From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 499

SILAS BARNUM CHATFIELD, son of Levi CHATFIELD, Jr., was a cousin of that Levi
Starr CHATFIELD, who, for a term of office between 1845 and 1851 was state 
treasurer of New York, and for whom a Minnesota county was named.  Silas was 
born in Connecticut, October 21, 1822; lived as a boy in Chenango and Madison 
counties; came to Troy from Ohio in 1846; married Mary E. HOLCOMB, December 22, 
1849.  She died December 31, 1854, leaving two children.  In 1857 he married 
Catharine L. G., daughter of Jacob KLING and Dorothy GASPER.  There were seven 
children of this marriage.  He died February 8, 1908.  Mrs. CHATFIELD was for 
nearly thirty years a contributor of "items" to the newspaper at Elkhorn, 
relating to the families within the Adams post office delivery.

Submitted By:  Carol
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