. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . <Xo Q< z < w Dw CO. <Xo Xh CO THE CHAFFIN FAMILY OF VIRGINIA 245 The children of Smith Chaffin and Susan Shepard were Mi-randa, who m. William Daugherty, who died in a year, she subse-quently marrying George Vlerebome and raising to maturity threechildren, mentioned in fifth generation ; Jonathan, who m. Eliza-beth Adams and raised five children, all of New Holland, 0., andd. in 1902 ; James, who lost his life in the great Civil War and liesburied in the big National Cemetery at Nashville, Tenn.
. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . <Xo Q< z < w Dw CO. <Xo Xh CO THE CHAFFIN FAMILY OF VIRGINIA 245 The children of Smith Chaffin and Susan Shepard were Mi-randa, who m. William Daugherty, who died in a year, she subse-quently marrying George Vlerebome and raising to maturity threechildren, mentioned in fifth generation ; Jonathan, who m. Eliza-beth Adams and raised five children, all of New Holland, 0., andd. in 1902 ; James, who lost his life in the great Civil War and liesburied in the big National Cemetery at Nashville, Tenn. He vol-unteered in less than thirty-six hours after Mr. Lincolns firstcall for troops, and started at two oclock in the morning for thefront. He was a participant in the first Battle of Bull gave his life a willing sacrifice upon the altar of his wonderful tenacity of life and remarkable fortitude he keptwith his regiment and rode his horse when so reduced that he hadto have a pillow across the saddle. Perhaps no man in the armywas imbued with purer or more patriotic motives or with higheri
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