George Charron-Chabot was born in Peru, after his parents, Eloi Charron and Marguerite St-Amour, emigrated from Quebec. He was 22 years old when he enlisted in the 91st Infantry in Plattsburgh on September 13, 1864. The Town of Black Brook gave him $500 as a town bounty when he enlisted.
George joined his regiment while they were in Baltimore after they returned from fighting in Louisiana. The 91st spent the winter in the defenses of the city before they were ordered to the battlefield around Petersburg about 175 miles to the south. After the city fell on April 2, 1865, they went on the Appomattox Campaign. When Lee surrendered, the regiment marched back to Washington and were mustered out on June 10th.
The Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post of November 4, 1921, carried his obituary - “The death of George Chabbott, one of Jay, New York's best-known citizens, occurred on Friday, October 28, 1921. His death was immediately due to an attack of heart trouble, although he had been in poor health for a considerable period past, having sustained a shock of paralysis a matter of two years prior, from which he never fully recovered. Three weeks ago, he suffered another attack but was confined to his bed but two days. For a considerable time, previous to his demise, his eyesight had been failing but he nevertheless was extremely active and was able to give his attention to business affairs. He had for upwards of a quarter of a century been in the employ of the J. & J. Rogers Company as land and timber agent.
The funeral of George Chabbott was held Sunday last. A large concourse of people assembled at his late home and at the church of the Holy Name to pay their respects to a man who had been highly esteemed in the community for many years. His business ability was far above average: industrious and hard-working, he had accumulated a substantial property. He has been the trusted field manager of the J. & J. Rogers Company. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Mary Patnode Chabbott, six daughters and three sons and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
The interment was in Holy Name cemetery. The bearers, intimate friends of the family, were Thomas, James, William and Francis Madden, George W. Perkett, and Michael Carpenter. A few remaining members of the local G. A. R. Post were present, Mr. Chabbott having served in the Union Army."
