Constant CHAFFEE

5/20/1809 - 1898

• Name	Constant CHAFFEE
  Birth	5/20/1809	Westminster, VT
  Gender	Male
  Death	8/3/1898	Charlemont, MA
  Person ID	I104672841	The Briggman Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Dorr Morse CHAFFEE,   b. 4/26/1843 below re death, VT d. 6/10/1851, Trenton, WI   2. Amos CHAFFEE,   b. 6/10/1844, VT d. yes, VT   3. Sarah Isabella CHAFFEE,   b. 8/1/1845, Cambridge, MA d. 1/12/1928, Spokane, WA (Age 83 years)   4. Emma Frances CHAFFEE,   b. 2/18/1847 below re hobbies, VT d. 9/20/1907, Saxton River, VT   5. Celia Elnora CHAFFEE,   b. 10/9/1848, VT d. 11/25/1866, Westminster, VT   6. George Luther CHAFFEE,   b. 5/12/1850, Westminster, VT d. 6/8/1930, Greenfield, MA (Age 79 years)   7. Dora May CHAFFEE,   b. 9/14/1856 below re history, VT d. 1906, Sunderland, MA
  Family ID	F46660747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  occupation: Carpenter,log hewer. Was a carpenter, hewing logs & timbers in the construction of bridges. He felled the first trees used in building the Hoosac Tunnel. He died of dropsy, 8/3/1898. His brother Jefferson Chaffee was married to Maria, sister of Huldah.