7. Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick

by Catherine Sevenau on May 11, 2011

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Levi Tomlinson Chatfield

  • 4th child of Isaac Chatfield and Lucy Tomlinson
  • Born: Aug 28, 1813, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven County, Connecticut
  • Died: Nov 11, 1848 (age 35), Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio; Bright’s disease (kidney disease)
  • Buried: Middlefield (Village) Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio
  • Occupation: Farmer
  • Religion: Episcopalian
  • Politics: Whig
  • Married: Jul 22, 1835, Lovina Mastick, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
  • Four children: ISAAC WILLARD CHATFIELD, Clark Samuel Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Ellen Charlotte Chatfield

Lovina/Lavina Mastick

  • Daughter of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl
  • Born: abt 1809, Grafton, Windham County, Vermont
  • Died: Apr 20, 1858 (age 48), Bath, Mason County, Illinois; lung fever (pneumonia)
  • Buried: Bath Cemetery in Bath, Mason County, Illinois
  • Occupation: Teacher; hotelier in Bath, Mason County, Illinois
  • Religion: Episcopalian
  • Married: Jul 22, 1835, Levi Tomlinson Chatfield, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
  • Four children: ISAAC WILLARD CHATFIELD, Clark Samuel Chatfield Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Ellen Charlotte Chatfield

1. ISAAC WILLARD CHATFIELD

    • Born: Aug 11, 1836, Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio
    • Died: Jun 14, 1921 (age 84), San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
    • Buried: Jun 16, 1921, GAR Veteran’s Section, Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
    • Military: Civil War, Union Army
    • Married (1): May 20, 1858, ELIZABETH ANN “ELIZA” HARRINGTON“, Havana, Mason County, Illinois
    • Nine children: Ella Clara Chatfield, Clark Charles Chatfield, Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, Phil Van Wert Chatfield, Jacqueline Chatfield, CHARLES HENRY CHATFIELD, Myrtle Lovina Chatfield, Grace Chatfield, Calla Mabel Chatfield

1. Ella Clara Chatfield
Born: Apr 2, 1859, Bourbon County, Territory of Kansas
2. Clark W. Charles Chatfield
Born: Sep 21, 1861, Bath, Mason County, Illinois
3. Elmer Ellsworth “Chatty” Chatfield
Born: Jun 12, 1863, Florence, Fremont County, Colorado
4. Phil Van Wert “Wert/Wirt” Chatfield
Born: Jul 22, 1865, Cañon City (Florence), Fremont County, Colorado
5. Jacqueline Chatfield
Born: Dec 10, 1867, Florence, Fremont County, Colorado

6. CHARLES HENRY CHATFIELD
Born: Sep 21, 1870, Florence, Fremont County, Colorado
7. Myrtle Lovina Chatfield
Born: Nov 7, 1873, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
8. Grace Chatfield
Born: prob bet 1874 and 1877, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
9. Calla “Callie” Mabel Chatfield
Born: Nov 17, 1878, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado

  • Married (2): Aug 30, 1913, Sarah Jane Rooker Wisenor, Oakland, Alameda County, California

2. Clark Samuel Chatfield

    • Born: Jan 22, 1838, Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio
    • Died: Mar 6, 1906 (age 68), Princeton, Colusa County, California
    • Buried: Mar 9, 1906, Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Colusa County,
      California
    • Married (1): Sep 11, 1858, Louisa Tankersley, Bath, Mason County, Illinois
    • Military: Civil War, Union Army
    • Three children: Elizabeth Chatfield, Jennie Chatfield, Ida Bell Chatfield

1. Elizabeth Chatfield
Born: abt 1859, Mason County, Illinois
2. Jennie Chatfield
Born: abt 1865, Bath, Mason County, Illinois
3. Ida Bell Chatfield
Born: Nov 19, 1867, Mason County, Illinois or Nebraska

    • Married (2): Mar 10, 1869, Mary Elizabeth Morrow, Sonora, Atchison County, Missouri
    • Nine children: (note: does not include 1st child, an infant who died), Della Chatfield, Ora L. Chatfield, Clark Samuel Chatfield, Arthur William Chatfield, Willard James Chatfield, Mabel Clair Chatfield, Jacqueline Chatfield

