Illinois. Isaac and Eliza take on the raising of his brother Charles (age 17) and sister Ellen (age 11).

Sep 12, 1858: Marriage of Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 19) to Louisa Tankersley (age 18) in Havana (near Bath), Mason Co., Illinois

Sate of Illinois Marriage License of Clark Samuel Chatfield & Louisa Tankersley:

Note: On their marriage license, Louisa’s name is spelled:
Louise Tankersly
Louesa Tankersly
Clark’s name is spelled both:
C.S. Chatfield and C.S. Chatfeild

 Front and back of photo: “Lou Chatfield, Bath, Ill”
(written on the back of this carte de visite)

CARTE de VISITE (CdV)
The carte de visite is easily recognized by the small card on which the photograph is mounted. In this format, a small paper photographic print is mounted on a commercially produced card. The carte de visite (commonly abbreviated to CdV) today is not a rare item, being produced by the millions in the nineteenth century. The CdV image and card stock were both made to a standard size. The dimensions of the standard carte de visite mounting card were 2 1/2 x 4 inches. The standard dimensions of the CdV photograph (the image or print itself) were 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches. The carte de visite began appearing in the United States late in the summer of 1859. By the end of 1860 the carte de visite had become the fashion throughout the country. The height of the “carte craze” was the period 1860-1866, which included the photography boom that occurred during the American civil war. The early 1860s period saw the first commercial photographic albums (the carte album), which began to grace ordinary middle class parlors. By 1864, a family would have to be poor indeed to not own a carte de visite album. This photo was in the Chatfield/Tuck carte de visite photo album.
Source: CITY GALLERY website, founded in Aug 1995 by Steve Knoblock

abt 1859: Birth of Elizabeth Chatfield, 1st child of Clark and Louisa, in Mason Co., Illinois

Aug 18, 1859: Death of Elizabeth Chatfield, 1st child of Clark and Louisa, in Mason Co., Illinois

Sep 21, 1859: Lovina Chatfield’s estate is settled in bankruptcy. James Robinson sues Lovina’s four children for property indebted to him. The lawsuit claim is against Willard (Isaac Willard), Clark, Charles, and Ellen. The estate is sold for $254.68, the debt on the estate, $391.00.

Aug 31, 1860: Federal Census for Bath, Mason Co., Illinois:
Willard Chatfield: age 23, farm keeper, Value of Personal Estate $100, born Ohio (Clark’s brother, Isaac Willard Chatfield)
Eliza Chatfield: age 19, born Iowa (Isaac’s wife, Eliza Harrington)
Clara E. Chatfield: age 1, born Kansas (Isaac’s daughter, Ella Clara)
Ellen C. Chatfield: age 14, born Illinois, attending school (Clark’s sister)
Charles Chatfield: age 19, born Ohio (Clark’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 Chalfield: age 20, born Kentucky
Note: Census record for Clark Samuel Chatfield (misspelled Chalfield in transcription record)

Nov 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th President of the United States. At the time, most of the nation’s 31 million people lived peaceably on farms and in small towns.

⇐ Photo of Abraham Lincoln sent home to his family during the Civil War from Edward L. Chatfield, Clark’s cousin

Apr 12, 1861: Start of the American Civil War

May 25, 1861: Charles Henry Chatfield (age 20), Clark’s younger brother, 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, Company C, 2nd Cavalry, Volunteer Regiment, Illinois; promoted to Full Private

Civil War Military Enlistment Record:
CIVIL WAR (UNION ARMY)
ENLISTED: Jul 23, 1861, Corporal, Co. C, Illinois 2nd Cavalry, Volunteer Regiment, Bath, Illinois
PROMOTED: to Full Private
MUSTERED OUT: Aug 11, 1864
Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Illinois
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
ENLISTMENT DESCRIPTION: height 5′ 10″; complexion light; hair black; eyes hazel

