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- IRA CHAFFEE, farmer, P. O. Wattsburg, was born January, 1809, in Cayuga County, N. Y.; son of Crean B. and Polly (Bennett) Chaffee, who brought their family to North East, this county, in December, 1811. In 1819, they moved to Venango Township, where they lived two years, and then moved to Amity Township when the county was wild and unsettled. Mr. Chaffee took up a State tract of 400 acres on the road from Wattsburg, and there died January, 1848. His widow survived until November, 1878. They were the parents of Mrs. Sally Hatch (deceased); Ira; Horace, in Sarpy County, Neb.; Mrs. Caroline Hill, of Kansas; Nelson; Mrs. Nancy Hayes, and John B. Ira married, in 1831, Hannah, daughter of Amos and Leona Norton. She was born June 15, 1810, in Delaware County, N. Y., and came to this county in 1830. Her mother died here in 1856. Her father moved to and died in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have been born twelve children--Ezra, deceased; Mrs. Susan Rouse, Mrs. Juliet Bacon, Mrs. Nancy Hatch, Mrs. Delia Colburn, Porter, Louisa, Steward, Warren, James, Horace, Mrs. Mariett Doolittle and Mrs. Nora Crook. Mr and Mrs. Chaffee have been industrious and successful, besides rearing their large family, they have bought and improved 100 acres of the Chaffee homestead tract. Mrs. Chaffee is a consistent member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Chaffee is a supporter of the Democratic party, and has filled various township offices. He is one of the leading pioneers of the township, and is enjoying a hearty old age. (History of Erie County)
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