Della Chatfield & Elmer Chatfield

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Della “Dell” Chatfield
1st of 9 children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Morrow
Born: Jan 4, 1872, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska
Died: Oct 31, 1919 (age 47), Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming; cancer
Buried: Nov 4, 1872, Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Occupation: Singer, sang with the Central City Opera in Central City, Colorado, contralto with the Chicago Opera Company
Married: Sep 18, 1892, Elmer Ellsworth “Chatty” Chatfield (her first cousin), Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
Five daughters: Helen Layle Chatfield, Marion Hortense Chatfield, Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield, Audrey Ella Chatfield, Constance Cordelia “Babe” Chatfield

Elmer Ellsworth “Chatty” Chatfield
3rd of 9 children of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington
Born: Jun 8 or 12, 1863, Florence, Fremont Co. Colorado
Died: Sep 20, 1962 (age 99), Thermopolis, Hot Springs Co., Wyoming; old age, head shingles
Buried: Sep 24, 1962, Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Occupation: Cattle/sheep rancher, horse dealer, farmer
Married: Sep 18, 1892, Della “Dell” Chatfield, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
Five daughters: Helen Layle Chatfield, Marion Hortense Chatfield, Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield, Audrey Ella Chatfield, Constance Cordelia “Babe” Chatfield

1. Helen Layle Chatfield
Born: Feb 15, 1894, Emma, Pitkin Co., Colorado
Died: Dec 26, 1975 (age 80), Refugio Co., Texas
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery in Refugio, Refugio Co., Texas
Married: Jul 5, 1926, Rudolph Oscar “Rudy” Hornburg, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
One stepdaughter from Rudy: Ruth Geraldine Hornburg
Two children: Walter Jerald Hornburg, Marian Norma Hornburg

2. Marion Hortense Chatfield
Born: Feb 25, 1896, Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Died: Jun 18, 1980 (age 84), Angwin, Napa Co., California; cancer, congestive heart failure
Buried: St. Helena Cemetery, in Angwin, Napa Co., California
Married: 1934, William Perry Tarter, Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming
Three children: Helen Marie Tarter, Margaret Eloise Tarter, Clark Delmer Tarter

3. Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield
Born: Oct 18, 1898, Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Died: Mar 30, 1981 (age 82), San Marcos, San Diego Co., California; heart attack
Buried: Eternal Hills Cemetery in Oceanside, San Diego Co., California
Married: Apr 10, 1920, Fred Chester Sproul, Manderson, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Three children: Elmer Chatfield Sproul, Fred Chester Sproul, Jr., Beverly Ann Sproul

 

4. Audrey Ella Chatfield
Born: Nov 27, 1900, Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Died: Jan 31, 2000 (age 99), near Jackson, Teton C., Wyoming; stroke
Cremated: Remains in Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Occupation: Ranch cook, worked with husband cooking for seismograph crews drilling for oil
Married: Feb 26, 1927, Joseph Anthony “Joe” Bodan, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
Three children: Barbara Lee Bodan, Emerson Ellsworth Bodan, Nancy Dolores Bodan

5. Constance Cordelia “Babe/Connie” Chatfield
Born: Dec 18, 1905, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Died: May 26, 1990 (age 84), Fairfield, Solano Co., California; complications from diabetes
Buried: St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery in Fairfield, Solano Co., California
Married: Jan 28, 1928, Forest Wayne “Frosty” Rosenberry, Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming
Two children: Charlotte Dell Rosenberry, Billy Wayne Rosenberry

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Timeline and Records

Nine children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Morrow:
1. Della Chatfield
1872 – 1919 (m. Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, her 1st cousin)
2. Ora Lovina Chatfield
1873 – 1936 (m. Charles Elliot Shaw)
3. Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr.
1876 – 1944 (m.1. Ida Ernestine Hyatt, m.2. Madge Rosa)
4. Arthur William Chatfield
1878 – 1959 (m. Ada B. Miller)
5. Willard James Chatfield
1880 – 1900
6. Mabel Clair Chatfield
1883 – 1960 (m. George Reuben Sawyer)
7. Jacquelin(e) Chatfield
1886 – 1964 (m. James Frederick Mallon)
8. Levi Tomlinson “Lee” Chatfield
1889 – 1949 (m. Martha W. Banning)
9. Marjorie Emma Chatfield
1893 – 1983 (m. Thomas Mitchel Tuck)

