Ellen Chatfield and Isaac Batchellor

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Ellen Charlotte Chatfield
4th of 4 living children of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick
Born: Mar 1846, Bath, Mason Co., Illinois
Died: Sep 7 or 8, 1928 (age 82), (prob Denver, Denver Co.) Colorado
Buried: Sep 10, 1928, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
Married: Mar 13, 1872, Isaac H. Batchellor, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Two children: Walter David Batchellor, Charlotte Ellen Batchellor

Isaac H. Batchellor
Son of Nehemiah Batchellor & Lydia Curtis (name is variously spelled Batchelor, Batchelor, Batcheller, Batchelder or Batcheldor)
Born: 1828, Bowdoin, Lincoln Co. (now Sagadahoc Co.), Maine
Died: Mar 14, 1894 (age 66), Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Buried: Mar 17, 1894, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Military Service: mid 1840s, Navy, served on a man-of-war (canon armed wooden naval vessel propelled by sails)
Occupation: Hotel clerk, farmer, and stock raiser; mining; partner in livery stable with I.W. Chatfield (brother of Ellen)
Politics: Member of Colorado Territorial Legislature in 1872 and 1876 County Commissioner, Denver; Street Commissioner of Leadville, Colorado in 1881; Colorado State Superintendent of Irrigation
Affiliation: Colorado Agricultural Society; Society of Colorado Pioneers
Married: Mar 13, 1872, Ellen Charlotte “Ellie” Chatfield, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Two children: Walter David Batchellor, Charlotte Ellen Batchellor

1. Walter David “Wallie” Batchellor
1st of 2 children of Isaac H. Batchellor & Ellen Charlotte Chatfield
Born: Dec 22, 1872, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Died: Mar 21, 1934 (age 61), Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming; lobar pneumonia, influenza
Buried: Mar 24, 1934, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado 
Married: Jul 10, 1926, Gertrude “Mary” Long, Boulder, Jefferson Co., Colorado
Note: first marriage for both, and both were in their 50s

2. Charlotte Ellen Batchellor
2nd of 2 children of Isaac H. Batchellor & Ellen Charlotte Chatfield
Born: Dec 26, 1874, at Clear Creek, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Died: Mar 22, 1950 (age 76), Colorado
Buried: Mar 25, 1950, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
Occupation: Bookkeeper, apartment manager
Married: May 5, 1920 (at age 45), Abel Meade Shepperd, Boulder, Jefferson Co., Colorado
Note: Charlotte was age 45, Abel age 50

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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

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Mar 1846: Birth of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield, 4th of 4 children of Levi Chatfield & Lovina Mastick, in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois

Nov 11, 1848: Death of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield (age 35), father of Ellen, of Bright’s disease (kidney disease) in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, at the home of his parents, Isaac and Lucy Chatfield. Levi left his wife and four young 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:
Chatfield, Levina: age 40, female, born Ohio (mother)
Willis: age 13, male, born Ohio (Isaac Willard)
Clark: age 12, male, born Ohio
Charles: age 10, male, born Illinois
Ellen: age 4, female, born Illinois
Note: Lovina is 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)

Apr 20, 1858 Death of Lovina Mastick Chatfield (age 48), mother of Isaac (age 21), Clark (age 20), Charles (age 17) and Ellen (age 12) in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois, of lung fever (pneumonia). Lovina is buried in the Bath Cemetery. The family bible passes on to Isaac.

May 20, 1858: Marriage of Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 21) & Eliza Ann Harrington (age 18). Isaac 12-year-old sister, Ellen, whom Isaac and Eliza raise, and a brother, Charles Henry Chatfield (age 17), also stays with them.

As They Were Told:
“Grandmother Chatfield” (Eliza Chatfield)
Grandmother went to Oberlin to school. Stayed with Cousin Cogshells. Met Grandad (his mother died) so they got married. (Money for school bought wedding clothes.)
Ellen just a little girl. Eliza took care of Ellen, Grandad’s young sister as well as her own. Their parents were dead. Eliza took care of her and made them a home.

“Aunt Ellen” (Ellen Charlotte Chatfield)
Ellen Chatfield got a new silk dress. Put it on for Sunday school. Little neighbor girl came running to walk with her—all the little neighbor girl had was a little cotton dress. Ellen stuck her nose up and wouldn’t walk with her. Aunt Margie called Ellen—”Ellen come in here. You take that dress off. When you learn to know your friends without—then you can wear the dress—not before.” Ellen said she thought she never would get to wear that silk dress.

Note: Family stories written in a small black loose-leaf notebook, by Kathryn “Kate” (Adams) Graham, grandniece of Ellen (Chatfield) Batchellor and granddaughter of I.W. and Eliza (Harrington) Chatfield.

Sep 12, 1858: Marriage of Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 19) & Louisa Tankersley (age 18) in Havana (near Bath), Mason Co., Illinois
Note: Clark is Ellen’s older brother

1859: In the spring and early summer of 1859, more than 100,000 gold seekers set out in search of gold at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. They are known as Fifty-niners, named for the peak year of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, and exemplified by the slogan: “Pike’s Peak or Bust.”

