1857 - 1929

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• Birth	25 Dec 1857	Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jul 1929	Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt
  Person ID	I92973	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	01 Sep 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Frederick A. CHAFFEE, b. 17 Mar 1823, Becket,Berkshire Co.,Ma
  Mother	Charlotte THRALL, b. 1832
  Family ID	F40446	Group Sheet
  Family	Millie L. STODDARD, b. 1864, Poultney,Rutland Co.,Vt
  Married	29 Oct 1885	Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt
  Children	> 1. Alice Marguerite CHAFFEE, b. 14 Mar 1887, Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt > 2. Frederick CHAFFEE, b. 6 Jun 1889, Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt > 3. Charlotte CHAFFEE, b. 31 May 1891, Rutland,Rutland Co.,Vt
  Family ID	F40447	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Source: Alice Bowker Dubenetsky/George Thrall Chaffee her g grandfather. After completing his education, George T. Chaffee became associated with his father, who was at that time engaged in the lumber business, and 1882, George purchased the interest of his father's partner when the firm changed to F. Chaffe & Son Company. Upon the death of his father, his brother, Newman Keyes Chaffee, became a member of the firm and the name was again changed to F. Chaffee & Sons.In 1891 when the brothers became interested in the manufacturing business, thelumber interests were sold to the Smith Lumber Company. In October 1891, theChaffee brothers and F. R. Patch formed a partnership under the firm name F. R.Patch Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing machinery. At alater date, the company was consolidated with the Wegner Company, Inc., formingthe Patch-Wegner Company, Inc. From the date of the new organization until his death, George T. Chaffee was the director of the company. His business interests were not confined to this manufacturing industry, he was a leading man inbanking affairs in VT and was active in several other important financial and industrial lines. He was director of the Killington National Bank since its organization in 1883. In January 1889, he became director of the Rutland Trust Company and in 1891 was elected vice-president. In 1904 he succeeded Juston Batcheller as president until his death. George was also a director of the Glens Falls Machine Works of Glens Falls, NY and of the Long Island City branch of thePatch-Wegner Corporation. In 1891 he purchased the controlling interest in the Rutland Street railway which was then a horsecar line, and the modern changeto electricity was largely due to George's influence. Geoge was a charter member of the Rutland Lodge of Elks, a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Knights ofPythias and the Rutland Country Club. He was always keenly interested in civicaffairs and ably represented Rutland in the State Senate in 1896 and again in1898 to 1900. He was a member of the staff of Governor Edward C. Smith, and also a member of the state board controlling the state agricultural schools at Randolph and Lyndonville. He was a director of the Rutland Hospital since its organization; a trustee of the University of VT and of the State Agricultural College. He served as a member of the board of educators and was for several years, senior warden of Trinity Espisopal Church. He was a leader in industry, finance and civic affairs. He was a man of worth, a man of ability who had materially aided in every form of advancement. Source: Glen Chafe, Canadian "cousin" and genealogist George Thrall Chaffee: Born and died in Rutland, VT. George was closely identified with the business, financial, political, religious andfraternal life in the city of Rutland. George's main business interests included ownership of a lumber company, a foundry and machine shop, a department store, and the Playhouse Theatre. Additionally, he held investments in bankings and the area's booming train and transportation industry. In 1896 George builta Queen Anne Victorian three-story mansion alled Sunny Gables that comprised ofa variety of European and Middle Eastern architectural styles. Dinner partieswere likely to include such guests as Harpo Marx and Harry Houdini. The Chaffee family lived in Sunny Gables until the 1930's, at which time they closed the building. In 1961 the family loaned the building to the Rutland Area Art Association for the purposes of seasonally exhibiting the work of VT artists.

• Sources

  [S1741] GEDCOM File : philsged.ged, Phil E DASCOLA, 8 Aug 2004. [S1742] GEDCOM File : charlottethrall.ged, Terry Chaffee (tcbjammon@aol.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2946542&id=I2613), 2 Aug 2004.