| Chauncey Woodford | |
| Birth Date: | 1783 |
| Death Date: | August 24, 1841 |
| Resting Place: | Bailey Cemetery, Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Lucy Stevens (1799–1841; his death) |
| Occupation: | Merchant |
Chauncey Woodford (1783 – August 25, 1841) was a merchant and an early settler of Deering, Maine. Portland's Woodfords Corner is now named for him and his brothers, Ebenezer and Isaiah.[1] [2] [3]
Woodford grew up in Connecticut. He was one of three known sons in his family, and his two brothers soon followed him to Maine.[4] [5] He was a maker of horn combs, and sold his product in large quantities to customers in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia.[6]
Aged around sixteen, Woodford settled in what is Deering (now Portland), Maine, at the intersection of what is now Woodford Street and Forest Avenue. 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.[7] Forest Avenue is part of U.S. Route 302 today.
On November 28, 1799, Woodford married Lucy Stevens.[8]
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.