Isaac too gets “gold fever,” sells his hotel at a profit, and joins a wagon train for Denver. He makes the trip to the Pikes Peak gold fields with his new wife Eliza, his sister Ellen, brother Charles, along with Eliza’s brother Clark Harrington and cousin Robert M. Wright. They remain in Colorado for only a short time, then travel east by ox team to Kansas.

Sep 21, 1859: Lovina Chatfield’s estate is settled in bankruptcy. James Robinson sues the four children of Lovina for property indebted to him. The lawsuit claim is against I.W. Chatfield who is called “Willard Chatfield,” as well as his siblings, 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: (Isaac W. Chatfield)
Willard Chatfield: head, age 23, Farm Keeper, Value of Personal Estate $100, born Ohio (Isaac Willard Chatfield, Ellen’s brother)
Eliza Chatfield: age 19, born Iowa (Isaac’s wife, age 20)
Clara E. Chatfield: age 1, born Kansas (daughter Ella Clara, Isaac’s daughter)
Ellen C. Chatfield: age 14, born Illinois, attending school
Charles Chatfield: age 19, born Ohio, laborer (Ellen’s brother)

Sep 8, 1860: Federal Census for Bath, Mason Co., Illinois:
Clark Chalfield: age 25, Farmer, Value of Personal Estate, $200, born Ohio (Chatfield)
Louisa Chalfield: age 20, born Kentucky (Chatfield)
Note: Clark is the brother of Ellen Chatfield

Apr 12, 1861: Start of the American Civil War (also known as The War of the Rebellion).
More than 3 million Americans will fight in the Civil War, and over 600,000 (2% of the population) will die in it.

Jul 23, 1861: Clark Samuel Chatfield, Ellen’s older brother, enlists in the Civil War, as a Corporal in Company C, 2nd Cavalry, Volunteer Regiment, in Camp Butler, Illinois; he is later promoted to Full Private

As They Were Told:
“Grandmother Chatfield” (Eliza Chatfield)
Grandmother and Aunt Ella and Ellen Chatfield stayed with Grandmother’s Aunt Clara Wright in St. Louis during Civil War.
Note: Family story handwritten in a small black loose-leaf notebook by Kathryn “Kate” (Adams) McDaniel

At the onset of the Civil War, Eliza Chatfield (age 20), along with her daughter Ella Clara (age 2) and Ellen Charlotte (Isaac’s sister, age 15) move to (probably Carondelet), St. Louis Co., Missouri (sometime in 1861) to live with Eliza’s aunt, Clara M. Wright (age 45), wife of Henry C. Wright (age 37).

Aug 12, 1861: The day after his 25th birthday, Ellen’s oldest brother, Isaac Willard Chatfield, joins the Union Army at Havana, Mason Co., Illinois. He enlists as a private in Co. E., 27th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers and immediately promoted to Sergeant 1st Class

Spring of 1863: Isaac reunites with his family. Isaac, with Eliza, infant daughter Ella, his sister Ellen, and Eliza’s cousin, R.M. Wright (Robert Marr Wright) and Robert’s wife Alice, fit out ox and horse teams and take eight weeks to get to what is now Florence, Fremont County, Colorado. Isaac obtains a government grant for 160 acres of sagebrush land, which is later expanded by purchase to 280 acres. It is here he begins cattle ranching.

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

Oct 16, 1867: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
At lower Clear Creek precinct, at the house of I.H. Batchellor, on Friday October 4, from nine a.m. until twelve noon. 
Note: I.H. Batchellor is the future husband of Ellen.

Mar 11, 1868: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 3):
—The Colorado Agricultural society held its annual meeting, for the election of officers, at the district court room in this city, this morning. The meeting was called to order at ten o’clock, by Richard Sopris, president of the association, and the reading of the minutes being dispensed with, the society proceeded to the election of officers, and board of directors, for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows:
Executive committee: T. Mason, Fremont county; H.H. Jacobs, Boulder county, I.H. Batchellor, Arapahoe county, …

Oct 3, 1868: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
Horse, mare, or gelding.—I.H. Batchellor, gray mare “Lily.” First premium.
Jacks—I.H. Batchellor, first premium
CLASS B.—Machinery: I.H. Batchellor was awarded first premium for ditching machine
Note: These are award categories at a county or state fair.

Oct 6, 1868: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
Colorado Agricultural Society.
ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS.
Metropolitan Washing Machine Company, for clothes wringer; Gen. Nathan Harris, for cucumber, five stocks of corn and bandboxes, three diplomas; I.H. Batchellor, for gang plow; …
—One of the most useful and best machines at the fair was Batchellor’s ditching machine, which was examined and admired by many farmers. In a country where ditches are necessary on every farm, it may be well for our farmers to examine and use so great a labor saving machine.

Jul 20, 1870: Federal Census for Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Batchelor, Isaac: age 42, farmer, Value of Real Estate $7000, Value of Personal Estate $5000, born Maine

Aug 29, 1871: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 2):
DAILY NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO.
The judges of primary election in the various precincts will consist as follows:
No. 10.—I.H. Batchellor, Greenleaf Page and Richard Sopris.