Nine children of Isaac Chatfield & Eliza Harrington:
1. Ella Clara Chatfield
1859 – 1948 (m. Josiah Appleton “Joe/Jose” Small)
2. Clark W. Charles Chatfield
1861 – 1861
3. Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield
1863 – 1962 (m. Della Chatfield, his 1st cousin)
4. Phil Van Wert Chatfield
1865 – 1883
5. Jacqueline Chatfield
1867 – 1963 (m. Frederick William “Fred” Adams)
6. Charles Henry Chatfield
1870 – 1942 (m. Nellie Belle Chamberlin)
7. Myrtle Lovina Chatfield
1873 – 1877
8. Grace Chatfield
1874 – 1874
9. Calla Mabel Chatfield
1878 – 1958 (m. Burtis Thayer Joslin)

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Jun 8 or 12, 1863: Birth of Elmer Ellsworth “Chatty” Chatfield, 3rd of 9 children of Isaac Chatfield & Eliza Harrington, near Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado

Jan 4, 1872: Birth of Della “Dell” Chatfield, 1st of 9 living children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Morrow, in Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska

Jun 11, 1880: Federal Census, Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado:
Chatfield, C.S.: age 39, married, rancher, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Marey: age 29, wife, housekeeping, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois
Ida: age 13, daughter, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Della: age 8, daughter, at home, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Ora: age 7, daughter, at home, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Clark S.: age 8, son, at home, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois (age 3)
Arthur: age 1, son, at home, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Note: The following are also listed as living in the same household:
L.C. Howell: age 32, farmer, born West Virginia
G.R. Baker: age 23, farmer, born West Virginia
R.M. Baker: age 31, dentist, born West Virginia

Jul 12, 1884: Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado (pg 4):
Misses. Della and Ora Chatfield spent the Fourth and several days of this week visiting friends in Aspen.
Note: Della (age 14) and Ora (who turned 11 on July 19) are sisters.

Jun 1, 1885: State Census, (probably Basalt), Eagle Co., Colorado: (preprinted Jun 1, 1885)
Chatfield, C.P.: age 44, married, rancher, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio (note: C.S.)
M.E.: age 35, wife, housekeeper, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois
Ida: age 18, daughter, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Della: age 13, daughter, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Ora: age 12, daughter, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Clark S.: age 9, son, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Arthur: age 8, son, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Willard: age 4, son, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Mable: age 1, daughter, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Note: Census year begins Jun 1, 1884 and ends May 31, 1885, so not known actual date census was taken

Clark Samuel Chatfield’s family also appears in the 1885 Pitkin County Census.

Jun 1, 1885: State Census, (probably Emma), Pitkin Co., Colorado: (preprinted Jun 1, 1885)
Chatfield, C.: age 45, married, ranchman, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Mary: age 35, wife, keeps house, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois
Ida: age 19, daughter, at school, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Dell: age 13, daughter, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Geo: age 11, son, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois (Ora, dau)
Clark S.: age 9, son, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
A(Arthur): age 7, son, at school, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Willard: age 4, son, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Mabel: age 1, daughter, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois
Note: The name entry after Dell cannot be read on the actual record and was transcribed from Ora to Geo—so was mistakenly assumed a boy

Jul 12, 1884: Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado, (pg 4):
Misses. Della and Ora Chatfield spent the Fourth and several days of this week visiting friends in Aspen.
Note: Della (age 12) and Ora (turned 11 on Jul 19) are sisters