1. Della “Dell” Chatfield
Born: Jan 4, 1872, Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska
2. Ora L. Chatfield
Born: Jul 19, 1873, Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska
3. Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr.
Born: Jun 14, 1876, Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska
4. Arthur “Art” William Chatfield
Born: Aug 4, 1878, near Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
5. Willard James Chatfield
Born: Feb 1, 1880, Arapahoe County, Colorado
6. Mabel Clair Chatfield
Born: Oct 12, 1883, Basalt, Summit (later Eagle) County, Colorado
7. Jacquelin(e) “Jacq” Chatfield
Born: Feb 3, 1886, Basalt, Summit (later Eagle) County, Colorado
8. Levi “Lee” Tomlinson Chatfield
Born: Sep 2, 1889, Basalt, Summit (later Eagle) County, Colorado
9. Margaret “Marjorie” Emma Chatfield
Born: Nov 20, 1893, Basalt, Summit (later Eagle) County, Colorado

3. Charles Henry Chatfield(#2)

  • Born: Oct 3, 1840, Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio
  • Died: Jun 27, 1864 (age 23), Kennesaw Mountain, Cobb County, Georgia
  • Buried: Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
  • Military: Civil War, Union Army Captain

4. Ellen “Ellie” Charlotte Chatfield

    • Born: Mar 1847, Bath, Mason County, Illinois
    • Died: Sep 1928 (age 82), (prob Denver, Denver County), Colorado
    • Buried: Sep 10, 1928, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Denver County, Colorado
    • Married: Mar 3, 1872, Isaac H. Batchellor, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
    • Two children: Walter David Batchellor, Charlotte Ellen Batchellor

1. Walter “Wallie” David Batchellor
Born: Dec 22, 1872, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
2. Charlotte Ellen Batchellor
Born: Dec 26, 1874, Clear Creek, Clear Creek County, Colorado

Levi Tomlinson & Lovina Mastick

History, Census Records, Newspaper Articles, Letters, etc.:
Book Excerpt Census Record Letter, Family Note, Diary
Military Record Newspaper Voter Record, Land Record, City Directory

Note: The spelling and punctuation in the following census records, certificates, newspaper articles, documents and letters have been copied as written (though periods were added in some letters to have them make sense). However, you won’t remember this and will send me notes wanting to correct them.

Jul 22, 1835: Marriage of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield and Lovina Mastick, in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio. Levi is age 34 years of age and Lovina is about 25 at the time of their marriage. Chardon is the county seat near their home of Bath.

Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
Chardon in 1846 – Chardon is the county-seat, 170 miles northeast of Columbus, and twenty-eight miles from Cleveland. It was laid out about the year 1808, for the county-seat, and named for Peter Chardon Brookes, of Boston, then proprietor of the soil. There are but few villages in Ohio that stand upon such an elevated, commanding ridge as this, and it can be seen in some directions for several miles; although but fourteen miles from Lake Erie, it is computed to be 600 feet above it. The village is scattered and small. In the centre is a handsome green of about eleven acres, on which stands the public buildings, two of which, the court-house and Methodist church, are shown in the engraving. Chardon has six stores, a newspaper printing office, and in 1840 had 466 inhabitants–Old Edition.
Online source: GenWeb; Historical Collections of Ohio, by Henry Howe, Vol 1, 1888, pg 689.

View of Public Square in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
Drawn by Henry Howe, in 1846

Aug 11, 1836: Birth of Isaac Willard Chatfield, 1st child of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick, in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio.

Jan 22, 1838: Birth of Clark Samuel Chatfield, 2nd child of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick, in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio.

Oct 3, 1840: Birth of Charles Henry Chatfield (#2), 3rd child of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick, in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio.

1843/44: The Chatfield family moves to Bath, Mason County, Illinois.

Mar 1846: Birth of Ellen Charlotte Chatfield, 4th child of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield & Lovina Mastick, in Bath, Mason County, Illinois.

Mar 26, 1847: Illinois Public Land Purchase Records:
Chatfield, Levi T.: Section SENW; Price $125; Total $5000; Volume 070; Page 098; Acres 4000

Nov 11, 1848: Death of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield (age 35), father of Isaac (age 12), Clark (age 10), Charles (age 7) and Ellen (not yet 2) in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio, at the home of his parents, Isaac and Lucy Chatfield. Levi is buried at Middlefield Cemetery, Geauga County, Ohio.

Lovina (Mastick) Chatfield and her four children return to Bath, Illinois where her Mastick relatives live. She teaches school and later enters into the hotel business.