Sep 14, 1871: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
ELECTION RETURNS
Arapahoe County—Other Districts and Counties.
The following is the total vote cast in this city for the various offices:
Representatives—Elder, 1,141; Steinhaur, 1,119; Lilley, 1,014; Batchellor, 1,008; Bearce, 806; Keating, 746; Malony, 711; Anderson, 737

Sep 23, 1871: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
THE SIXTH ANNUAL FAIR.
From early morn until late in the afternoon yesterday, there was a steady and tremendous influx of visitors at the fair grounds. Every inch of room in the exhibition halls and every seat on the grand stand were occupied. The day was intensely warm. The principal interest of the day was centered in the equestrian exhibitions, the display of stock and the award of premiums. The judges were full of business in their several departments, and have undoubtedly discharged their duties in the most satisfactory and impartial manner. Various estimates are made as to the attendance. There were probably five hundred carriages on the grounds, and the multitude of people ran up to nearly seven thousand.
PREMIUMS FOR STOCK.
For light driving horses there were three entries: George Glines, one sorrel; I.H. Batchellor, one gray, I.P. Vanwormer, one gray. The premium (diploma) was awarded to I.P. Vanwormer.

Nov 11, 1871: Rocky Mountain Herald, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Territorial Members Elected:
Frank Hall, acting governor of the Colorado Territory, officially announced on Nov 3, that after a count by the territorial board of the canvassers, the following were declared as duly elected to the Ninth Territorial general assembly of Colorado:
Representatives—1st district, Isaac H. Batchellor …

1872: Legislative Record for State of Colorado:
Batchellor, Isaac H.
9th Territorial Assembly
Served 1 year
Chamber: House
County: Arapahoe
House District: 01 Territory
House Standing: Federal Relations; Incorporations (Chair); Roads & Bridges; Territorial Prisons

Mar 13, 1872: Marriage of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield & Isaac H. Batchellor in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado. Ellen is age 26, Isaac is 47.

Mar 14, 1872: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
MARRIED.
BATCHELLOR—CHATFIELD‚ In Denver, on March 13, 1872, by Rev. P.R. Slicer. Mr. I.H. Batchellor and Miss Ellen C. Chatfield.

Mar 14, 1872: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
A largely attended wedding occurred at the Methodist church yesterday afternoon. The parties to the affair were Mr. I.H. Batchellor and Miss Ellen C. Chatfield. Miss Hattie Gross and Mr. John Cromwell acted as bridesmaid and groomsman respectively. In the evening a reception was held at Batchellor’s rancho.

As They Were Told:
“Uncle Batch”
The Batchellor’s were relatives. Grandfather’s (I.W. Chatfield) sister married Isaac Batchellor. He was quite a wit. A man called at the door. Asked Uncle Batch if the Lady of the house was in. He said, “Yes.” The man asked if he could see her. Uncle Batch said, “No, you’re a better looking man than I am,” and shut the door.
One day Uncle Batch was walking down the street with General Sampson and said, “General, I’m a better looking man than you are.” “Yes,” the General said, “and a darned sight meaner!”

One day Aunt Ellen made a new kind of dessert, “Coffee Jelly” and forgot the sugar. Uncle Batch took a bite and said, “My God Elly—you call that vitals?”
Note: Family stories written in a small black loose-leaf notebook, by Kathryn “Kate” (Adams) McDaniel, grandniece of Ellen (Chatfield) Batchellor.

Dec 22, 1872: Birth of Walter David Batchellor, 1st of two children of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield & Isaac H. Batchellor, in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado.

Mar 26, 1873: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 3):
Colorado Industrial Association.
The trustees of the Colorado Industrial association met yesterday, and, after transacting some business adjourned until April 3. It is important that those wishing shares of this valuable stock should come up and subscribe at as early a day as possible.
The following is a list of those who have already subscribed to the stock:
…, I.H. Batchellor, …

Apr 9, 1873: Denver Daily Times, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 2):
The grand jury were called and sworn yesterday morning, and went out to deliberate on the cases brought before them. I.H. Batchellor was appointed foreman—as usual.

Jun 30, 1873: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 2):
PETITION.
To the Honorable the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe county, Colorado Territory:
And it is further ordered and adjudged by the said Board of Commissioners, that the following named persons be and are hereby selected to serve as judges of registry and of the election as above called and provided for, at the various voting places and precincts in said county, and that the following places be and are hereby designated in said precincts for holding said elections viz:
Precinct No. 10—at house of J. Kline, on Clear Creek: I.H. Batchellor, E.D. Baldwin, W.S. Dennison, Judges.

Aug 13, 1873: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 2):
Special Election Notice.
Precinct No. 10— at the house of J. Kline, on Clear Creek: I.H. Batchellor, … judges

Aug 13, 1873: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 2):
DENVER, COLORADO.
Republican County Convention.
No. 10, at the school house of J. Cline, Clear Creek: I.H. Batchellor, …

Oct 25, 1873: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
STRAYED.
STRAY OR STOLEN—FROM BATCHELLOR’S ranch, six miles down the Platte, a dark brown American horse. About 15 hands high; had a scar on left flank and one on right foot; was slightly knee sprung; black mane and tail; tail cut short on account of switching against singletree of buggy. Whoever may return or leave any information of him with Bryant & George, corner 11th and Lawrence, Denver, or with I.H. Batchellor, Clear Creek, will be suitably rewarded.

