Christopher Columbus Ormsbee, Jr.

Father: Christopher Ormsbee

Mother: Persis Gates

Date of Birth: June 23, 1806

Place of Birth: Dummerston, Vt.

First Marriage: Mar. 17, 1831, Laura Chafee, Northfield, VT

Date of Death: July 26, 1868

Place of Death: E. Dayton, Tuscola Co., Mich.

Spouse: Laura Chaffee

Father: John Chaffee

Mother: Patty Tubbs

Date of Death: 1895

Children

  1. Christopher Columbus Ormsbee, born Feb. 15, 1832

2. Charles Ormsbee, born Oct. 28, 1833, Manchester, Vt.
3. Persis Ormsbee, born June 18, 1836
4. Oscar Ormsbee, born Dec 5, 1838
5. Daniel Gates Ormsbee, born June 10, 1840
6. Laura Ormsbee, born June 11, 1842
7. Ira George Ormsbee, born May 23, 1844
8. Julia Ann Ormsbee, born June 7, 1846
9. Emma Marcia Ormsbee, born June 16, 1851
10. William Henry Ormsbee, born Sept. 20, 1853
Additional Facts:

From: "History of Waitsfield, Vt." 1909 p. 404

"Christopher Ormsbee was in Waitsfield in 1844 and had children of school age; Christopher, Charles, Persis, Daniel"

Note: The Town of Waitsfield joins the Town of Northfield.

Much information on this family is contained in the application of Laura (Chaffee) Ormsbee, aged 78, on June 4, 1887, for a pension on the service of her son, Charles, in the Civil War.

Laura (Chaffee) Ormsbee was dropped from her pension Oct. 28, 1895 which would indicate the year of her death.

1850 Census of Clarendon, VT

Christopher Ormsbee age 18

Persis Ormsbee age 14

Daniel Ormsbee age 10

Laura Ormsbee age 8

Ira Ormsbee age 6

Julia Ormsbee age 4