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He was born in [[Cambria, New York|Cambria]], [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara County]], [[New York]]. He moved to [[Adrian, Michigan]] in 1844 and worked as a teacher until starting a dry goods business in the late 1840s. In 1852 he moved to [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], and later to [[Elmwood, Kansas|Elmwood]], [[Kansas Territory]] where he started banking businesses and engaged in land speculation.
[[Image:Jerome Bunty Chaffee grave Oakwood Cemetery Adrian Michigan.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Chaffee grave]]
In 1860 he moved to Colorado to invest in mining. He was one of the founders of the City of [[Denver, Colorado]], and founded the First National Bank of Denver in 1865. Chaffee entered politics and helped organize the [[Colorado Territory]], serving in its first [[legislature]] as speaker. He was the territorial delegate to the [[United States Congress]] starting in 1870.
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His sole surviving child, daughter Fannie Josephine (1857-1909), married [[Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.]], a son of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]].
Chaffee died March 9, 1886 at the Grants' home in [[Salem Center, New York|Salem Center]], [[Westchester County, New York]]. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Michigan [http://www.findagrave.org/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7994123&pt=Jerome%20Chaffee].
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