NORMAN, b. Mar. 5, 1839. At the age of 17 he went to work for William Spear, Wooster, O., where during 1856-57 he learned cabinet making. This work not proving very remunerative he returned to the farm. On Sept. 14, 1861, he enlisted at Wooster in Company C, 41st Ohio Infantry. This regiment went to Gallipolis and Louisville, and arrived at Pittsburg Landing on Apr. 6, 1862. On the morning of the 7th they engaged in battle, the last eight miles of the march having been covered in two and one-half hours. John R. Weaver, a chum of Norman's, fell soon after the fighting began, and Joseph Carlin was wounded. The 41st Ohio and 9th Indiana regiments by some error were ordered to charge a rebel battery. They captured it, but, being unable to hold it and having nothing with which to spike the guns, they rammed them full of mud, and then fell back, but only a small part of the regiment again reached the Union lines. All the officers being wounded the orderly sergeant brought the regiment out of the engagement. Norman was wounded three times but not disabled.
After about one month's delay they moved forward to Murfreesboro and then engaged in the battle of Stone River. The regiment then marched forward to the last line of works in front of Atlanta. Norman was near Gen. McPherson of Clyde, O., when he was killed, July 23, 1864. He was himself wounded by a shell from Atlanta on July 25, 1864, and so disabled that he had to go to the hospital, the first time he had been away from his regiment. The remainder of his service was spent in hospitals at Resaca, Nashville, Louisville and JeflPersonville, and he was discharged from the service Oct. 4, 1864, at Columbus, O. He now draws a pension. Early in 1865 he resumed work at his trade in Orrville. In 1866 he and Hiram Chaffin bought out the furniture and undertaking business of Mortimer Munn, for whom he had worked the year before. In 1873 he sold his share and bought a farm about nine miles northwest of Orrville, where he resided until Apr., 1910, when he retired and took up his residence in Orrville, where he has since made his home.
On Nov. 29, 1866, he m. Catherine Anna Erwin, b. July 8, 1848; dau. of Cunningham and Mary Anna of Dalton, O. Children:
i. Ira Erwin, b. Aug. 18, 1868.
ii. Emmet Ernest, b. Jan. 23, 1875.
iii. Carl Shurz, b. Jan. 30, 1883.
iv. Harry Harrison, b. Feb. 14, 1888. He has passed his examination for railway mail clerk and early in 1911 was employed for a while weighing mail between Pittsburg and Cleveland. He is now in the employ of the Cyclone Drill Machinery Co., Orrville, O.
From an early 20th century book on the History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
After about one month's delay they moved forward to Murfreesboro and then engaged in the battle of Stone River. The regiment then marched forward to the last line of works in front of Atlanta. Norman was near Gen. McPherson of Clyde, O., when he was killed, July 23, 1864. He was himself wounded by a shell from Atlanta on July 25, 1864, and so disabled that he had to go to the hospital, the first time he had been away from his regiment. The remainder of his service was spent in hospitals at Resaca, Nashville, Louisville and JeflPersonville, and he was discharged from the service Oct. 4, 1864, at Columbus, O. He now draws a pension. Early in 1865 he resumed work at his trade in Orrville. In 1866 he and Hiram Chaffin bought out the furniture and undertaking business of Mortimer Munn, for whom he had worked the year before. In 1873 he sold his share and bought a farm about nine miles northwest of Orrville, where he resided until Apr., 1910, when he retired and took up his residence in Orrville, where he has since made his home.
On Nov. 29, 1866, he m. Catherine Anna Erwin, b. July 8, 1848; dau. of Cunningham and Mary Anna of Dalton, O. Children:
i. Ira Erwin, b. Aug. 18, 1868.
ii. Emmet Ernest, b. Jan. 23, 1875.
iii. Carl Shurz, b. Jan. 30, 1883.
iv. Harry Harrison, b. Feb. 14, 1888. He has passed his examination for railway mail clerk and early in 1911 was employed for a while weighing mail between Pittsburg and Cleveland. He is now in the employ of the Cyclone Drill Machinery Co., Orrville, O.