Oct 6, 1874: Denver Daily Times, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
County Commissioners.
The county Commissioners reassembled yesterday afternoon…. On Motion of Mr. Bowles, it was ordered that the County Clerk do give notice by publication that the Board of Equalization will sit at the Clerk’s office on Friday, the 16th of October, 1874, at 10 o’clock a.m.
The board reassembled at this point adjured over until this morning. The Board re-assembled pursuant to adjournment this morning, and there were present: F.B. Crocker, chairman, J.W. Bowles, A.J. Williams, H.D. Steele, I.H. Batchelor, and A.M. Stanbury, commissioners.

Oct 17, 1874: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
On the motion of Mr. Batchellor, Mr. Crocker was appointed a committee to investigate the amount of commissary stores used at the hospital during the past six months, with the view of ascertaining the probable amount to be purchased, and that further consideration of the proposals for furnishing commissary stores be postponed until Mr. Crocker could report.

Dec 26, 1874: Birth of Charlotte Ellen Batchellor, 2nd of two children of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield & Isaac H. Batchellor, in Clear Creek, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Note: Clear Creek is northwest of Denver

Dec 27, 1874: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
BORN.
BATCHELLOR—At Clear Creek, December 26, 1874, to the wife of I.H. Batchellor, a daughter.

Dec 27, 1874: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
CITY & VICINITY.
It was a girl, this time, and a bachelor was the father of it. As a county commissioner, the sire of that girl has achieved no little renown, conducting himself in a manner highly creditable to all concerned. Of late years the said bachelor has worn his own underclothing, and the public have forgiven him for a theft committed twelve years ago, whereby Ed Bliss lost a lot of nice silk underwear. Go in, Bach!

Aug 1, 1876: Colorado is admitted to the Union as the 38th state

Jun 6, 1877: Denver Daily Tribune, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
Mr. Doolittle’s Assignment.
Yesterday the store of J.K. Doolittle was closed and a placard in the window gave notice that he had made as assignment of his stock to I.H. Batchellor. Before twelve o’clock it was well-known throughout the city, and early last evening a TRIBUNE reporter called on Mr. Doolittle at the store. In reply to a few questions he said that he did not desire to make any statement; it was only the result of a malicious persecution on the part of some of his competitors, and every business man in the city knew that to be a fact. Rumors had been set afloat by those parties, and in consequence thereof his eastern creditors became frightened. About six weeks ago they began to arrive from New York and demanded security for their accounts which Mr. Doolittle claims, were not due. He refused to give them the security demanded, and they threatened to attach the entire stock. He coolly bade them proceed, and they have worried him ever since. A few days since, he learned that a combination had been entered into by several of his eastern creditors to attach the stock for a large amount, which he says, was not yet due, and yesterday he stopped payment and made the assignment of this stock and assets to Mr. Batchellor as above stated, for the benefit of his creditors.
During all of yesterday, Mr. Batchellor, being in possession, was invoicing the goods, and it will probably occupy the next ten days or two weeks. Mr. Doolittle’s indebtedness is estimated at about $150,000, and his assets at from $100,00 to $125,000.

Jul 30, 1877: Denver Daily Times, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 4):
Auction sale at J.K. Doolittle’s at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., each day until further notice, by I.H. Batchellor, Assignee.

Sep 15, 1877: Denver Daily Times, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado (pg 1):
Delegates to the County Convention had a busy time of it yesterday afternoon and this morning.
For County Commissioner Mr. Mills nominated H.D. Steele; Mr. Wiggins nominated Wm B. Palmer; Mr. Stansbury nominated I.H. Batchellor; … a motion was carried that the first ballot be informal, …
The informal ballot resulted as follows:
Steele……………….…26
Henderson……………..7
McCullough……….….17
Ebert………………….….9
I.H. Batchellor………25
Palmer………….………21
Griffin……………..……10
Ross………………………4
Farmer…………………..1
A formal ballot was then taken, but there being a discrepancy in the count, a second was taken as follows:
Steele………………..…39
Henderson……………..2
McCullough……………15
I.H. Batchellor……….34
Palmer…………..……..37
Griffin…………………….2
The nominations of Steele and Palmer were then made unanimous, and the convention adjourned until half-past one.

circa 1879: Photo of Charlotte Batchellor (abt age 5) taken by Bohm Studio in Denver, Colorado
Note: In Charlotte’s childhood pictures, there appears to be a deformity in her hands

1879: Land Patent for Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Batchellor, Isaac H.: Colorado Board Of Land Commissioners, Patent #9, Section 36, Township 25, Range 68W

Jun 7, 1880: Federal Census for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
Batchellor, J.H.: age 52, occupation livery, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Maine (I.H.)
E.C.: wife, age 33, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois (Ellen)
Walter: son, age 7, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois,
Charlotte: daughter, age 5, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois

circa 1880: Photos of Walter (abt age 7) and sister Charlotte (abt age 5):

1880: Isaac H. Batchellor and his brother-in-law I.W. Chatfield operate a livery, feed, and sales stable at 126 E. 6th Street in Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado.