Note: Carte de Visite in Chatfield/Tuck photo album; in comparing features in other pictures and his Civil War personal description, I believe this is Clark Samuel Chatfield

Civil War — Illinois 2nd Calvary
Regimental History
ILLINOIS 2ND CAVALRY (Three Years)
This regiment was organized at Camp Butler, was mustered into service Aug. 12, 1861, for three years. The regiment left Camp Butler on Sept. 15, and encamped for brief periods at Carbondale, Du Quoin and Fort Massac, and about Oct. 1, arrived at Cairo. During the battle of Belmont, Mo., Nov. 7, Capt. Bowman with his company formed a line of couriers to the battlefield and promptly transported a report of the battle. In December the regiment crossed over to Bird’s Point, and did considerable scouting after Jeff Thompson captured 6 of his men at Bertrand, and had its first man killed there by a Confederate bullet. The regiment then became considerably scattered. Seven companies were stationed at Columbus, Ky., A and B were with Grant in Tennessee, participating in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh; D and L at Cairo, and C at Caledonia, Ill. In Nov, 1862, six companies moved to La Grange Tenn. and in December was a part of the garrison at Holly Springs Miss., which was attacked by Van Dorn, and besides the killed and wounded, the companies lost 61 prisoners, about 150 horses, all camp and garrison equipage, books and records, in fact everything except what the men had on their horses. About Jan. 1, 1863, the regiment arrived at Memphis and while there dispersed a battalion of Confederates. On March 30, it took the advance in the Vicksburg campaign, with almost daily skirmishes until May 3, when the last of Grant’s army crossed the Mississippi below Grand Gulf. After crossing the river it again took the advance with parts of the 3rd Ill. and 6th Mo., and had almost constant skirmishing until the army invested Vicksburg on May 18. During the siege of Vicksburg the regiment was stationed on the Black river and had frequent skirmishes with Johnston’s scouts. After the fall of Vicksburg, with parts of the 3rd Ill. and 6th Mo., it again took the advance towards Jackson, fighting all the way to that place. In August it embarked for the Department of the Gulf, and in September started through southwestern Louisiana, going as far as Opelousas, having the advance as usual and skirmishing almost daily. On Nov. 7, Co. I charged into Vermillionville, killing and capturing several of the enemy. On an expedition sent out from New Iberia, Cos. H and F, numbering 60 men, made a dash upon over 100 Texas rangers, killed and captured about 70 without the loss of a man. While at New Iberia 150 men of these six companies reenlisted and in Feb., 1864, went home on a 30 days, furlough. The non-veterans left New Orleans, March 13 and took the advance of Banks, Red River campaign; again met the Texas cavalry and had frequent skirmishes with them, and in the battle of Mansfield the regiment lost several killed. In March 1865, it started towards Fort Blakely, captured a train of cars with a Confederate paymaster, drove the enemy inside the works at Blakely on April 1, captured a battle flag and held position until the infantry invested the place. In June, it went by steamer up Red river to Shreveport, where on June 23, the regiment was consolidated into six companies and the surplus officers and non-commissioned officers were mustered out.
Source: Ancestry.com: The Union Army, vol. 3
Note: Clark Samuel Chatfield enlisted July 23, 1861, as a Corporal in Company C, 2nd Cavalry, Volunteer
Regiment, Illinois; promoted to Full Private. He was mustered out August 11, 1864; distinguished service.

Aug 12, 1861: Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 25), Clark’s older brother, enlists in the Union army as a Sergeant 1st Class, 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 the rank of 1st Lieutenant

July 1, 1863: Civil War Registration record; Clark re-enlists for a second time:
Name: Clark Chatfield
Birth Year: abt 1839
Place of birth: Illinois
Age on 1 July 1863: 24
Race: White
Residence: Bath, Mason, Illinois
Congressional District: 9th
Class: 3

Civil War Diary and Letters
from Private Edward L. Chatfield
Edward Livingston Chatfield is a cousin of
Clark, Isaac, and Charles Chatfield

Diary – March 11, 1863
We all went down to the boats this morning and packed back a lot of grain on the mules. The dredge in the canal is making very good progress. I received a letter from Cousin Clark [Samuel] Chatfield.
Note: [Clark Samuel Chatfield, a Corporal from Bath, Mason Co., Illinois, was the second-born son of Edward Chatfield’s father’s older brother, Levi Tomlinson Chatfield. Clark enlisted in August 1861, at the age of 22, and was assigned to Company “C” of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry.]

