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Surnames: Chaffin, Burton, Kitchen, Curnutte,etc
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
Hi everyone!!! Let me apologize right off if I have already given this info (don't
think I have)....on John M. Chaffin.....and also Shadrach Raymond Chaffin.
John Chaffin was not the one murdered. John was a Civil War Veteran who died when thrown
from a horse. I will attach that article. John's son Shadrach Raymond Chaffin was
the one murdered/killed by his step son. Shade was my great-grandfather and the story
that we (the family) were led to believe was that Shade was thrown from a horse and died.
That was told by my dear grandmother (Elva Oleva Chaffin) ...Shade's daughter. She
so adored her father that the "real" story was never really known until after
her death (well.....at least not known by me).
I have a couple of articles regarding Shade's death but one is not real easy to read
so I will only post the readable one and if you have any questions, please email me. I
also have a copy of Shade's death certificate but can't seem to find it just
now.but I'll look it up.