From an early 20th century book on the History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
NORMAN, b. Mar. 5, 1839. At the age of 17 he went to work for William Spear, Wooster, O., where during 1856-57 he learned cabinet making. This work not proving very remunerative he returned to the farm. On Sept. 14, 1861, he enlisted at Wooster in Company C, 41st Ohio Infantry. This regiment went to Gallipolis and Louisville, and arrived at Pittsburg Landing on Apr. 6, 1862. On the morning of the 7th they engaged in battle, the last eight miles of the march having been covered in two and one-half hours. John R. Weaver, a chum of Norman's, fell soon after the fighting began, and Joseph Carlin was wounded. The 41st Ohio and 9th Indiana regiments by some error were ordered to charge a rebel battery. They captured it, but, being unable to hold it and having nothing with which to spike the guns, they rammed them full of mud, and then fell back, but only a small part of the regiment again reached the Union lines. All the officers being wounded the orderly sergeant brought the regiment out of the engagement. Norman was wounded three times but not disabled.
After about one month's delay they moved forward to Murfreesboro and then engaged in the battle of Stone River. The regiment then marched forward to the last line of works in front of Atlanta. Norman was near Gen. McPherson of Clyde, O., when he was killed, July 23, 1864. He was himself wounded by a shell from Atlanta on July 25, 1864, and so disabled that he had to go to the hospital, the first time he had been away from his regiment. The remainder of his service was spent in hospitals at Resaca, Nashville, Louisville and JeflPersonville, and he was discharged from the service Oct. 4, 1864, at Columbus, O. He now draws a pension. Early in 1865 he resumed work at his trade in Orrville. In 1866 he and Hiram Chaffin bought out the furniture and undertaking business of Mortimer Munn, for whom he had worked the year before. In 1873 he sold his share and bought a farm about nine miles northwest of Orrville, where he resided until Apr., 1910, when he retired and took up his residence in Orrville, where he has since made his home.
On Nov. 29, 1866, he m. Catherine Anna Erwin, b. July 8, 1848; dau. of Cunningham and Mary Anna of Dalton, O. Children:
i. Ira Erwin, b. Aug. 18, 1868.
ii. Emmet Ernest, b. Jan. 23, 1875.
iii. Carl Shurz, b. Jan. 30, 1883.
iv. Harry Harrison, b. Feb. 14, 1888. He has passed his examination for railway mail clerk and early in 1911 was employed for a while weighing mail between Pittsburg and Cleveland. He is now in the employ of the Cyclone Drill Machinery Co., Orrville, O.
From an early 20th century book on the History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
After about one month's delay they moved forward to Murfreesboro and then engaged in the battle of Stone River. The regiment then marched forward to the last line of works in front of Atlanta. Norman was near Gen. McPherson of Clyde, O., when he was killed, July 23, 1864. He was himself wounded by a shell from Atlanta on July 25, 1864, and so disabled that he had to go to the hospital, the first time he had been away from his regiment. The remainder of his service was spent in hospitals at Resaca, Nashville, Louisville and JeflPersonville, and he was discharged from the service Oct. 4, 1864, at Columbus, O. He now draws a pension. Early in 1865 he resumed work at his trade in Orrville. In 1866 he and Hiram Chaffin bought out the furniture and undertaking business of Mortimer Munn, for whom he had worked the year before. In 1873 he sold his share and bought a farm about nine miles northwest of Orrville, where he resided until Apr., 1910, when he retired and took up his residence in Orrville, where he has since made his home.
On Nov. 29, 1866, he m. Catherine Anna Erwin, b. July 8, 1848; dau. of Cunningham and Mary Anna of Dalton, O. Children:
i. Ira Erwin, b. Aug. 18, 1868.
ii. Emmet Ernest, b. Jan. 23, 1875.
iii. Carl Shurz, b. Jan. 30, 1883.
iv. Harry Harrison, b. Feb. 14, 1888. He has passed his examination for railway mail clerk and early in 1911 was employed for a while weighing mail between Pittsburg and Cleveland. He is now in the employ of the Cyclone Drill Machinery Co., Orrville, O.
From an early 20th century book on the History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
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