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They had the following children:
600 i. SAMUEL BENJAMIN (1913-1990)
601 ii. HARRY EDMUND (1916-1985)
602 iii. JUNIOR RAY (1918-1918)
603 iv. SHIRLEY MAE BELLE (1922-)
347. EDMUND KILBORN CHAFFEY (GEORGE 5, SAMUEL BENJAMIN 4, SAMUEL 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 19 Jul 1880 in WALKERTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. EDMUND KILBORN died on 9
Feb 1935; he was 54.
FROM A SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, NEWSLETTER, VIA MICHAEL DAHLBERG:
“E.K. CHAFFEY, PIONEER DIES.
SON AND FOUNDER OF CHAFFEY SETTLEMENT BURIED TUESDAY.
EDMUND K. CHAFFEY, 54, FORMER RESIDENT OF FOXBORO AND A MEMBER OF A PIONEER FAMILY
WHO LONG RESIDED IN SUPERIOR, DIED RECENTLY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT HIS HOME IN CHILI,
WISCONSIN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TUESDAY IN MARSHFIELD AND BURIAL WAS IN A
CEMETERY THERE.
MR. CHAFFEY WAS LONG A RESIDENT OF SUPERIOR, COMING HERE IN 1886 WITH HIS PARENTS AND
RESIDED HERE UNTIL 1919, WHEN HE MOVED TO MEDFORD, WISCONSIN. IN 1932 HE PURCHASED A
FARM IN CHILI WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE SERVED FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS AS SCHOOL CLERK AT CHAFFEY AND LATER WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD THERE.
HIS FATHER, GEORGE CHAFFEY, WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE CHAFFEY SETTLEMENT LOCATED NEAR
HIGHWAY 35, ABOUT 30 MILES FROM SUPERIOR. IT WAS 1898 WHEN MR. CHAFFEY RECEIVED THE
FIRST HOMESTEAD THERE. THE OLD FARM, WHERE THE FAMILY ONCE RESIDED, STILL STANDS
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MANITOU FALLS ON THE HIGHWAY. “
CHAFFEY SETTLEMENT:
“GEORGE CHAFFEY ARRIVED IN SUPERIOR IN 1886 FROM PORT HURON, MICHIGAN, AND FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS SERVED AS FOREMAN AT THE GOERGE L. BROOKS BRICKYARD IN EAST END. HE
LATER WAS A FOREMAN AT THE STEEL PLANT BRICKYARDS IN BILLINGS PARK.
WHEN THE CHAFFEY FAMILY MOVED TO THE SETTLEMENT THEY WERE THE FIRST FAMILY TO RESIDE
THERE. LATER SEVERAL NEIGHBORS AND MR. CHAFFEY’S BROTHER REMOVED THERE, TAKING UP
HOMESTEADS. AT ONE TIME THE SETTLEMENT NUMBERED OVER 300 RESIDENTS. IT NOW HAS
ABOUT 30 FAMILIES.
CHAFFEY RECEIVED ITS NAME AT THE TIME THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED A STAR
ROUTE POST OFFICE THERE. THAT WAS ABOUT 1900. THE MAIL WAS BROUGHT OVER BY CARRIER
FROM FOXBORO, BUT LATER A RURAL MAIL ROUTE SUPPLANTED THE POST OFFICE BRANCH. “
SURVIVORS:
“GEORGE CHAFFEY’S BROTHER JOHN CHAFFEY, WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OF CHAFFEY AND
SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR 10 YEARS.
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