Jun 28, 1890: Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado, (pg 4):
The Eames Reception.
Mr. and Mrs. Eames have determined to leave Aspen, Mr. Eames having made business connections in the southern part of the state. They will take their departure to-morrow, and the reception given them at the Hotel Jerome last evening was in the nature of a farewell to their friends hers.
The guests began to arrive by 9 o’clock and by 10 the large parlors were crowded.
The dining room was cleared and soon after 10 o’clock the Silver Crescent Orchestra struck up a march which was a signal for the company to repair to the dancing floor…
Among the guests of the evening were the following:
… J.A. Small
Della Chatfield
Lizzie Gerard
Jacqueline Chatfield …
Note: Della (age 14) and Jacqueline (age 22) are cousins. J.A. Small is Josiah Small (age 37), the future husband of Ella Chatfield, the sister of Jacqueline.

Jan 2, 1892: Rocky Mountain Sun, Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado (pg 3):
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Della Chatfield is in the city a guest of relatives.

Sep 15, 1892: Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah:
County Clerk Ledwidge yesterday issued marriage licenses to Elmer F. Chatfield, aged 29 and Miss Della Chatfield, aged 20, both of Emma

Sep 18, 1892: Marriage of Della Chatfield & Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, her first cousin, in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
Note: Della (age 20) is the daughter of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Morrow and Elmer (age 29) is the son of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Herrington. At the time of their marriage, both were residents of Emma, Pitkin County, Colorado. They traveled to Utah to wed as the family frowned upon their familial relationship. Their marriage record, taken out on September 14, 1892, is in Weber County, Utah (ID#313658).

1893: Elmer sells the ranch just outside of Aspen in Colorado and buys a ranch on Spring Creek right outside of Ten Sleep (at the foot of the Big Horns) in Wyoming, where he runs about 500 head of cattle. Just above Elmer’s ranch is the ranch Charles Elliot Shaw, husband of Ora Chatfield, Della’s sister.
Note: Ten Sleep is a town located in the Big Horn Basin west of the Big Horn Mountains, about 27-28 miles east of Worland, Wyoming. By Indian reckoning, Ten Sleep, established in 1882, was ten nights of sleep away from Fort Laramie. Present-day Worland was founded in 1906. Before that, it was only a stage stop on the west side of the Big Horn River. The 1909 Ten Sleep raid was where Spring Creek emptied into the Nowood.

1893: According to family lore, Della is a contralto with the Chicago Opera Company and sings at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.

World’s Columbian Exposition (aka Chicago World’s Fair)
The World’s Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was the last and the greatest of the nineteenth century’s World’s Fairs. Nominally a celebration of Columbus’ voyages 400 years prior, the Exposition was in actuality a reflection and celebration of American culture and society—for fun, edification, and profit—and a blueprint for life in modern and postmodern America.
Millions of American and foreign visitors packed the fairgrounds from May to October, braving rain and mud, blistering heat, and the occasional pickpocket. They covered the 633 acres of Jackson Park in two to four days, some staying for a week or even more.
It was widely publicized both nationally and internationally, and people traveled from all over the world to see the spectacle. Travelers came from the East by “Exposition Flyers”—Pullman coaches traveling at the amazing speed of 80 mph—which gave “many Americans their first look at the country beyond the Alleghenies…”. People left their factories, their farms, and their city businesses to participate in what was touted as the greatest cultural and entertainment event in the history of the world.
The goals of the management and the reactions of the public to this massive event reveal a great deal about the state of America at the close of the Gilded Age. The early 1890s were a time of considerable turmoil in America, and the conflicting interests and ideas found full play in the presentation and reception of the Fair. It was an age of increasing fragmentation and confusion, of self-conscious searching for an identity on a personal and on a national level. The industrial, and increasingly electrical, revolutions were transforming America; the American way of life was no longer based on agriculture, but on factories and urban centers, and the end of the Gilded Age signified the advent of what Alan Trachtenberg has called the “incorporation of America,” the shift of social control from the people and government to big business. The accompanying shift from a producer to a consumer society and the incredible growth of these corporations led to financial instability. Recessions and the devastating Depression of 1893, the violent Homestead and Pullman labor strikes, and widespread unemployment and homelessness plagued the early years of the decade. The frontier was closing, immigration, technological advances, and the railroads had changed the face of the country, and suddenly “Americanness” was more and more difficult to define. Americans were at once confused, excited, and overwhelmed.
While visitors flocked to the Fair’s physical representation of unity, and in some sense utopia, reality had a terrible way of sneaking in. There were constant reminders of the growing economic problems of the country, which deepened into a four-year depression in the summer of 1893. Many conservatives believed the depression was caused by the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which they claimed undermined business confidence in the Gold Standard. Others found the genesis of the downturn in the weakness of the banking system, the growing economic interdependence in the country, but most of all the rapid expansion of the railroad industry, which had grown beyond demand due to competition. As railroads began to fail, the fortunes of industries allied with the railroads began to take a downturn as well—especially a number of prominent banks. Over the course of the four-year depression, 15,000 businesses failed, 600 banks closed, 50 railroads became insolvent, and at least 2.5 million Americans were unemployed.
Online source: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html; published Aug 1, 1996
Note: The fair opened to the public on May 1, 1893 and continued through Oct 30, 1893. About 27 million people—about half the U.S. population—attended.

