| Birth: | 17 MAY 1897 in Blaine, Lawrence, KY |
| Death: | 23 DEC 1979 in St. Mary's Hosp., Huntington, Cabell, WV |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Jesse Marion Chaffin b. 21 NOV 1871 in Blaine, Lawrence, KY |
| Mother: | Clementine 'Tina' Adkins b. 10 MAR 1877 in Blaine, Lawrence, KY |
| Spouses & Children |
| Ruby Marie Blankenship (Wife) b. 26 MAR 1899 in Miller's Fork, Wayne, WV | |
| Marriage: 27 AUG 1917 in Wayne, Wayne, WV | |
| Children: | |
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| Irene Caldwell (Wife) b. 28 NOV 1906 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA | |
| Marriage: 1927 in KY | |
| Children: | |
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| Notes |
Text:
White Chapel Memorial Gardens: Old Rugged Cross
Name G Birth Death Age Burial
Garden/Lot
Chaffin, Irene F. F 11-28-1906/08-20-1993 86 08-23-1993 Old Rugged
Cross 94A SP M/UM2 M
Chaffin, Jesse H. M 05-17-1897/12-23-1979 82 12-27-1979 Old Rugged
Cross 94A 1 M
Roster of Men Who Registered JUNE 5th - Wayne Co., W.Va.:
1. Benjamin Franklin McCoy, Cove Gap
2. Walter Pratick, Kenova
3. Oakley Stith, Prichard, R 2
4. James Walter Marcum, Dunlow
5. Brady Murphy, Kenova
6. Richard Hardwick Dunkle, Lavalette
7. Jennings Bryan Plymale, Ceredo
8. Prentice Thacker, Kenova
9. Pearley Sheans, Kenova
10. Frank Smith, Wayne, R 1
11. Argo Pruitt, Ceredo
12. Wayne Copley, Ceredo, R 1
13. Ben Jude, Dunlow
14. Lee Porter, Radnor
15, Andrew J. Lycans, Fort Gay, R 1
16. Denver Michael, Prichard, R 2
17. Mckinley Mills, East Lynn
18. Dan Browning, Dunlow
19. Herman Palmer Dean, Wayne
20. Alfred Joseph Marrs, East Lynn, R 1
21. Frederick M. Burt, Huntington
22. Algie Stith, Kenova
23. Evan Ball, Fort Gay, R 2
24. Oscar Kennie Davis, Echo
25. Wayne Ailiff, Lavalette
26. Cecil Foster, Fort Gay, R 1
27. Ransom Muncy, Stone Coal
28. Alvis Stephens, Wayne, R 2
29. Fred Thompson, Glenhayes
30. Hezekiah Frazier, Wayne
31. Earl Meredith, Kenova
32. Curis Lewis Mitchell, Wayne, R 1
33. Emery Cyrus, Fort Gay, R 2
34. Basil Reed, Pritchard
35. William Jennings Varney, Crum
36. Herbert Milton Booth, Wayne
37. Vernon Wright, Ceredo
38. Isaac See, Kenova
39. Earnest Sutton, Radnor
40. Carter Hamilton Livisay, Fort Gay
41. Boyd Watts, East Lynn
42. Fisher Willie Lester, Wayne
43. Isaac Trap, Bathwood, S. C. (in jail at Wayne)
44. Wallace Williamson, Dunlow
45. Herbert Ephram Dean, Ceredo, R 1
46. Walter Maynard, Wilsondale
47. Emery Virgil Adkins, Lavalette, R
48. Earnest C. Irons, Kenova, R 1
49. Henry Miller, East Lynn
50. Walter Watts, Kenova
51. Clyde Ray Frazier, Ft. Gay, R 1
52. McKinley Meade, Radnor
53. William Crockett, Wayne, R 1
54. Everett McFann, Ceredo
55. David Rice, Radnor
56. Edgar Neal, Genoa
57. Elba Johnson, Prichard
58. James Bowen, Martha
59. Cline McKee, Ceredo, R 1
60. Charley Erasius Newman, Wayne
61. Rex Fraley, East Lynn
62. Cecil Jordan, Kenova
63. Virnus S. Brafford, Kenova
64. Fred Ferguson, Ferguson
65. Jink Queen, Queens Ridge
66. Kelley Fry, Radnor
67. Brady Napier, Hany
68. Charley Adkins, Ferguson
69. Dock Blankenship, Wayne
70. Brady Wellman, Fort Gay, R 1
71. Dollie Adkins, Lavalette, R 1
72. Herbert Seymore McKeand, Kenova
73. Lindsey Maynard, Roy
74. Melvin Watts, Hany
75. George Perry, Dunlow
76. Jessie H. Chaffin, Wayne, R 2 ****Grandfather****
77. Alvie V. Adkins, East Lynn
78. Joe Secret, Gent, Ky.
79. John Weeder Adkins, Wayne
80. Obie Fry, Wilsondale
81. Russell Scott, Stiltner
82. Harvey Burns Ferguson, East Lynn
83. George Curtis Watts, Shoals
84. Jesse Adkins, Whites Creek
85. Pearly Morrison, Martha
86. Calvin Damron, Fort Gay, R 1
87. Clarence Riggs, Fort Gay, R 1
88. Marion McGinis Duty, Brabrant
89. Oran Ray, Shoals
90. William C. Ellis, Kenova
92. Andrew Jackson Fry, Stiltner
93. Fred Davis, East Lynn
94. Bernnie Merritt, East Lynn
95. Palmer J. Belcher, Prichard
96. Jim Skeans, Fort Gay
97. George McKinley Smith, Ceredo
98. Ezra Hayton, Prichard
99. Eph Asbury, East Lynn
100. Darwin Perdue, Ceredo
101. Clyde Turley Payne, Kenova
102. Wm. Baloat, Prichard
103. Ad Poff, Ceredo
104. Howard H. Thompsen, Kenova
105. Okey Kennith Burdette, Kenova
106. Walter Rice, Echo
107. Taylor Fry, Stiltner
108. Reynolds McKinzie, Fort Gay, R 1
109. Charley Christian, Whites Creek
110. Harrison Johnson, Jr., Prichard
111. James Mattison Richardson, East Lynn
112. John Howard, Kenova
113. Albert Newsom. Saltpeter
114. Russell McKinley Blankenship, Lavalette
115. Hurston Noe, East Lynn
116. Lewis Thompsee, Grassy
117. Alonzo Ward, Ceredo, R 1
118. Evert Osburn, East Lynn
119. Joe Martin Ferguson, Fort Gay R 2
120. William Jennings Adkins, Martha
121. Samuel A. Ross, East Lynn
122. Lucian Taylor Jones, Queens Ridge
123. Boyd Newman Adkins, Stiltner
124. Lennie Ferguson, Sidney
125. Robert C. Wright, Ceredo
126. Harrison Pratt, Grassy
127. Basil Franklin Queen, Queens Ridge
128. Frank R. Watts, East Lynn
129. Noah Ross, Cove Gap
130. Emmons Walker Hay, Wayne, R 1
131. Will Lycans, Ferguson
132. Shelby Hall, Wayne
133. Charles Harry Brinkley, Prichard
134. Monroe T. Fry, Stiltner
135. Fletcher Drenner, East Lynn
136. Harlan Bartram, Fort Gay
137. Jay Finley, Stiltner
138. Jennings Adkins, East Lynn
139. Columbus Pack, Wewanta
140. James Harrison Ramey, Kirhsville
141. Stanley Shannon, Prichard
142. Isom Fry, East Lynn
143. Jennings B. Frazier, Fort Gay
144. Jay Thompson, Genoa
145. Shelby Spurlock, Huntington
146. M. A. Waugh, Ceredo, R 1
147. Jennings H. Cyrus, Whites Creek
148. T. C. Terrill, Ceredo, R 1
149. Ramey Grubber, Huntington
150. John L. McClellan, Cove Gap
151. Barney Clay, East Lynn
152. Clyde Huff, Echo
153. James R. Eoster, Fort Gay, R 1
154. Charlie Hollands, Genoa
155. Arthur Bowe, Ceredo, R 1
156. Arthur Steel, Kenova
157. Claude Staley, Prichard
158. W. R. Sutherland, Kenova
159. Charley Workman, Wilsondale
160. King Wellman (son of Enoch), Fort Gay
161. Johnny Watts, East Lynn
162. Homer Spurlock, Griffithsville
163. Oscar Dean, Kenova
164. Virgil T. Robinett, Fort Gay
165. John H. Adkins, Whites Creek
166. Earnest Plymale, Prichard
167. William Murrell Lester, Ft. Gay
168. Covey Belcher, East Lynn
169. Joe F. Meek, Kenova, R 1
170. Earl Booth, Wayne, R 1
171. Robert Odell, Prichard
172. J. W. Ferguson, Ferguson
173. Ralph Pyles, East Lynn
174. Robert Stowers, Ceredo
175. Golden Ray, Shoals
176. Hobert Waddell, Kenova
177. Oscar Ferguson, Fort Gay, R 1
178. Alfred Workman, Fort Gay
179. Millard Fortner, Ferguson
180. Ben Farris, Ceredo, R 1
181. Lawrence Ross, Ceredo, R 1
182. McKinley Maynard, Glenhayes
183. Emmitt E. Money, Kenova
184. Goodman Rickman, Hubbardstown
185. Frank Booten Smith, Prichard, R 2
Note: All efforts have been taken to prevent errors in typing. A few typos
in the numbers were corrected, but otherwise the spelling of the names
are typed as printed.
Taken from "The Wayne News, Thursday, June 20, 1918"
Occupations/Jobs that he held (as told to granddaughter, Lynda Sue in March
1979 during his visit to Ft. Lauderdale FL):
Farmer, Coal Miner, Construction, Blacksmith, Railway Mail Clerk (33yrs.), Hard
Water Salesman (ICE), Charles Bolt Glass Co., AFC (American Car & Foundry),
Nickel Plant, Car Salesman, Shoe Factory (for 3 wks!),
Played baseball back before 1917 and his first marriage.
School Teacher (for 3 terms, 1 of which Aunt Lona Irby finished up for him!!) Abt.
1921-22: Rife School House, Beech Fork, Wilson's Creek.
Singing School Teacher w/my Grandmother....he was a baritone. Also sang with
many local quartets.
Betty Gay Gas Co. - owner/operator
Contractor - Pipe lines, water lines, sewer lines, Gas lines, Lease mineral/land
Family Notes on Marriage with Irene Caldwell:
Title: Notes
Text:
All of the children were delivered by the older Dr. W.E. Neal. He was the mayor of Huntington when he delivered Uncle Bill.
Family Notes on Marriage with Irene Caldwell:
Title: Notes
Text:
All of the children were delivered by the older Dr. W.E. Neal. He was the mayor of Huntington when he delivered Uncle Bill.
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