Note: [Edward, whose parents had many siblings, had many cousins. Levi Tomlinson Chatfield and his wife, Lovina Mastick, had three sons and one daughter: Isaac Willard, Clark Samuel, Charles Henry, and Ellen Charlotte. Isaac Willard Chatfield, the first-born, enlisted in August of 1861. Assigned to Company “E” of the 27th Illinois, he moved up from 1st Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant before resigning on February 19, 1863, just three weeks before Edward received Clark’s letter. Charles Henry Chatfield, the youngest brother, was the first to go to war, having enlisted in May of 1861 at the age of twenty. A private in Company “K” of the 17th Illinois, he was soon promoted to Corporal. Wounded at the February 13, 1862, battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, he was discharged in June of 1862 and returned to his home in Bath, Illinois. The wounds failed to discourage him, and he mustered in again two months later, this time as a 2nd lieutenant. He was assigned to Company “D” of the 85th Illinois and was eventually promoted to Captain, a proud officer who would die in a place he may never have heard of. On June 27, 1864, Charles Henry Chatfield would be cut down in brutal battle at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.]

Diary – March 12, 1863
We fixed up the harnesses and did other little chores today. It was quite warm. I wrote to Cousin Clark Chatfield and Father.

Letter – March 12, 1863
Head Quarters 113th, Youngs point, near Vicksburg.
March 13th 1863
To my Dear Father & Mother.
I had been down to the boats all day yesterday helping to get rations & the first words on returning to camp was that there was a letter for me. You cannot imagine with what feelings of pleasure I received & read it. It brings tears of gladness to my eyes, and new courage to my heart as I read your courage inspiring letters. They make me feel more like battling for the Union which those detestable Copperheads ate at the North are trying to destroy. Just give us soldiers a chance and we would gladly sweep them from existence. Had it not been for our Northern traitors the war would have been ended long ago without the great sacrifice of human life that we have had. It is my wish, and it is the wish of all the soldiers, that we had all of the Northern traitors where we could get our hands on them, and we would make short work of them all. I think that the Conscription act is just right. It will make every man walk up and do his part. And when that is done, the war will be shortly ended in a short time. My health still remains good, and I can give the great giver of all good the praise that he has given me [for] such good health so far. I got a letter from Clark Chatfield last evening. He is at Memphis acting as orderly to General [James C.] Veach. He says that his health is quite good. His address is Co C. 2nd Ill Cavalry Memphis Tenn. He said that his brother Willard [Isaac Willard Chatfield] had resigned and gone home. Charles [Willard’s younger brother] was at Nashville Tenn.

The weather is quite warm & pleasant but the roads are in an impassable condition. We have so much rain that it has almost flooded every thing. The river is on the rampage. It is rising very fast and threatens to flood every thing. The work on the Canal is progressing favorably. There is three dredging machines at work widening & depening it. There is a good many sick but I think that the health of the boys is on the gain. There was a man by the name of Frank Harter, of Bliss Sutherlands Company, that died very suddenly. He was well at night and before morning he was dead. The boys from our neighborhood are usually well and send their best wishes & respects. Well, I must close. Direct the same as usual and write soon.
From your affectionate son,
Edward

(to): N.S. Chatfield (Edward’s father, Nathan Stoddard Chatfield)

[On side of the letter]
I will send by this letter a piece of what is called Spanish moss that grows on any tree. Hangs from the limbs. It is not like plants. It receives its nourishment from the air.

