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Zechariah Chafee + Mary Dexter Sharpe

Duncan Thomas Hunter + Abby Frances Lippitt

Parents

John Sharpe Chafee	11 JUL 1896 -- 19 JUN 1984
Janet Melissa Hunter	14 APR 1897 -- 3 AUG 1977

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John Lester Hubbard Chafee

Birth	22 OCT 1922		RI, Providence Co, Providence ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Rhode Island Trails To The Past
Military			USA Marines / Captain / World War II
Awards			National Defense Service Medal
Educ.	1947		CT, New Haven Co, New Haven, Yale University ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Educ.	1950		MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge, Harvard Law School ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Occup	1963-1969		RI Governor ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Occup	1969-1972		USA Secretary of Navy
Occup	1976-1999		US Senator from RI ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Org.	1985-1991		US Senate Republican Conference, Chairperson 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related Chairperson's 🏤 Organization Index
Death	24 OCT 1999		MD, Montgomery Co, Bethesda ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Maryland TTTP Cause: congestive heart failure
Grave			RI, Kent Co, Warwick, Senator John Chafee Lot Add more on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Rhode Island Trails To The Past

Aged: 77 years

Virginia Coates

Birth	17 SEP 1926		NH, Cheshire Co, Dublin ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Death	21 MAR 2020		RI, Kent Co, Warwick ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Rhode Island Trails To The Past
Grave			RI, Kent Co, Warwick, Senator John Chafee Lot Add more on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Rhode Island Trails To The Past

Aged: 93.5 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt	Birth Place		Spouses
1	Lincoln Davenport	26 MAR 1953			RI, Providence Co, Providence
2	Tribbie Brush	27 MAY 1954	10 OCT 1968		RI, Providence Co, Providence

Pics & Attach-
ments

Asso-
ciates

	Name	Relation	Src
	Richard Milhous Nixon	Appointed Secretary of Navy

Religion (1)

Episcopal

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Sources

John Hubbard Chafee
Website: Dowling Family Genealogy; ➤

Virginia Chafee
Website: Familysearch.org search results, Virginia Coates Chafee; ➤

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