Feb 15, 1894: Birth of Helen Layle Chatfield, 1st child of Della & Elmer Chatfield, in Emma, Pitkin Co., Colorado

Mar 1895: Photo of Helen Layle Chatfield (11 mo old)
taken at Heyn Studio in Omaha, Nebraska
Note: The family was most likely visiting Della’s parents, Mary (Morrow) and Clark Samuel Chatfield at their ranch in Nebraska when this picture was taken.

Feb 25, 1896: Birth of Marion Hortense Chatfield, 2nd child of Della & Elmer Chatfield, in Spring Creek near Ten Sleep, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Elmer & Della Chatfield name two lakes on the spine of the Big Horn Mountain range after their first two daughters, Helen and Marion.

Apr 25, 1898: History of Tensleep County:
Ten Sleep Ranches
Alex Cunningham deeds land near Ten Sleep to Elmer Chatfield

Aug 3, 1898: Excerpt of letter from Eliza Chatfield to her daughter Jacqueline Adams:
Dear Jacqueline
Charles and your father was up in the mountains looking after the cattel & killed two deer so we have fresh meat and (it) 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.
Write soon to Mother
E. Chatfield
Note: Letter is written to Elmer’s sister, Jacqueline. Isaac and Eliza Chatfield are in Wyoming near their son Elmer, who is ranching in Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming.

Oct 18, 1898: Birth of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield, 3rd child of Della & Elmer Chatfield, in Spring Creek near Ten Sleep, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Nov 22, 1898: Letter from Elmer Chatfield to Mary (Mollie) Chatfield, (Della’s mother, his aunt):
Buffalo, Wyoming, Nov 22, 1898
My Dear Mother–
Dell started this letter so I will finish it.
Aunt Mollie, you do not know how near I came to killing Dell and the Babies day before yesterday, while coming down that infernal hill to Buffalo.
I had my sheep wagon & Dell & the Babies were back on the brd (buckboard). In the first place I rough locked the wagon and then chained a big pine tree to the hind end and started, when about ½ the way down my wagon started to push my horses and I could see they could not hold it. So away we went as I come to the turn my wagon slued off and we run about 25 yds on the edge of the road & then over we went down the mountain. When I came to I was laying under the wagon box with the corner of the box resting on my head. I knew where I was in a minute & the first thing I thought of was Dell & the Babies. I hollered to Dell but not a sound did I get except from Toady Bull a little girl Dell had with her to help take care of the children who said, “for God sakes Mr. Chatfield get me out.”
Well now mind you I was pinned underneath the wagon box but there was a little space in front by the dashboard so I undertook to crawl out but my over coat & clothes was to bulky to let me out so I had to work my coat off & I can safely say for once I crawled through an auger hole.
When I got out and took in the surroundings my horses was about 30 feet away and entirely loose from the wagon & wagon bottom side up & the wheels & running gear on top the box.
I hollered again to Dell but not a sound. If there is a man in the world suffered as I did that minute God pity him.
When I undertook to turn that wagon over it was impossible. My only salvation was to cut them out so at it I went. The first slash I came very near cutting Toady’s head. I got her out all O.K. & then kept cutting & digging at last I struck Dell all covered up in the bedding & hay. I asked her if she was hurt & where the children was. She says I am not hurt & Helen is right here by me & the Baby is under me. I got the Baby out first & then Helen. Dell says “My God what will we do I am afraid poor little Marion is dead”.
Well I pulled Dell out & started for Marion. At last I found her entirely wrapped up in one of the Feather Beds and not a scratch. I don’t think I ever was quite as happy as when they were all loaded safe & sound.
A Mr. Kinney happened along at the time & rendered me a great deal of assistance & so ends the first chapter.
All send love. Dell is taking care of the Baby and can’t write.
Your Nephew,
Elmer
P.S. Tell old Art to come up and we will have good hunt in the Bad Lands.

