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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Chaffee, A. B. (Azro Buck), 1830-1891
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Description area
Dates of existence
1830-1891
History
Azro Buck Chaffee was born on April 4, 1830, in Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont.
He was a railway agent. He studied and practiced law but later got commercial training and filled an important position in the United States Customs Service at Burlington, Vermont, under Judge Smalley. In 1861, he moved to Canada and entered the insurance business. Later he was connected with the South Eastern Railway in Montreal, as its secretary-treasurer and manager. He was associated with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in its early history. Chaffee was a director of the Ontario & Quebec Railroad and a vice-president of the Atlantic & Northwestern Railroad.
In 1854, he married Miriam Jane Foster (1835–1912). He died on November 1, 1891, in Montreal, Quebec.