Diary – August 4, 1863
It’s my 21st birthday, so, I suppose that now I am my own man. But I cannot see any difference in my prospects. There seems to be a good deal of business going on here. The streets and wharves are lined with people. I went uptown this forenoon and made a few purchases. I expressed $35.00 home by the Adams Express Company and $57.00 for Bert Smith and Tom Carrow. When I got back to the boat, I found them unloading. They moved the baggage to the depot. We won’t be going until tomorrow morning, so I found Cousin Clark and stayed with him all night. We had a pleasant visit.

Diary – August 5, 1863 (A.M. entry)
We had a good breakfast at the hotel, then I bid goodbye to Cousin Clark. We boarded the cars at 7:00 a.m. and started out. It was an unpleasant and tiresome ride. In early August, the 113th was assigned to the U.S. Army Post of Corinth, Mississippi, part of the 3rd Brigade (and in December the 2nd Brigade) of the 2nd Division of General Hurlbut’s 16th Army Corps. Chatfield would remain in Corinth until January 1864.

While the regiment slept on the boarding platform in Memphis, Chatfield enjoyed a nice evening and rested in a fine hotel with his cousin, Clark Chatfield, an orderly from Company “C” of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry who had been assigned to assist General J.C. Veach. Perhaps they had spent the night at the Gayoso, said to have been the best hotel in Memphis. The noble building featured over 100 luxury guest rooms decorated in hardwood and exquisitely furnished. Adorned by six tall columns, the Gayoso’s towering front of heavy stone overlooked the bluffs. Scores of famous guests had slept in the Gayoso, including Generals Grant and Sherman. No better birthday celebration could have been arranged, except, of course, a nice long furlough home.

Before departing, the surgeon arrived and passed out two quinine powders to every man sickened by malaria, instructing them to take the first one immediately and the second in two hours. The Memphis and Charleston tracks stretched southeast from Memphis and turned east into the sizzling sun near the McKee Station. The rails were safe for any speed up to twelve miles per hour, requiring nine hours on average to travel from Memphis to Corinth. The sickened bodies of exhausted soldiers lay exposed to the searing sun, jolting the distance in open gondolas past heavily guarded stations. Given no disturbance of the rails, the schedule was predictable.

Letter – December 16, 1863
Corinth Miss. Dec. 16th, 1863
Dear Brothers David & William,
I received your very welcome letter of the first Ult last Thursday night and I should have answered sooner but I have been so busy that I have not had time. —

It has been raining hard all day and it is hard at it now, I am glad that I do not have to stand guard such a night as this for it is very disagreeable indeed. It is bad enough to have to be out when it is pleasant. I went to Memphis last Friday and came back on Sunday. We took down 35 prisoners. While there, saw Cousin Clark Chatfield. He is in the Second Ill. Cavalry. He is orderly for Col. Hinsdell on Gen. Hurlbut’s staff. Had a good visit with him. Stayed all night and went to the theater. Had a good time. The play was splendid. One part of the Play called (Dot) or the Cricket on the Hearth and was well acted out.

I just received a letter this evening from George Palmer. He is with his [76th] Reg’t down at Vicksburg. He is well and so are most of the Boys. He says that their Orderly, (his name) is William Warden, has a furlough at home. If you see him give him my best respects that I should be very glad to hear from him.