Note: Elmer (age 34), Della (age 25), Helen (4 yrs, 9 mo), Marion (2 yrs, 9 mo), Sevilla (1 mo); Old Art is Arthur, Dell’s younger brother. Unable to identify anyone in the photo, though assuming the woman is Della.

Circa 1899: Elmer Chatfield with his draft horses and work crew:
The man in the center of the picture above (standing and holding the child) is Elmer, possibly holding Helen (born 1894). The other child on the first horse could be his daughter Marion, born in 1896. That would date this picture circa 1899.

Jun 15, 1900: Federal Census for Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer: Head, born Jun 1863, age 36, married 7 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, farmer, 82 farm animals
Note: 3 others listed in the household, 2 farm laborers and a housekeeper
Note: Della (who is 5 mo pregnant with 4th child, Audrey) and their daughters, Helen, Marion, and Sevilla are not listed as they are visiting Dell’s mother in Basalt, Colorado.

Jun 23, 1900: Basalt Journal, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado (pg 3):
LOCAL NEWS.
Mrs. E.E. Chatfield, a guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Chatfield, returned to her home in Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, on Wednesday, after a visit of several weeks at Basalt.
Note: Mrs. E.E. Chatfield (Della) is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C.S. Chatfield, i.e. Clark Samuel Chatfield & Mary Elizabeth Morrow

Nov 27, 1900: Birth of Audrey Ella Chatfield, 4th child of Della & Elmer Chatfield, in Spring Creek near Ten Sleep, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Dec 18, 1905: Birth of Constance “Babe/Connie” Cordelia Chatfield, 5th child of Della & Elmer Chatfield, in Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Mar 6, 1906: Death of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Sr. (age 67), father of Della. Clark was a resident of Basalt but died in Princeton, Colusa Co., California while visiting Dell’s sister Jacquelin (Chatfield) Mallon. Clark is buried in the Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, California.

Circa Aug 1906: various Chatfield offspring, Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:

