WILLIAM HENRY, b. Mar. 7, 1841. Although a carpenter by trade he has spent a large part of his life upon a farm. He has spent his entire life in Wayne Co., O. For a number of years he lived on the old Chaffin farm near East Union, but 1894, moved to McQuaid, O. He enlisted in 1863 in the 169th Ohio V. I., but was disabled by sickness and resigned. In 1906 he took up his residence in Orrville, where he still (1912) lives. On Sept. 20, 1863, he m. Lovina Hawk, b. June 26, 1843; dau. of Michael and Sarah. Children :
i. William Alva, b. Oct. 20, 1865.
ii. Cora May, b. Dec. 11, 1867; m. July 4, 1901, James Madison Jones of Orrville, b. July 20, 1867 ; a farmer, once interested in a threshing and sawmill outfit, but has disposed of that interest and now resides on a farm near Orrville. One child: William Nelson, b. June 1, 1903.
iii. Emma Belle, b. Apr. 9, 1869 ; d. Dec. 26, 1873.
iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1874; m. Dec. 24, 1895, John Donley of East Union, son of John and Anna. He is a farmer and except one year in Orrville, they have spent all their time in the country, and now live on a farm a few miles west of Orrville. Their children : 1. Cora Fern, b. Mar. 12, 1900. 2. Blair C, b. Oct. 4, 1903. 173 V. Simon Nelson, b. Mar. 17, 1878.
vi. Sevilla, b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Dec. 25, 1899, Otto J. Barleyoung of Canton, O. He was a bookkeeper and general office man employed by the W, & L. E. R. R. Co. in Canton, where they resided. She secured a divorce from him Mar. 31, 1909, and has since resided with her parents, and is now employed as dressmaker by the Perilstein Dry Goods 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
i. William Alva, b. Oct. 20, 1865.
ii. Cora May, b. Dec. 11, 1867; m. July 4, 1901, James Madison Jones of Orrville, b. July 20, 1867 ; a farmer, once interested in a threshing and sawmill outfit, but has disposed of that interest and now resides on a farm near Orrville. One child: William Nelson, b. June 1, 1903.
iii. Emma Belle, b. Apr. 9, 1869 ; d. Dec. 26, 1873.
iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1874; m. Dec. 24, 1895, John Donley of East Union, son of John and Anna. He is a farmer and except one year in Orrville, they have spent all their time in the country, and now live on a farm a few miles west of Orrville. Their children : 1. Cora Fern, b. Mar. 12, 1900. 2. Blair C, b. Oct. 4, 1903. 173 V. Simon Nelson, b. Mar. 17, 1878.
vi. Sevilla, b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Dec. 25, 1899, Otto J. Barleyoung of Canton, O. He was a bookkeeper and general office man employed by the W, & L. E. R. R. Co. in Canton, where they resided. She secured a divorce from him Mar. 31, 1909, and has since resided with her parents, and is now employed as dressmaker by the Perilstein Dry Goods 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
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Mar. 7, 1841. Although a carpenter by trade he has spent a large part of his life upon a farm. He has spent his entire life in Wayne Co., O. For a number of years he lived on the old Chaffin farm near East Union, but 1894, moved to McQuaid, O. He enlisted in 1863 in the 169th Ohio V. I., but was disabled by sickness and resigned. In 1906 he took up his residence in Orrville, where he still (1912) lives. On Sept. 20, 1863, he m. Lovina Hawk, b. June 26, 1843; dau. of Michael and Sarah. Children :
i. William Alva, b. Oct. 20, 1865.
ii. Cora May, b. Dec. 11, 1867; m. July 4, 1901, James Madison Jones of Orrville, b. July 20, 1867 ; a farmer, once interested in a threshing and sawmill outfit, but has disposed of that interest and now resides on a farm near Orrville. One child: William Nelson, b. June 1, 1903.
iii. Emma Belle, b. Apr. 9, 1869 ; d. Dec. 26, 1873.
iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1874; m. Dec. 24, 1895, John Donley of East Union, son of John and Anna. He is a farmer and except one year in Orrville, they have spent all their time in the country, and now live on a farm a few miles west of Orrville. Their children : 1. Cora Fern, b. Mar. 12, 1900. 2. Blair C, b. Oct. 4, 1903. 173 V. Simon Nelson, b. Mar. 17, 1878.
vi. Sevilla, b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Dec. 25, 1899, Otto J. Barleyoung of Canton, O. He was a bookkeeper and general office man employed by the W, & L. E. R. R. Co. in Canton, where they resided. She secured a divorce from him Mar. 31, 1909, and has since resided with her parents, and is now employed as dressmaker by the Perilstein Dry Goods 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
i. William Alva, b. Oct. 20, 1865.
ii. Cora May, b. Dec. 11, 1867; m. July 4, 1901, James Madison Jones of Orrville, b. July 20, 1867 ; a farmer, once interested in a threshing and sawmill outfit, but has disposed of that interest and now resides on a farm near Orrville. One child: William Nelson, b. June 1, 1903.
iii. Emma Belle, b. Apr. 9, 1869 ; d. Dec. 26, 1873.
iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1874; m. Dec. 24, 1895, John Donley of East Union, son of John and Anna. He is a farmer and except one year in Orrville, they have spent all their time in the country, and now live on a farm a few miles west of Orrville. Their children : 1. Cora Fern, b. Mar. 12, 1900. 2. Blair C, b. Oct. 4, 1903. 173 V. Simon Nelson, b. Mar. 17, 1878.
vi. Sevilla, b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Dec. 25, 1899, Otto J. Barleyoung of Canton, O. He was a bookkeeper and general office man employed by the W, & L. E. R. R. Co. in Canton, where they resided. She secured a divorce from him Mar. 31, 1909, and has since resided with her parents, and is now employed as dressmaker by the Perilstein Dry Goods 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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