You wished to know candidly and heartily, how I liked the soldiers life, and I will tell you. If I can only have my health, I like it first rate. In fact, better than Farming. Take it all in all, it is not very hard. Why, if we had to work only half as hard as we do at home, we would think that we had dreadful hard time. And I see that you cant hardly get it through your head that we ever had to sleep on the ground. But, I tell you that it is so. We slept on the ground all the time from the time that we got to Memphis a year ago last November till we came here to Corinth (over) this last August. And, I can tell you that I slept just as well and sweet as ever I did at home on Mothers best Feather Bed. But it was not very pleasant, sometimes, when the [tent] was blown down in some terible storm or other and we would get all wet through. Beckett has got his Commission and is Capt. now. We all like him first rate. Orderly Kellogg got a furlough and started home last Monday. He is [looking] pretty poorly. Levi Walters was wounded at Vicksburg last may and has been in St Louis Hospitals ever since. He got back yesterday. His wound is just healed up. I had nearly forgotten to tell you whether I was or am sick or well, and I do not know as it would make much difference. I am quite well and can eat my rations as well as any of them. The Boys are all well well as usual, except Tom. He has the ague and keeps him down a good deal. Well, I will close. The Boys all send their best respects.
My love to you from your loving Brother, Edward Chatfield
(to:) David A Chatfield & WM S. Chatfield Esquires

Edward’s brothers: David Avery Chatfield and William Stoddard Chatfield

Diary – February 8, 1864
We relieved the 108th this morning, and I was on first relief. We must patrol the streets to keep order and quiet. I wrote another letter to Cousin Clark this evening.

Letter – March 13, 1864
Camp of the 113th, Memphis Tenn. March. 13th, 1864
Ever Dear Parents,
This beautiful Sabbath Eve I find myself seated to pen you a few lines. My mind is all on a whirl. There is so much noise and confusion going on around me that I hardly know what to write but I will do my best. My health is good. Never felt better in my life, and I am in hopes that this will find you enjoying the same blessing. I have not rec’d any news from you for the week past, and you may be all sick for what I know. But I rather think the reason is that you have been so busy that you have not had time to write. —

I was much surprised today by seeing Cousin Clark Chatfield in today. He came up the river from Vicksburg night before last. He seems to be in good health and as hearty as ever. He is Orderly for one of the Aids of Gen. Hurlbut. I attended Church at the Methodists today. Had a good sermon. —

For the last few days we have had quite stirring times in Camp. The Detachment of the 113th that have been at Springfield for the last 14 months joined us here in the field. And I can tell you that I never saw a much more homesick set of fellows than they are. They are as awkward as greenhorns well can be. The 113th now numbers about 600 effective men, and we can make about as good a show as any in these parts. And there is another thing which we are expecting, and which I hope will take place, that is, that we will be sent out to take the field. Let onward to Victory and Glory be our motto.

I see by the papers that the 16th & 17th Army Corps are likely to be sent down to the Potomac. And, if they are, we will be apt to go to. Col. Hoge is fishing for a little star, and if he can do any thing to help it he will do it. Mrs. Sarah Henry has been quite sick for several days past but she is some better today. Mrs. Major Williams is not very well nor the Major either. The Boys are all well, except John Fundy. He has the Ague about every day. Capt. Becket and Dr. Mack started home last week. They have both been sick for some time. I expect that we will be paid off the coming week. We have one new recruit in our Company, Johnny Foreman [Forman.] I expect that the Companies will be equalized. If they do, we will have quite a respectable Company. L’t Col. Clark is in Command. —

The weather is quite pleasant and the gardens about here are beginning to look nice. Well, as I have not much news, I will close hoping that I may receive a letter before long. Please excuse my poor scribbling. I remain your loving son,
Ewd L Chatfield.
(to): N S Chatfield

Diary – April 27, 1864
We had a heavy shower last night, and it rained almost all day today. There was heavy cannonading down at Vicksburg last night. I received a letter from Cousin Clark and finished a letter to Father.

End of Civil War Diary and Letters from Private Edward L. Chatfield

Edward L. Chatfield’s Civil War diary entries, letters, and photos source: The Chatfield Story, by Terry M. McCarty and Margaret Ann Chatfield McCarty

Jun 27, 1864: Edward’s cousin, Captain Charles Henry Chatfield (age 23), is killed in the Civil War battle of Kennesaw Mountain, near Marietta in Cobb Co., Georgia.