On the back of the picture is handwritten: “Uncle Elmer’s ranch above Tensleep”
Note: Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, and Jacquelin (Chatfield) Adams are siblings; pictured are 13 of their combined offspring (ages approximate):
Helen, Marion, Charles, Sevilla, Marion Adams, Leo, Howard, Roy, Kathryn, Nella May, family dog, Audrey holding two babies, Gordon and/or Constance
Helen Layle Chatfield: born Feb 15, 1894 (age 12), daughter of Elmer & Della
Marion Hortense Chatfield: born Feb 25, 1896 (age 10), daughter of Elmer & Della
Charles Joseph Chatfield: born Nov 18, 1895 (age 9) Charles & Nellie, son
Sevilla Maude Chatfield: born Oct 18, 1898 (age 7), daughter of Elmer & Della
Marion Jacqueline Adams: born Apr 24, 1898 (age 8), daughter of Jacquelin & Fred
Leo Willard Chatfield: born Oct 23, 1897 (age 8), son of Charles & Nellie
Howard Francis Chatfield: born Jun 13, 1899 (age 7), son of Charles & Nellie
Roy Elmer Chatfield: born Mar 20, 1901 (age 5), son of Charles & Nellie
Kathryn “Kate” Adams: born Jan 31, 1903 (age 3), daughter of Jacquelin & Fred
Nella Mae Chatfield: born Mar 11, 1903 (age 3), daughter of Charles & Nellie
black dog
Audrey Ella Chatfield: born Nov 27, 1900 (age 5), daughter of Elmer & Della
2 babies (note: assuming Gordon is on the left and Constance is on the right):
Gordon Gregory Chatfield: born Dec 20, 1905 (8 mo), son of Charles & Nellie
Constance Cordelia Chatfield: born Dec 18, 1905 (8 mo), daughter of Elmer & Della

circa 1909: A rare photo (tintype) of Della; seated at right is her mother, Mary (Morrow) Chatfield. Sevilla (presumably) is about age 9:

Circa 1909: Charles & Ora (Chatfield) Shaw and family members:

Shaw photo contributed by Terril Mills (a Shaw connection), probably taken in Wyoming
1. possibly Ora’s younger sister Marjorie Emma Chatfield, age 16, born Nov 1893
2. unknown girl but perhaps Ora’s younger sister, Mabel Claire (Chatfield) Sawyer, age 25, born Oct 1883
3. possibly Ora’s older sister Della Chatfield (married to Elmer Chatfield), age 36, born Jan 1872
4. Charles Elliott Shaw, Jr., (son of Ora Chatfield & Charles Elliot Shaw. Sr.), age 10, born Oct 1899
5. presumably Ora Lovina (Chatfield) Shaw, age 35, born Jul 1873
6. Charles Elliott Shaw, Sr., age 50, born May 1859 (he is identified in photo)

Mabel Chatfield was quite short, not even five feet tall, whereas her sisters Marjorie and Jacquelin were almost six-foot —Pat Benacquista, daughter of Charlotte Putnam, granddaughter of Clark S. Chatfield and his 1st wife Ida Hyatt

Apr 26, 1910: Federal Census for Basin Town, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Shaw, Charles E.: head, age 50, married 11 years, born Iowa, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, stockman
Ora C.: wife, age 35, married 11 years, 1 child born, 1 child living, born Nebraska, father born Illinois, mother born Ohio, County Department, Treasurer
Elliott C.: son, age 10, born Wyoming, father born Iowa, mother born Nebraska
George C. Morris: age 44, born Ohio, single, Newspaper reporter, employer

May 9, 1910: Federal Census for Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer E.: Head, age 47, married 1 for 17 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, occupation stock grower on range
Della: wife, age 36, married 1 for 17 years, 5 children born, 5 living, born Nebraska, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri
Helen L.: daughter, age 16, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Marion H.: daughter, age 14, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Sevilla M.: daughter, age 11, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Audrey E.: daughter, age 9, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Constance C.: daughter, age 4, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska

Circa 1910 Postcard: Elmer & Dell’s five daughters at the ranch near Ten Sleep: Audrey, Marion, Helen, Sevilla, Constance “Babe”:

Circa 1910 Postcard taken at the same time; four older daughters Marion, Helen, Sevilla, Audrey:

Elmer and Della Chatfield history, by their granddaughter Beverly (Sproul) Kelly:
Elmer, the eldest son of the I.W. Chatfield and were early Colorado pioneers, had little formal schooling besides his attendance at the Brinker Institute in Denver, and it was more of a cultural teaching center. But he learned the ranching-farming operations from his father, also the mercantile business. He has a fascinating history of successes and failures. As a teenager, he clerked in Chatfield Bros. Wholesale/Mercantile in Leadville where he met prospectors and other pioneer families. There, he was exposed to the buying and selling of mining stocks. By 1886 he had acquired acreage at Emma and bought cattle from Texas to stock it.

