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1879.
84. WILLIAM TAMLIN CHAFFEY (RICHARD TRENCHARD4, RICHARD3, BENJAMIN2, RICHARD1). 20,6
Born on 8 Nov 1830 in BRIDGEWATER, SOMERSET, ENGLAND. WILLIAM TAMLIN died in
PITTSBURGH, PA, on 23 Aug 1898; he was 67.
ACCORDING TO SHIPPING RECORDS, WILLIAM ARRIVED WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN NEW
YORK CITY, N.Y. IN 1864 ON THE VESSEL ANTARCTIC FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.
FROM AN UNDATED ARTICLE IN “ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. ILLUSTRATED” : “W.T. CHAFFEY AND CO.;
COMPRESSED DRILL RODS; NO. 957 LIBERTY ST., PITTSBURGH.-THE OIL WELL BORING INTERESTS OF
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ARE STUPENDOUS AND INCALCUABLE AS TO THEIR FUTURE MAGNITUDE.
IT HENCE GOES WITHOUT THE SAYING THAT THE TRADE IN THE ACCESSORIES TO THIS INDUSTRY
FORMS PART AND PARCEL OF PITTSBURG’S PROMINENT AND DIVERSIFIED SPHERES OF COMMERCE.
IN SUCH CONNECTION WE MAKE BUT DUE REFERENCE IN THESE PAGES TO THE WELL-KNOWN
HOUSE OF MESSRS. W.T. CHAFFEY AND CO. THE ENTERPRISE WAS ESTABLISHED BY MSSERS. W.T.
AND JOHN G. CHAFFEY THREE YEARS AGO, WHO HAVE SINCE SUCCEEDED IN EARNING A LARGE
TRADE WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. THE WORKS OF THE CONCERN ARE
SUTUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF REBECCA STREET AND ALLEGHENY AVENUE, ALLEGHENY CITY, THE
MACHIENERY EQUIPMENT BEING OF THE LATEST IMPROVED PATTERN, OPERATED BY STEAM POWER,
AND A FULL FORCE OF SKILLED HANDS IS PROVIDED WITH EMPLOYMENT, THE RANGE OF
PRODUCTION EMBRACING POLISHED CAST STEEL RODS AND NEEDLE WIRE. SALES AGENCIES OF
THE HOUSE ARE CONDUCTED AT NO. 31 OLIVER ST., BOSTON, AND AT NOS. 68 AND 70, CANAL
STREET, CHICAGO. MESSERS. CHAFFEY ARE OF ENGLISH BIRTH, NOW RESIDENTS HERE SINCE 1864.”
WILLIAM T. CHAFFEY WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE NEW BRIGHTON POTTERY COMPANY, OF BEAVER,
AND OWNER OF THE QUEEN CITY FORGE, OHARA TOWNSHIP. HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN GOLD
MINING VENTURES IN MEXICO.
FROM AN UNDATED ENTRY IN THE “PITTSBURGH GAZETTE”: “WILLIAM T. CHAFFEY, OF W.T. CHAFFEY
AND SONS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN TEA AND COFFEE, 957 LIBERTY AVENUE, DIED TUESDAY AT THE
HOME OF HIS SON-IN-LAW, WILLIAM E. FULTON, AT 201 N. FAIRMONT AVENUE. MR. CHAFFEY WAS
FORMERLY IN BUSINESS IN LONDON, AND WAS PROMINENT IN PITTSBURGH BUSINESS CIRCLES.
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, MR. CHAFFEY HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE WHOLESALE TEA BUSINESS ON
LIBERTY ST. AND WAS IDENTIFIED WITH A NUMBER OF THE LEADING ENTERPRISES IN THIS CITY-
NOTABLE AMONG THEM BEING THE SHERWOOD POTTERY, OF WHICH HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT FOR
MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO LARGELY INTERESTED IN THE CASTALEA CEMENT CO. HE WAS IN THE
69TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AND LEAVES THREE CHILDREN-W.H. {W.R.}sic.AND JOHN G. CHAFFEY, AND
MRS. WILLIAM FULTON, ONE SON, J.G.CHAFFEY, HAVING BEEN HIS PARTNER. HE WAS A
CONSISTENT MEMBER OF ST. MARK’S REFORMED CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO PROMINENT IN THE
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN, HAVING BEEN A CHAPTER MEMBER OF THE EAST LIBERTY
LODGE, THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD THIS MORNING AT 10 0’CLOCK. ”
IN 1872, WILLIAM CHAFFEY BECAME ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND FIRST VESTRYMEN OF CHURCH OF
THE NATIVITY, CRAFTON, ALONG WITH M.P. RAMSAY, CHARLES CRAFT, AND WILSON MCCANDLESS.
THE PARISH WAS INCORPORATED MARCH 15, 1873. LATER MR. CHAFFEY JOINED ST. MARK’S
REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH.
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