Aug 11, 1864: Clark Samuel Chatfield is mustered out of Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Illinois

Clark Samuel Chatfield, Military Service:
Civil War (Union Army)
Enlisted: Jul 31, 1861, Corporal, Company C, 2nd Cavalry,
Volunteer Regiment, Bath, Illinois; promoted to Full Private
Mustered out: Aug 11, 1864, Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Illinois
Distinguished service
Enlistment description: height 5′ 10″; complexion light; hair black; eyes hazel

1865: Birth of Jennie Chatfield, 2nd child of Clark Samuel Chatfield and Louisa Tankersley, in Mason Co., Illinois

May 1865: End of the American Civil War

After the civil war, Clark returns to his family in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
According to a Civil War Pension affidavit, on Dec 19, 1866, Clark moves to Fremont, Colorado where he states he resides until 1868; however, in 1867 his daughter Ida is born in either Nebraska or Illinois. Louisa’s mother is living in Illinois during that time, so she may have gone home to give birth to her child.

Nov 17, 1867: Birth of Ida Chatfield, 3rd child of Clark Samuel Chatfield and Louisa Tankersley, in probably Mason Co., Illinois or perhaps Nebraska (census records reflect both). Louisa Tankersley’s mother, Nancy Tankersley, lives in Mason Co., Illinois.

Dec 19, 1866: Clark S. Chatfield (age 27) with his wife Louisa (Tankersley) Chatfield (age 25) become neighbors of his brother, Isaac, in Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado.

Clark Samuel Chatfield and Louisa (Tankersley) Chatfield
Photographer: T.J. Rice, Rockport, Missouri
Cabinet Card (taken between 1866 and 1868)

Cabinet Card photo notation on back: “Mama’s father & Stepmother”
Note: “Mama” is Marjorie Emma (Chatfield) Tuck, youngest daughter of Clark Samuel Chatfield and his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Morrow

CABINET CARD
The Cabinet Card has the appearance of a larger version of the carte de visite, retaining the photographer’s imprint and exhibiting similar styles of decorative artwork on the card face or back. Like the carte de visite, it consists of a paper photographic print mounted on commercially produced card stock of standard size. The dimensions of the standard Cabinet Card are 6½ x 4½
• Introduced. In 1866, the Cabinet format was adapted for portraits.
• Peak. Although not uncommon in the 1870s, the cabinet card, however, did not displace the CdV completely until the 1880s.
• Waned. The 1890s witnessed the decline of the cabinet card and the card photograph album, replaced by the snapshot (an unmounted paper print) and the scrapbook album.
Source: CITY GALLERY website, founded in Aug 1995 by Steve Knoblock

Aug 18, 1868: Death of Louisa “Lou” (Tankersley) Chatfield (age 28), in Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Clark brings his wife’s body back from Colorado to Nebraska for burial. Louisa leaves Clark with two small daughters, Jennie (age 3), Ida (age 9 months). 

Aug 1868: Burial of Louisa (Tankersley) Chatfield, first wife of Clark Chatfield, in Nebraska
According to Civil War Pension affidavit for I.W. Chatfield: Clark S. Chatfield who being duly sworn, upon his oath says: “On the 19th of December, 1866, I arrived at Isaac W. Chatfield’s ranch in Fremont Co., Colorado, where Florence now is, and remained at the ranch, residing about 150 or 200 yards from where Isaac W. Chatfield resided, until 1868, when my wife died and I took her body to Nebraska for burial and remained in Nebraska until about 1879, when I returned to Colorado, and have resided near him ever since. Upon my arrival at his ranch in 1866 was the first time I had seen him after either of us left the army.”
Note: these dates conflict with actual records.