Little is known of the years before his marriage, though he was able to finance the purchase of a ranch in the Big Horns on Spring Creek in 1893. In 1895, he, Della, and daughter Helen began the trek north by covered wagon. Life on that mountain before the turn of the century was a primitive existence—miles to the nearest neighbors, water was hauled from the creek for household use, cutting and chopping wood was hard labor, there were only wood-burning ranges and pot-bellied stoves. Transportation was team and wagon or saddle horse. Twice a year Elmer made the trip to Casper with the supply wagons for food staples, clothing, leather goods, and tools.

But the family, by now five daughters, defied those hardships and remained on that ranch until 1914. Elmer sold out to Taylor Bros. (Dave and George) and bought acreage north of Worland to establish a farming/livestock operation.

1914: Elmer and Della sell the Spring Creek ranch to the Taylor brothers and move to Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming.

Mar 14, 1914: Mortgage Records for Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (Bk 1, pg 66):
Elmer E. and Della Chatfield take a mortgage from A.R. Yeoman. Property is located at south one-half (S1/2) of Sec. 9, T 48 N., Range 92 West of 6th P.M. Transaction includes water rights and improvements.

Dec 23, 1916: Mortgage Records for Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (Bk 1, pg 265):
Release of mortgage for Elmer E. and Della Chatfield.

Dec 11, 1918: Mortgage Records for Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (Bk 3, pg 116):
Elmer E. and Della Chatfield take a mortgage for $14,500 at an annual rate of 10% for about 320 acres.

Mar 4, 1919: Mortgage Records for Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (Bk 3, pg 297):
Elmer E. and Della Chatfield mortgage SE1/4 of Sec. 8, T. 48 N., R. 92 W of 6th P.M., about 80 acres. Transaction includes water rights, head gates, flumes, laterals, and improvements.

Late Sep 1919: Della is in ill health and Elmer takes her for diagnosis to the Mayo Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. The doctors tell them she has cancer—and that there is nothing they can do for her.

Oct 2, 1919: The Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 10):
YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR
Mrs. Elmer Chatfield returned home this week from Rochester, Minnesota, where she had gone for medical treatment at the Mayo hospital.

Oct 15, 1919: Mortgage Records for Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (Bk 3, pg 409 & 435):
Elmer E. and Della Chatfield take a mortgage for $20,000.
Elmer E. and Della Chatfield take a mortgage for $1,650; includes buildings and improvements.

Oct 31, 1919: Death of Della Chatfield (age 47), wife of Elmer Chatfield and 1st child of Clark S. Chatfield, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Morrow, on Halloween night, from cancer, in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming. Her four older daughters were in their twenties, the youngest, Babe, was fourteen.
Note: Family recollects Dell died from either breast cancer, uterine cancer, or ovarian cancer

Nov 1, 1919: Western Union Telegram from Elmer Chatfield to his brother-in-law, Fred Adams:

Nov 4, 1919: Della is buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming.
Note: Her headstone is engraved in error. She was born in 1872 and died in 1919.

Nov 6, 1919: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming:
Della B. Chatfield, wife of Elmer E Chatfield, a well known stockman and farmer of this section, died at their home north of the City last Friday evening. She had just recently returned from the hospital at Rochester, Minn. and the community held hope the end was not so near. Besides her husband she leaves five daughters, Helen, Marion, Sevilla, Audrey and Babe all residing at home. Funeral services were held at the home last Monday afternoon, the services being in charge of the Rev. William Gorst.

Jan 24-26, 1920: Federal Census for Election Precinct 4, Washakie Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer E.: Head, age 56, widow, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, farmer
Helen L.: daughter, age 25, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Marion H.: daughter, age 23, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Sevilla M.: daughter, age 21, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Audrey E.: daughter, age 19, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Constance C.: daughter, age 15, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska (Babe)

2020. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.