From the extensive Fitchett family RootsWeb page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fitchett/Person_Sheets/ps10/ps10_180.html'':

Chloe was a 16 year old school teacher in Alma, MN, when her brother, Erford Wescott, introduced her to Charles Canfield in 1875. In 1906, in Los Angeles, Chloe (Mrs. Charles A. Canfield) was shot by her former coachman.

San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 1906. "Murder[er] Buck Is Convicted / Shot Down the Wife of Millionaire Canfield"

Los Angeles, March 21. Morris Buck was today convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Mrs. Charles A. Canfield, wife of the millionaire oil operator. The jury was out two hours and a half. Buck displayed no emotion at the announcement of the verdict. Judge Smith announced that he would pass sentence upon the prisoner next Saturday.

On January 27th Buck, who had been employed as a coachman by the Canfields, called at their home near Westlake Park, and asked to see Mrs. Canfield. When she went to the front door Buck demanded a sum of money, and when she refused to give it to him, drew a revolver and shot her through the breast. Mrs. Canfield lived but a short time after being shot.

Death Cert LA City #346 (filed 1/30/06). Cause: gunshot wound, homicide signed J.H. Trout, Coroner Informant J. H. Davisson

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Children

• Florence Elmira (1879-1941)
• Charles Orville (1882-1965)
• Daisy Emma (1884-1933)
• Lee Oscar (1887-1896)
• Caroline “Carrie” L. (1890-1970)
• Eilleen Evelyn (1892-)
• Dorothy (Adopted) (1894-1964)