Mar 10, 1869: Marriage of Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 30) to Mary Elizabeth Morrow (age 18) in Atchison Co., Missouri (borders Nemaha Co., Nebraska)

Jul 6, 1870:  Federal Census for Benton Precinct, Nemaha Co., Nebraska:
Chalfield, C.S.: age 32, male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $1,000, Value of Personal Estate, $200,
born Illinois (note: Chatfield is misspelled as Chalfield)
Mary E.: age 21, female, keeping house, born Illinois (Mary Elizabeth Morrow)
Jennie: age 6, female, at home, born Illinois (born to Louisa Tankersley)
No Name: age 8/12 (8 months), female, born Nebraska (born Nov 1869 to Mary Morrow)
Francis: age 3, female, born Nebraska (Ida, born to Louisa Tankersley)
Note: Mary Morrow’s mother is living in Helena, Johnson Co., Nebraska at this time

Between 1870 & 1880 census: Death of Jennie Chatfield, 2nd child of Clark and Louisa, in Brownville, Nemaha
Co., Nebraska.

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John Wesley Tankersely & Nancy Turner Line

John Wesley Tankersley
Son of Chares Tankersley & Nancy “Ann” Askins
Born: abt 1805, Breckenridge Co., Kentucky
Died: 1839 (abt age 34), Illinois
Married: Mar 12, 1829, Nancy Turner, Morgan Co., Illinois
Three children: William Tankersley, Edmond Tankersley, Louisa “Lou” Tankersley

Nancy Turner
parents unknown
Born: abt 1805, Kentucky
Died: aft 1870 Illinois census
Married: Mar 12, 1829, John Wesley Tankersley, Morgan Co., Illinois

Three children:
1. William B. Tankersley
abt 1831 – aft 1880 census
2. Edward Tankersley
abt 1832 – aft 1880 census
m. abt 1866, Parazeidah Holstlaw; four known children
3. Louisa “Lou” Tankersley
abt 1840 – 1868
m. Sep 12, 1858, Clark Samuel Chatfield; three children

Tankersley Timeline and Records

Mar 12, 1829: Marriage of John Wesley Tankersley & Nancy Turner, the parents of Louisa

1839: Death of father, John Wesley Tankersley, Illinois

abt 1840: Birth of Louisa “Lou” Tankersley, future wife of Clark Samuel Chatfield, in Kentucky. Louisa’s father died in Illinois in 1839 and she was born shortly thereafter. Her mother may have gone home to Kentucky to be with family after the death of her husband, which was where Louisa was born.

Sep 6, 1860: Federal Census for Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
William Tankersley: age 29, Value of Personal Estate $41, born Illinois (Louisa’s brother)
Edward Tankersley: age 28, Farmer, Value of Personal Estate $400, born Illinois (Louisa’s brother)
Nancy Tankersley: age 55, born Kentucky (Louisa’s mother, Nancy [Turner] Tankersley)
Note: John Wesley Tankersley (Louisa’s father) died in 1839; his wife, Nancy, is living with their two sons.

Jul 8, 1870: Federal Census for Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Tankersley, Edward: age 40, Teamster, Value of Personal Estate $400, born Illinois (Louisa’s brother)
Peazeideh: age 25, Keeping House, born Illinois, cannot write
Victoria L: age 4, born Illinois
Mary L.: age 1, born Illinois
Tankersley, Nancy: age 73, born Kentucky, cannot write (Louisa’s mother, age is incorrect (age 63)
Note: Nancy Tankersley, mother of Louisa, is living with son Edward and family

Jun 5, 1880: Federal Census for Kilbourne, Mason Co., Illinois
Tankerlsey, William: age 50, Single, Gardener, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born Kentucky (Louisa’s brother)

Jun 7, 1880: Federal Census for Crane Creek Township, Mason Co., Illinois
Tankersley, Edward: age 48, Farmer, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born North Carolina (Louisa’s brother)
Parasidda: age 36, wife, Keeping house, born Illinois, father born Indiana, mother born Kentucky
Benjamin: age 6, son, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois
Matilda J.: age 4, daughter, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois
Note: two children, Victoria L., born Illinois, Mary L., born Illinois are not listed in this census

Note: 2.2. Clark Samuel Chatfield & Mary Elizabeth Morrow timeline to follow.

2019. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.