William and Selina Chadbourne
2023.10.400
"William Chadbourne, Saugatuck-Douglas Hotel Keeper" by Chris Yoder, Mar 2010 William Chadbourne was born in Canada in 1811 and moved to New York when he was 19. He came to Michigan in the early 1830s and his obituary reports that he: "... was one of surveying party that laid out the town of Allegan. He helped build the first house and cut the first tree on the island." He must have returned to New York as he married his wife Selina Whaley there at Attica in 1842. They lived in Attica until 1855 when they moved to Otsego. By 1870 they were in Saugatuck operating a hotel. The 1870 Saugatuck Census shows William Chadbourne as a hotelkeeper, along with his wife Selina, children Hannah, Selina and Mark. Eleven boarders were living in their residence at that time. We don't know when they began their Saugatuck Hotel keeping, but do know from the Aug. 26, 1871 Lake Shore Commercial (Commercial Record) that the "Chadbourne House" in Saugatuck (apparently the name of his establishment) had "changed hands". The same issue tells that Chadbourne had "opened the Douglas House" on the southeast corner of Center and Washington in Douglas. The Douglas House had been built in the 1860s by Jonathan Wade, and went through a series of owners and operators. In 1868, W. D. Roberts was the proprietor, G.C. Maxson in 1870, and when Chadbourne was there in 1871 the proprietor was John Ryan. We know that Jervis Kibby took charge of the Douglas House in 1874 at the age of 31 and operated the business for almost 40 years. Fred Schultz took over from Kibby in 1910 and operated it for about 30 years. The building burned in Feb. 1934, but a portion was saved and turned into a residence. Remnants are still in that block after being moved to the south and rebuilt again 3-4 years ago. We do not know how long Chadbourne was associated with the Douglas House, but the Lake Shore Commercial of Mar 29, 1878 announced he had moved to Cheshire (Township in Allegan Co) "to take charge of a farm belong to his daughter"- apparently an older daughter who had married Covil Olney. Two other daughters married prominent Saugatuck businessmen. Hannah, in 1874, became the second wife of Francis Bogue Wallin, and Lina (Selina) (who opened a Saugatuck millinery business in 1879) in 1881 married Civilian M. Cook. William, his wife, and their son Mark are buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery in Otsego, MI. (Thanks to descendant Pat Claussen for the photos of Wm. & Selina and the SDHS Archives for the photo of the Douglas House).
Family History1830 Settlement, pioneer eraBuildings: Lost
Winthers, Sally
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Douglas House and Tavern/Eagle Hotel/Wades HotelChadbourne, William 1811-1892Chadbourne, Selina (Whaley) 1823-1909Wallin, Hannah G. (Chadbourne) 1846-1914
This information was copied from the pre-2023 SDHC website. The location of an original version was unknown at the time of cataloging.
The following is from The Chabourne Family in America CD-ROM. See www.Chadbourne.org for more info. 187. WILLIAM 8 CHADBOURNE (103. Jabez 7 William 6-5-4 Humphrey 3-2 William 1), born Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada 19 Apr 1811; died New Richmond, Allegan Co MI 28 Feb 1892; married NY SELINA WHALEY, born NY Aug 1823 (1900 census), or 1814 (1850 census), daughter of Alanson and Anna (Beardsley) Whaley. His signature in MI shows him spelling his name Chadbourne. He is buried in Mt Home Cem, Otsego MI. They resided in Middlebury, Wyoming Co, NY in 1850 US Census. William was listed as a hotel keeper, probably of the Wright's Corners Tavern, the first in Wyoming County (H-Wyoming Co). According to his obituary, William lived in Allegan Co MI for over 50 years. He reportedly helped build the first house in Allegan. Salina, age 76, was living in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI in 1900 census with the Wallins. Children (VR, newspapers, etc of Allegan Co), surname CHADBURN: i. ANNA 9, b Pavilion NY ca 1844 (1850 census); prob m1 Chesire, Allegan Co, MI 26 Feb 1868 (VR) EUGENE E LINDSLEY, b ca Nov 1843 (aad), d 5 Feb 1877 (gs), son of Cyrus and Elmina E Lindsley; m2 as his 2nd wife 22 May 1889 (Co VR) CORIL OLNEY of Bloomington MI, b NY 1831, d 5 Feb 1878, son of Samuel J and Ann (Edwards) Olney. Anna was a teacher in the Lindsley school in the early days. Children, surname Lindsley: 1. Cora "Eva" Eveline, b Allegan Co 17 Apr 1869, d 23 Nov 1957, m Chesire 18 Jan 1894 Jay D Russell, b Otsego 1869, d 1946, 3 ch. 2. Anna, b ca 1874, d 17 Jan 1925, m 1 Dec 1892 William Lindsey, 1 ch. 3. Eugenia Salina, b Chesire ca 1877, d 8 Nov 1932, m 15 Mar 1899 Marion Wilkinson, 7 ch. ********************8 WALLIN, CHARLES CURTIS. National number^ 959^ J State number, ip6. Admitted April z, 1S97. Of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; student ; born in Saugatuck, Allegan County, Michigan. Great -great -grandson of WILLIAM CHAD- BOURNE, a native of Maine, who served through the entire Revolutionary War. Family history establishes the fact of his taking part in the battle of Lexington, and the revolutionary war records in the Maine Ar- chives show that he enlisted from Brunswick, Maine, as a Private in Captain Belcher Hancock's company, Colo- nel Vose's regiment, Massachusetts Line. His term of enlistment was "during the war." He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and in many of the engagements along the Hudson." Also, great-great-grandson of REYNOLDS WHA- LE Y, who enlisted from North Kingston, Rhode Island, at the age of thirteen, as a Fifer, and remained in that capacity until old enough to be enrolled as a private. He was with Washington's army at Valley Forge, and was present at the execution of Major Andre. After enlisting as a Private he served under Captain Rathbone and Major Gardiner. [Records of the United States Fen- sion Bureau; Rhode Island State Records; well proven family records."] WALLIN, VAN ARTHUR. National number, 9395; State number, ig^. Admitted April I, i8g7. Of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; secretary of the 202 Wallin Leather Company ; born in Saugatuck, Allegan County, Michigan. Great-great-grandson of JAMES BLACK^ who served as ist Lieutenant and Captain in the Massachusetts militia. He appears in the records as ist Lieutenant in Captain Enoch Shepard's company, Colonel John Mose- ley's (Hampshire County) regiment in 1776, and later in the same year as ist Lieutenant in Captain William Cooley's company of the same regiment. He was com- missioned Captain in the same regiment in 1778, and was also called out on the alarm at Northampton in 1782. ^Massachusetts State Records^ ********************************
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