1880: City Directory for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
I.W. Chatfield Isaac & I.H. Batchellor: 126 e 6th; livery, sale & feed stable

1881: City Directory for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
I.W. Chatfield Isaac & I.H. Batchellor: 126 e 6th; livery, sale & feed stable

1881: Illustrated History of Arkansas Valley, Colorado:
Isaac H. Batchellor
Mr. Batchellor is a native of Maine; he was born in the town of Bowdoin, near the Atlantic coast, where he resided only a few years before removing to Worcester County, Massachusetts, to make his home with an uncle; while he resided with his relative, he worked on a farm and attended school, a portion of the time at an academy located in Winchendon in Worcester County. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Batchellor had a desire to see other parts of the world than New England; he enlisted for three years in a man-of-war; during eighteen months of his enlistment, he was off the coast of Africa, watching parties who were engaged in the slave trade; the remainder of the time, his vessel was in the Mediterranean Sea; it was lying off Toulon at the time Louis Phillippe abdicated his throne in favor of his grandson, Feb 24, 1848, and it was near the coast of Italy when Charles Albert went out to fight the Austrians. Mr. Batchellor witnessed much of the exciting period in the history of Europe the three years he was absent from America.

After his return, he resided in several of the New England States, engaged in various occupations, before he came West; for six years, he lived in Chicago, where he filled the position of hotel clerk at the Foster House, which was destroyed in the great fire of 1871. For more than twenty years prior to 1881, Mr. Batchellor has been a resident of Colorado; a greater portion of that time, Arapahoe County has been his home, where he bought a farm four miles distant from the city of Denver, and was engaged in stock-raising in connection with his ranch. In 1872, he was a member of the Territorial Legislature, and in 1876 served his county as one of its Commissioners. In 1879, he sold out his farming and stock-raising interests and moved to Leadville, where he is engaged in the livery business; is a member of the firm of Chatfield & Batchellor, livery, feed and sale stable, 126 East Sixth street, Mr. Batchellor was married in 1872, and has two children.
Source: Illustrated History of Arkansas Valley, Colorado, O.L. Baskin, Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Note: Colorado’s Arkansas Valley includes Lake County and the Ten Mile Region, El Paso County, Chaffee County, Fremont County, Custer County, Pueblo County, and Bent County

1882: City Directory for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
Isaac H. Batchellor: location 2: r. 134 e. 7th; Wall, Witter & Co.; loc. 1: 206 W. Chestnut livery & sale stable

1883: City Directory for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
Isaac H. Batchellor: location 2: r. 134 e. 7th; location 1: D.K. Wall & Co. 206 W. Chestnut, livery stable

Circa 1883-1884: Photo of Charlotte Batchellor (abt age 9 or 10), daughter of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield & Isaac H. Batchellor 

1884: City Directory for Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado:
Isaac H. Batchellor: location 2: r. 134 e. 7th

1890: City Directory for Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Isaac H. Batchellor: location 1: 1, 50 Barclay block; location 2: r. 1360 S. 13th; State Superintendent of Irrigation, Div.

Mar 14, 1894: Death of Isaac H. Batchellor (age 66), in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado He and Ellen were living at 1337 Corona Street in Denver

Mar 15, 1894: The Denver News, Denver, Arapahoe Co. Colorado, (pg 3):
A PIONEER OF FIFTY-NINE.
Death of Isaac H. Batchellor, Who Assisted in Suppressing Slave Trade with Africa and Served Two Terms in Colorado Legislature. Isaac H. Batchellor, who came to Colorado in the exciting days of 1859, died at 1337 Corona Street at 6:30 o’clock last evening. He had reached the ripe old age of 66 years, and leaves a widow and two children.

Mr. Batchellor was born in Bosdoin, Maine. Early in life he lived upon a farm in Worcester County, Massachusetts. He early developed a yearning for a roving life, and when he was 17 years of age he joined the navy. He served on a man-of-war engaged in suppressing the slave trade, and later witnessed the revolution of 1848 in France and Italy. In 1859 he came across the plains in the rush to the still undiscovered Pike’s Peak gold fields. He engaged in mining a number of years and went to Leadville at the time of the boom. Previous to this he served in the legislatures of 1872 and 1876, and later as county commissioner. His last official position was State Superintendent of Irrigation under Governor Routt.

The deceased was a member of the society of Colorado Pioneers, and they will have charge of the funeral arrangements.
Note: The town in which Isaac was born was Bowdoin. Many later records mistakenly have him born in Bosdoin, probably from this new article, but there is no such town.

