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				CHAUNCEY AND EMMA (CORNELL) WATERBURY

	Chauncey Waterbury was born Aug. 1, 1836, in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., his father, 
George Waterbury, having been born at the same place March 30, 1807.  The latter was a farmer by 
occupation.  His wife, Eliza (Brown) Waterbury, was born in Rensselaer county in 1805.  The 
father of George Waterbury was a soldier in the war of 1812.
	Chauncey Waterbury attended school until seventeen years of age, when he began teaching, 
which he followed for nine winters and one summer.  His mother died in April, 1862, and in 1864 
he came to Michigan, and engaged for a year in teaching school at Hadley, Lapeer Co.  In March, 
1865, he located at Ionia and engaged in building business with O. Waterbury, under the firm-name
of O. & C. Waterbury.  The firm continued in business until the fall of 1875, and met with good 
success.
	In 1866, Mr. Waterbury married Emma L. Cornell, of Ionia, daughter of Rev. Hiram Cornell,
an early settler in the county.  She was born in this county, Nov. 26, 1846.
	In 1877, Mr. Waterbury became connected with the People's Mutual Fire Insurance Company 
of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, as deputy under F. S. Freeman, then secretary of the company.  In
December, 1877, he was himself elected secretary, and still holds that position.  In 1873 he was
elected supervisor of the Third and Fourth Wards of Ionia, and has held that office eight years.
For four years he has been trustee of the Ionia school district.  He is a prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity, and for two years has been Master of Ionia Lodge, No. 36, and High Priest of 
Ionia Chapter, No. 14.  For two years he has been chairman of the board of supervisors of Ionia
 County.  He was the second in a family of five children, and has five children of his own,
--viz., Denver Jay, May Lunelle, Maurice Glenn, Chester Earl, and Wade Cornell.



This biography is taken from "HISTORY OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, MICHIGAN" 
by John S. Schenck. Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co., 1881.  Page 173.  City of Ionia.