Background
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum was born on December 9, 1806 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Arnold and Rebecca (Gould) Buffum.
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum was born on December 9, 1806 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Arnold and Rebecca (Gould) Buffum.
Delegate International Congress on Prevention and Repression of Crime, including Penal Reformatory Treatment, London, Engineering
Member American Woman Suffrage Association lobbied successfully for creation of board of women visitors to state penal institutions for women, 1870.
Married Samuel Buffington Chace, June 1828, 10 children including Lillie (Chace, Wyman, Arnold B. Operated underground railroad station at her home in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, in 1840’son