BATCHELLOR GENEALOGY Another old pioneer passed away yesterday afternoon. Isaac H. Batchellor died at his late residence. No. 1337 Corona St., Denver Co., from the effects of paralysis. He was 66 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. Isaac Batchellor arrived in Denver late in 1859. He came direct from Chicago and at once went into the mountains, mining. In the year following his migration westward he settled in Leadville and there remained several years. Afterwards he came to Denver and, purchasing a ranch near the city, engaged in stock-raising. There he remained a number of years, combining other occupations and interests with his cattle industry. At one time he was a member of the firm of Chatfield & Batchellor of Leadville. He twice held public office, being a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1872 and County Commissioner of Arapahoe County four years later. His fortune fluctuated with the times, and once in his life he was reputed to be worth much money. Mr. Batchellor was always of a roving disposition, and this trend was not lost even in his later days. Born in Maine, when still a lad he conceived a desire for a seafaring life and shipped aboard a United States man-of-war. For three years he cruised off the west coast of Africa, seeing much service fighting slavers and protecting commerce. Finally returning to his native country, young Batchellor moved westward by States, his last stopping place before coming to Colorado being the then struggling town of Chicago. Like almost all of those men who made the early history of this State, Mr. Batchellor had many friends. His life, although a roving one, was yet domestic, and his two terms of public service were thrust upon him rather than sought for. Of late years he has led a secluded existence within his own circle of acquaintances, and had the good-will of all who knew him. Res. Denver, Col., 1337 Corona St.
Source: Batchelder, Batchellor Genealogy, by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Jan 1, 1898, Higgenson Book Company

Mar 17, 1894: Isaac H. Batchellor is buried in the Fairmount Cemetery (section 9) in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado

Aug 28, 1894: Probate records (#3663) for Isaac H. Batchellor, Ellen C. Batchellor, administrator.

August 3, 1898: Letter from Eliza Chatfield to her daughter Jacqueline Adams:
Dear Jacqueline
I commenced this letter a few days ago. I did not feel like writing and laid it aside. The other is written so badly I would not send it, but this is my last sheet of paper. We received a letter from Fred this morning also one from Ella, the first we had for some time. Was very glad to hear from you all. You wanted to know when we will start back. Your father said the first day of August. Four weeks from today we will start for Denver. So you see it will not be long.
Charles and your father was up in the mountains looking after the cattel & killed two deer so we have fresh meat and is good. We sent word for Elmer to come and get all he wanted. He has not come yet. Think he will be here today. Poor Della don’t go anywhere. She looks well & the children are well and Elmer is working very hard.
Charley is trying to put up hay alone. It is hard for him. His father does the cuting Charley dose the rest. Mrs. Bull has the post office right where Fred started to have it. She has candies and tobacco and other little things. Well I must close as my paper has run out. We must go over to Mrs. Miller and get some. Take good care of the baby. Tell her Grandma is coming.
Love to Aunt Ellens folks and you all. Write soon to Mother
E. Chatfield
Note: Eliza and Isaac are living in Wyoming. The letter is postmarked: Denver, Colo, Aug 9, 1898, 7:30 A.M.

Sep 24, 1899: Morning Times, Cripple Creek, El Paso Co., Colorado (pg 9):
VICTOR
Mrs. Fred Adams is enjoying a visit with her sister, Miss Calla Chatfield, and cousin, Miss Batchelder, both from Denver.
Note: Mrs. Fred Adams is Jacqueline (Chatfield) Adams (age 31). She and her sister Calla (age 20) are the daughters of Isaac W. Chatfield. Miss Batchelder (age 25) is their cousin Charlotte Batchellor, the daughter of Isaac’s sister, Ellen.

Pictured: Jacqueline Adams * Calla Chatfield * Charlotte Batchellor
Note: Jacqueline (Chatfield) Adams (age 31) and her sister Calla Chatfield (age 20). Miss Batchelder is their cousin, Charlotte (Chatfield) Batchellor (age 25), daughter of Ellen.

May 19, 1900: Basalt Journal, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado (pg 3):
LOCAL NEWS.
Walter D. Batchellor of Denver, a nephew of C.S. Chatfield, came up to Basalt last Sunday to attend the funeral of Willard Chatfield. Mr. Batchellor is a sales agent of The Union Coal and Coke Company at Denver. He has been giving valuable assistance at J.A. Smith’s store this week, during the sickness of Mr. Chatfield.
Note: Willard Chatfield is the son of Ellen’s brother, Clark S. Chatfield.

Jun 2, 1900: Federal Census for Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Batcheller, Ellen C.: head, widow, born Mar 1846, age 54, widow, 2 children born, 2 children living, born Illinois, father born Connecticut, mother born Vermont, occupation none
Walter D.: son, born Dec 1872, age 27, single, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, Bookkeeper at coal company
Charlotte E.: daughter, born Dec 1874, age 25, single, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, Bookkeeper
Note: They are living at 1825 Emerson Street in Denver.

Pictured: Ellen (Chatfield) Batchellor * Walter * Charlotte

Jul 30, 1900: Letter from Eliza Chatfield to daughter Jacqueline:
Denver. July 30, 1900
Dear Jacqueline,
I received your nice long letter a few days ago. I do not think there is an hour a day we do not think of Marion and every meal your Father says I wonder what she is doing. He said the other evening she is a very smart child. I said who do you mean. He said I was just thinking of the baby. I miss her so much and when Calla and I was cleaning house we came across her little finger marks on the windows. Calla don’t want it rubout on her window. She says it looks like she was around. I would not leave her with Flora. You know she cant have to be scoled.

