Died
at age 21
in Dingess, Mingo, West Virginia, United States
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Biography
John Chafin lived in Appalachia, in West Virginia. See Appalachia Project.
John B. Chafin was born on February 3rd, 1878 in Marrowbone Creek, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, son of Francis Marion Chafin and Ester Brewer.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RT-19D : 15 January 2022), John B. Chafin in household of F. M. Chafin, Hardee District, Logan, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1P1-9Q5 : 10 February 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Louise Chafin, 13 Sep 1895; citing Dingess, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,753,582.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1PB-VH6 : 10 February 2018), J. B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Chafin, 13 Sep 1897; citing Canterbury, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,753,582.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1P1-XMX : 10 February 2018), J. B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Chafin, 13 Sep 1897; citing Canterbury, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,753,582.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55W-JH6 : 7 December 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Lenore Chafin, 13 Sep 1897; citing Dingess, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,374.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X557-JB9 : 7 December 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Lenore Chafin, 13 Sep 1897; citing Dingess, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,374.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F158-HX3 : 10 February 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Thelma Lenor Chafin, 13 Sep 1897; citing Mingo, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,753,582.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X88D-6BB : 29 September 2021), John Chafin in entry for John M. Blissman and Thelma L. Chafin, 1925.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q75-P57 : 13 October 2021), John B Chafin in entry for Phillip H Ross and Thelma L Chafin, 1931.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N995-4X1 : 10 March 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Garnet Elizabeth Chambers, 03 Jan 1944; citing Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, v C-D-E p 10-8, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,369.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7T-86R : 10 March 2018), John B. Chafin in entry for Garnet Elizabet Chambers, 03 Jan 1944; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, 435, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,741.
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