Oct 31, 1850: Federal Census for Mason County, Illinois:
Chatfield, Levina: age 40, female, born OhioWillis: age 13, male, born Ohio (note: Isaac Willard Chatfield)

Clark: age 12, male, born Ohio

Charles: age 10, male, born Illinois

Ellen: age 4, female, born Illinois

PETERVILLE SCHOOL
Oct 5, 1850: Peterville School, Kilbourne Township, Mason County, Illinois:
Prior to having a building the children assembled in one of the homes, a church or vacant building, and were taught by a raveling teacher, who boarded with the different parents. Before the hamlet of Peterville was laid out in 1868, the school was known as the “Leaf School.” Old records show that N. Leaf owned the land on Porterville corner, and the Leaf family were instrumental in building the original schoolhouse. Mrs. Levina Chatfield was the first teacher, and she was paid $20.70 per month on October 5, 1850. The salary was paid according to the number of pupils in attendance.In the year of 1856-1857, taxes were levied in the amount of $106.18 to build a school. District 4 and later changed to District 59. The school was a small frame structure located on the east side of the old Springfield Road, laid out by Abraham Lincoln. In 1874 the school was sold to James Waterworth for $29.00, and a larger building was erected north of the old site.
Source: www.archive.org/stream/kilbourneyeterday
Kilbourne: Yesterday and Today 1870-1970, pub by The Kilbourne Centennial Ass (pg 68)

1855: State Census for Township 20, Mason County, Illinois:
L. Chatfield: head of household (note: Lovina Chatfield)
3 males (age 10-20) (note: sons, Isaac, Clark and Charles)
1 female (age 1-10) (note: daughter Ellen)
1 female (age 40-50) (note: mother Lovina Chatfield)

1857: Isaac (age 20) works with his mother, Lovina Chatfield (age 57) in her hotel business in Bath, Mason County, Illinois.

1858: Fire destroys the Chatfield Hotel in early 1858. Gatton & Ruggles financially back Isaac in another hotel venture in Bath.

Apr 20, 1858: Death of Lovina Mastick Chatfield (age 48), mother of Isaac (age 21), Clark (age 20), Charles (age 17) and Ellen (age 12) in Bath, Mason County, Illinois of lung fever (pneumonia). Lovina is buried in the Bath Cemetery. Levi & Lovina Chatfield’s family bible passes on to their son, Isaac Chatfield.

May 20, 1858: Marriage of Isaac Willard Chatfield and Elizabeth Ann “Eliza” Harrington in Havana (near Bath), Mason County, Illinois. Isaac is age 21, Eliza, age 18. Isaac’s 12-year-old sister, Ellen, whom Isaac and Eliza raise, and his brother, Charles Henry Chatfield (age 17), also stays with them.

Bath, Mason County, Illinois
The town of Bath, Illinois was settled in 1828 by John Stewart and John Gillespie, soon to be followed by other Kentuckians. Abraham Lincoln surveyed the town in 1836. The second house and first mansion, a two-story red brick Italianate four-square, was built by Major Benjamin H. Gatton in the 1840s. The town name is said to have originated with some English settlers, who thought the area looked like the land around Bath, England. Bath was the Mason County seat from 1843 to 1851. The town was the site of one of Abraham Lincoln’s “a house divided…cannot stand” speeches in 1858.
The first businesses in Bath included several blacksmiths: Guy Spencer, John Hortsman, and George Steigleder. Other establishments were Gatton and Ruggles flourmill, Cragg’s sawmill, replaced in 1975 by Bath Mill, manufacturer of “Queen of Mason” flour, and a newspaper, the Bath Journal, W.W. Stout, publisher, founded in 1860.
Source: Illinois State Museum website: Harvesting the River, Bath, Illinois

⇐First page of Chatfield family bible
of Levi & Lovina (Mastick) Chatfield
Passed down to Isaac W. and Eliza (Harrington) Chatfield,
and on to their daughter Jacqueline (Chatfield) Adams,
and on to her daughter Marion Jacqueline (Adams) Graham,
and on to her daughter Marion “Joann” (Graham) Levine.

TRANSLATED OUT OF
THE ORIGINAL GREEK
AND WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY
COMPARED AND REVISED.
1828

These six carte de visite are in a beautifully preserved velvet carte de visite and cabinet card album of Chatfield photos held by Mary (Tuck) Hodgen, who graciously let us copy them, along with nearly a hundred other Chatfield family pictures.

Two top photos at left: Unidentified man: poss
Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield & James W. Herrick Charles Henry Chatfield
who died in Civil War at 24 

Lower left: center: lower right:
Unknown woman unknown man Eliza (age 23) &
I.W. Chatfield (age 26)
or, maybe this is Charles Henry 

Back side of the above six photos