I found everything all right. I am so sorry Anna left you but I think you can find enought girl. You must for it is to hard for you to try to get along alone. The weather now is fine. Has been for some time. The evening we got home it was snowing and blowing very hard. I got your things some time ago and sent up as they said they would send right away. I sent the babys tray the next day after I got your letter. Mrs. Breman was here and spent the day. She will not do eny sewing untill she goes in to Joslins but maby she will go at your waist. I done as you told me with her in regard to your waist and paid her the two dollars.

I have not seen any of Aunt Ellens folks since I came home. Calla was over there few minutes. She said Aunt Ellen was taken out a whole bag of potatoes in to buckets and weighing them to see of the grocer man had cheated her out of a few pounds of potatoes. See what a big blot I made on my paper telling this about Aunt Ellen. That is what we get for talking in that way. When I made the blot the thought came to me that shows the thought of error you are holding in speaking in the way you did about Aunt Ellen. So I will be more careful the next time. I will close and get lunch now. I wish some of you could walk in and take lunch with us. I wrote to Ella this morning. With many kisses to baby and much love to you all I am your loving Mother.

Your father is going over to Charleys soon. He is trying to buy some cattel now. I do not know how he will come out.
Mother
E. Chatfield

Note: The picture of Eliza Chatfield (age 61) and her granddaughter, Marion Adams (age 3) was taken in Victor, Colorado in 1901 while Eliza was visiting her daughter, Jacquelin (Chatfield) Adams.

1901: Denver County is formed out of Arapahoe County, Colorado

1905: Progressive Men of Western Colorado:
I.W. Chatfield.
Born in Geauga county, Ohio, in the region which slopes away peacefully to Lake Erie, reared on a farm in Illinois, taking a turn in the commission business when he was but nineteen, burned out by a disastrous fire when he was conducting a prosperous hotel enterprise, living in the midst of alarms at the time of the border war in Kansas, traveling back and forth overland across the plains, buying and selling ranches in Colorado, frequently whirled about in the maelstrom of politics, I.W. Chatfield, of Garfield county, this state, whose home is at Rifle, has had an eventful and interesting career.

His life began on August 11, 1836, and he is the son of Levi T. and Levina (Masters) (note: Mastick) Chatfield, New Englanders by nativity, the father born in Connecticut and the mother in Vermont. The father was a farmer and followed his vocation for a number of years in Ohio. Then in 1844 he moved to Mason county, Illinois, but after a short residence in that state returned to Ohio, where he remained until his death in 1848. The mother soon afterward made Illinois once more the home of the family, and there she taught school at the town of Bath. She died in 1858. Both parents were Episcopalians and in politics the father was a Whig. Of their six children only three are living, I.W., Clark S., at Basalt, and Mrs. Ellen S. Batchelor at Denver.

May 6, 1906: Death of Ellen’s brother, Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 67), of Bright’s Disease, while living with his daughter Jacquelin Mallon in Princeton, Colusa Co., California

Dec 21, 1907: Silverton Standard, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado (pg 3):
PERSONAL
W.D. Batchellor of the Silverton Northern left yesterday to spend Christmas holidays with his mother and sister in Denver.
Note: Walter David Batchellor is 35 years of age on Dec 22.

Apr 18, 1910: Federal Census for Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
Batcheller, Ellen C.: head, rents, widow, age 64, widow, 2 children born 2 children living, born Illinois, father born Connecticut, mother born New York, occupation none
Walter S.: son, single, age 37, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, public accountant in an office
Charlotte: daughter, single, age 35, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, occupation none

May 2, 1910: Federal Census for Cheyenne City, Laramie Co., Wyoming:
Batchellor, Walter D.: head, age 37, single, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, accountant in real estate office
Note: Walter is also listed in the preceding 1910 census record.

Jan 12, 1911: From Eliza Chatfield (age 71) to her granddaughter Katherine Adams (age 7):
Denver January 12, 1911
My Dear little Katherine and all,
The last letter I wrote to eny one was to your Mama. It is not handy for Grandma to write now days but your dear letter come to us and are so good and welcome but you did (not) say enything about Mama. How is she. She has been all right this winter. We are now living in two rooms and are very good and warm. Calla is doing all the work and is mighty good to me. Denver looks mighty good to me what I see of it. I look out of the window and watch the folks pass.
Aunt Ellen has been over twice. She wants me to come over and see her very much and I will go just as soon as I can. Calla and (I) have an invitation (to) come and spend the day with so meny of our friends which we will be glad to do soon as we can. Carrie Ward has been in to see me also. She remembered me Xmas with a nice pair of hande slipers. She made them her self and I want to thank you all for your kind thoughts and gifts to me. I felt so guilty that I did nothing but dear I could not get over town and I do not sew so you see how it was.
We will stay here for a few months. I will come with Aunt Calla. We received a letter from Elmer yesterday. He said he was getting to be a full fledged sheep man. He has two sheep men I mean herders paying them ninety five a month. He says it keeps him a humping to keep everything moving. They (are) all well. You may hear from Elmer after but I thought let you know the little I know in regard to the&
Well my dear I must close. Hope I will hear from you soon. Your Papa is so good to write to your Grandfather and we are all so glad to hear from him. Good by with much love to you all. Tell Marion I am going to write to her soon.
As ever your loving mother E. Chatfield.
What do you hear from Charleys folks.
Mother

June 12, 1911: Death of Eliza Ann (Harrington) Chatfield (age 71), wife of Isaac W. Chatfield, in a hospital in Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming; of uterine cancer. 

