Chauncey Woodford (1783 – August 25, 1841) was a merchant and an early settler of

Deering, Maine Deering was a city in Cumberland County, Maine which was incorporated in 1871 and annexed by the neighboring City of Portland in 1899. Until 1871, Deering was a part of Saccarappa, which also included what is now neighboring Westbrook. In that ...

. Portland's

Woodfords Corner Woodfords Corner is a neighborhood and major intersection in Portland, Maine, United States. Centered around the intersections of Forest Avenue (part of U.S. Route 302) and Woodford Street, it is named for brothers Chauncey, Ebenezer and Isai ...

is now named for him and his brothers, Ebenezer and Isaiah.''The Origins of the Street Names of the City of Portland, Maine as of 1995''
– Norm and Althea Green, Portland Public Library (1995)

Early life

Woodford grew up in

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. He was one of three known sons in his family, and his two brothers soon followed him to Maine. He was a maker of

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combs, and sold his product in large quantities to customers in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. Aged around sixteen, Woodford settled in what is Deering (now Portland), Maine, at the intersection of what is now Woodford Street and

Forest Avenue Forest Avenue (formerly known as Green Street; colloquially known as Forest Ave) is a major street in Portland, Maine, United States. It runs for around ,

. The corner developed as part of a major route from the Portland peninsula inland to the northwest. It is at the convergence of four neighborhoods: Back Cove, Oakdale, Deering Center and Rosemont. Forest Avenue is part of

U.S. Route 302 U.S. Route 302 (US 302) is an east–west spur of U.S. Route 2 in northern New England in the United States. It currently runs from Montpelier, Vermont, beginning at US 2, to Portland, Maine, at U.S. Route 1. It passes through the states of V ...

today.

Personal life

On November 28, 1799, Woodford married Lucy Stevens.

Death

Woodford died in 1841, aged 57 or 58. He was interred in Portland's Bailey Cemetery. His wife survived him by thirteen years, and was buried beside him.

References

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