Enos “Beecher” Chatfield
BIRTH
5 May 1828
Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
24 Jan 1893 (aged 64)
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
BURIAL
Asbury Cemetery
Asbury, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Show Map
PLOT
Sec A, Row 12, Stone 6
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Beecher being his middle name; he used it as a given name for most of his life.

1st of 9 children of ENOS CHATFIELD & ROXY SPERRY

Military: Civil War, Union Army
Co. D, 11th Iowa Infantry
Wounded in leg at the Battle of Shiloh

Occupation: Bricklayer & stone mason

Died: age 65, in the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa; Bright's disease & dropsy

Married (1): Sep 14, 1851, MARY ELIZABETH SEYMOUR, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
Divorced bef 1887

Twelve children:
1. Frederick Seymour "Fred" CHATFIELD
1853 - 1925
2. William Howard CHATFIELD
1854 - 1855
3. Lucy Ariail /Ariel CHATFIELD
1856 - 1935
4. Anna Augusta "Gussie" CHATFIELD
1859 - 1913
5. Clara Virginia CHATFIELD
1860 - 1860
6. Sarah Henrietta "Hattie/Nettie" CHATFIELD
1862 - 1888
7. Mary Elizabeth CHATFIELD
1864 - 1864
8. Edward Beecher CHATFIELD
1866 - 1906
9. Charles Stanley ROSS CHATFIELD
1871 - 1941
10. Nellie Maude CHATFIELD
1872 - 1956
11. Emma Gertrude CHATFIELD
1874 - 1926
12. Townsend CHATFIELD
1877 - 1878

Married (2) Dec 2, 1889, OLIVE "OLLI/OLLA" MARIE (CLEVELAND) CAMPBELL, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
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ENOS BEECHER, son of Enos and Roxy (Sperry) Chatfield, md on Sep 14, 1852, Mary Elizabeth Seymour, dof William A. Seymour and Sarah Durham of Dubuque, Iowa. She was born in Massachusetts on Nov 14, 1831, and died in Dubuque on May 20, 1898. They were md in Seymour, CT and had their first child there in 1853. They removed to Iowa before the death of their 2nd child in 1855, as he is buried in the family plot at Asbury Cemetery in Dubuque.

Beecher, 40, as he was called throughout his lifetime, was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army on Sep 17, 1861, and on Nov 27, 1861 he wrote a letter to his father-in-law, William Seymour, of Dubuque. In this letter (now held by the Dubuque Historical Society), written from Camp Benton, St. Louis, Missouri, he states that there was talk of drafting and he dreaded that so he enlisted. He also states, "I am a soldier in defense of my country. Lib was rather opposed to my coming but I considered it my duty to come whether it was or not I am not able to say. Time will determine that." He was, at this time, Sgt. of Company A of the 11th regiment under Col. A. M. Hare. His company received their baptism of fire at the battles of Pittsburgh Landing and Shiloh. Beecher, 40, was wounded severely in the leg at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee which took place April 6 & 7, 1862. He returned home to Wilton, Iowa for recuperation and when healed he again joined in the fighting.

It is said by his descendants that his wife so opposed his going to war that she never forgave him. He like his father was a stone mason, and was well liked and respected by his friends, family and neighbors. Beecher was born Mar 5, 1828 in Oxford, CT. He died Jan 24, 1893 in the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he had been for about 2 months. The cause of his death was Bright's Disease, complicated by Dropsy. The term of his illness was 2 years.
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Obit: Mr. Beecher Chatfield, a member of Hyde Clark Post, G.A.R. of this city died yesterday at the Soldiers Home at Marshalltown. He was a member of Company D, 11th Iowa, during the war and was in several battles. This makes the 4th death in Hyde Clark Post within a week.
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CHATFIELD
B. Chatfield, aged 63 years, died of old age at the Soldiers Home at 2:40 o'clock this morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The deceased had been an inmate of the home since last December. He was a member of Company D, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, and came from Dubuque.
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Courtesy of Cheryl E. (Chatfield) Thompson
Gravesite Details
Enos shares monument with 1st wife Mary & children William & Mary

Family Members
Parents



Enos Chatfield
1797–1869




Roxy Sperry Chatfield
1802–1864

Spouses



Mary Elizabeth Seymour Chatfield
1831–1898 (m. 1851)




Olli Marie Cleveland Chatfield
1826–1907 (m. 1880)

Siblings



Mary Almira Chatfield Davis
1829–1915




Harriet Crittenden Chatfield Warner
1831–1910




Emily C Chatfield Sperry
1833–1924




Charles Smith Chatfield
1835–1855




Alfred Bennett Chatfield
1837–1864




Edward Wales Chatfield
1839–1910




Heber C Chatfield
1843–1893




Julia Chatfield Thomas
1845–1922

Children



Frederick Seymour Chatfield
1853–1925




William Howard Chatfield
1854–1855




Lucy Ariail Chatfield Goodrich
1856–1935




Anna Augusta Chatfield Woods
1859–1913




Clara Virginia Chatfield
1860–1860




Sarah Henrietta Chatfield Handy
1862–1888




Mary Elizabeth Chatfield
1864–1864




Edward Beecher Chatfield
1866–1906




Charles Stanley Ross Chatfield
1871–1941




Nellie Maude Chatfield Spear
1872–1956




Emma Gertrude Chatfield Riddle
1874–1926




Townsend Chatfield
1877–1878