John Chaffin (who I have yet to find parents for)
apparently born in Kentucky (according to death records of his children)
Married to Sidney/Sydney Williams March 20 1842 in platte county missouri
Left apx October 1849 bound for California and died on the Santa Fe trail.
Documentation in the book: PIONEER NOTES FROM THE DIARIES OF JUDGE BENJAMIN HAYES
Actual marker located and picture available
Left a wife (who died shortly after his departure) and 4 children - William, James, Ann,
and Julia.
Ann married a Montray and moved to Texas
Julia married a Bledsoe, produced Rebecca Tilt (powell), James, Phillip, Frank, Herbert
and Harvey.
anyone with a connection, please contact me.
gratefully:
Ellajean Bledsoe
Don't worry about what people think,
they don't do it that often.