Shortly after Eliza’s death, Isaac Chatfield moved to Princeton, California, a rural rice-farming community in the sun-heated Sacramento Valley. Two years later, in late August of 1913, He married a second time to a widowed Sarah Jane Wisenor—much to the great displeasure of the family who did not think he should be marrying again, much less so soon, and particularly at the age of seventy-seven. He, too, must have been dubious, as he put on his marriage certificate he was sixty-seven.

1913: City Directory for Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
Batchellor Charlotte E Miss, r 913 20th av
Batchellor Ellen C Mrs, r 913 20th av

Jan 2, 1920: Federal Census for Cheyenne City, Laramie Co., Wyoming:
Batchelor, Walter D.: boarder, age 45, single, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, Accountant in state office
Note: Walter is living as a roomer at 216 West 21st Street in the Crisp household in downtown Cheyenne. Found under spelling of Walter D. Betchelor

Jan 6 & 7, 1920: Federal Census for Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
Batcheller, Ellen C.: head, rents, widow, age 70, born Illinois, father born Connecticut, mother born New York, occupation none
Charlotte: daughter, age 40, single, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, occupation none
Note: Correction, Ellen is age 74 and her daughter Charlotte is 45

May 5, 1920: Marriage of Charlotte Ellen Batchellor & Abel Meade Shepperd in Boulder, Jefferson Co., Colorado
Note: Charlotte is 45, Abel 50; Abel Shepperd is divorced with three daughters: Muriel Claire Shepperd (age 28), Helen Mary Shepperd (age 26) and Beulah Blanche Shepperd (age 19)

Jun 14, 1921: Death of Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 84), Ellen’s oldest brother, in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California; of arteriosclerosis

Jul 10, 1926: Marriage of Walter David Batchellor & Gertrude Mary Long, Charlotte’s brother, in Boulder, Jefferson Co., Colorado
Note: Walter is age 53 and Gertrude is 51; the first marriage for both.

Sep 7 or 8, 1928: Death of Ellen Charlotte (Chatfield) Batchellor (age 82), in Colorado

Sep 10, 1928: Burial of Ellen Batchellor, who shares a headstone with her husband Isaac H. Batchellor, in the Fairmount Cemetery (section 9) in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

Apr 10, 1930: Federal Census for Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
Shepperd, Abel M.: head, age 60, rents $40 per month, married, age 60, age 50 at 1st marriage, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born West Virginia, grocer in groc. market
Charlotte E.: wife, age 55, married, age 45 at 1st marriage, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois
Note: Abel and Charlotte are renting a house at 1814 Marion Street, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.

Apr 17, 1930: Federal Census for Cheyenne City, Laramie Co., Wyoming:
Batchellor, Walter D.: head, owns, Value of Real Estate $5,000, age 57, married, age 53 at 1st marriage, born Colorado, father born Maine, mother born Illinois, accountant in insurance office
Mary G.: wife, age 54, married, age 51 at 1st marriage, born Iowa, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Ohio
Note: Gertrude is going by her middle name of Mary.

Mar 21, 1934: Death of Walter David Batchellor (age 61), son of Isaac H. Batchellor & Ellen Charlotte Chatfield, in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, of lobar pneumonia and influenza. Walter died at home under an oxygen tent, too ill to be moved to a hospital. He was a well-known accountant in Cheyenne and he and Gertrude had been married for eight years.

Mar 24, 1934: Burial of Walter Batchellor with the Rose Croix rites at the consitory. His body is shipped from Wyoming to Colorado and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

Oct 28, 1936: Death of Abel Meade Shepperd (age 67), husband of Charlotte Ellen Batchellor, in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

Feb 7, 1939: Death of Gertrude Mary (Long) Batchellor (age 63), wife of Walter David Batchellor, in Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming, of cerebral thrombosis

Mar 22, 1950: Death of Charlotte Ellen (Batchellor) Shepperd (age 76), daughter of Isaac H. Batchellor & Ellen Charlotte Chatfield, in Colorado

Mar 25, 1950: Burial of Charlotte Shepperd in the Fairmount Cemetery (section 9) in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado, alongside her husband, Abel Meade Shepperd
Note: The Batchellor and Shepperd families are buried in the same section (9) of the Fairmount Cemetery (except Walter’s wife, who is buried in Wyoming). Ellen and her husband Isaac Batchellor share a marker. Walter, his sister Charlotte and her husband Abel Shepperd, have individual markers.

FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY: Founded in 1890, the Fairmount is Denver’s second oldest cemetery and the final resting place of many of Colorado’s prominent pioneers. German landscape architect, Reinhard Schuetze, designed the 285-acre site. Built in 1890, the Fairmount’s Ivy Chapel is a signature landmark.
On-line source: www.Fairmountcemetery.net

Little Ivy Chapel (architect Harry T.E. Wendell; built 1890) Fairmount Cemetery. The church features a compound arch doorway, wheel window, flying buttresses and spire. 

Note: The cemetery and headstones pictures are from Find A Grave and are the property of those who photographed them.

2019. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.