Chauncey C. Churchill (September 26, 1815[1] – April 18, 1889[2]) was treasurer of Norfolk County, Massachusetts for 34 years and an Overseer of the House of Corrections.[3][4] He was born in West Fairlee, Vermont as the son of William L. and Eliza Lamphear Churchill.[1] He moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts before relocating again to Dedham, where he took a job at the Merchant Woolen Company's mill on Mother Brook.[1]
From 1864 to 1869 he was deputy collector of internal revenue, and from 1871 to 1880 served on the Dedham School Committee.[1] On June 7, 1842, he married Pemeia Sabin of Salisbury, and together they had a son, Chauncey S., and a daughter Isalore Marie.[1] He was regarded as "one of Dedham's most esteemed and honored citizens."[1]
He was elected as County Treasurer in April 1855[1] and was succeeded by Charles W. Smith.[5] He was treasurer of the Norfolk Agricultural Society.[6] His portrait is in the collection of the Dedham Historical Society.[3] He was also a Justice of the Peace.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. p. 109.
- ^ Cook, Louis Atwood (1918). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918. S.J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 478.
- ^ a b "Old Dedham". Boston Post. April 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Massachusetts register (1862). The Massachusetts register. Serial no., 94. pp. 46–7.
- ^ "Recent Deaths". Boston Evening Transcript. July 16, 1906. p. 5.
- ^ New England Farmer: (1867). T. Gilson, F. Cartlet, & D. Hurley. 1867. p. 258.