. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . an advanced age. 76 ABEL WHEELER (Xathan 29), b. in Skowhegan, Me., , 1816: d. in Denver, Col., Nov. 25, 1890; m. Nov. 6, 1844, Me-lissa A. Harding, b. 1826; dau. of Jared and Cynthia (Roundy).They had no children but they reared, although they did notlegall^^ adopt, a son of ]Mr. Chaffins brother, Sumner, the boybeing named Abel Wheeler after his uncle. Mr. ChafRn changedhis name so as to spell it Chabin. The explanation of this freakis well told by his widow, as follows: My husband, while he wasin B
. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . an advanced age. 76 ABEL WHEELER (Xathan 29), b. in Skowhegan, Me., , 1816: d. in Denver, Col., Nov. 25, 1890; m. Nov. 6, 1844, Me-lissa A. Harding, b. 1826; dau. of Jared and Cynthia (Roundy).They had no children but they reared, although they did notlegall^^ adopt, a son of ]Mr. Chaffins brother, Sumner, the boybeing named Abel Wheeler after his uncle. Mr. ChafRn changedhis name so as to spell it Chabin. The explanation of this freakis well told by his widow, as follows: My husband, while he wasin Bangor, Me., was a member of a Boys Military Club, whosecaptain was Hannibal Hamlin (afterwards Governor of Maine andalso Vice-President). The boys of the Club wanted to do some-thing unusual and when the state legislature convened, asked tohave a change made in their names, and that is how it happenedthat we spell our name with a b, Chabin instead of Chaffin. Abel learned the mercantile business in Bangor, Me., and after-wards engaged in business for himself in Newport, Me., and was. MRS. GRACE M. WRIGHT MRS. BESSIE M. CHAMBERLAIN MRS. LAURA M. FARLEY HERBERT I. FARLEY LOUIS NATHAN ROBERT LYMAN FIFTH GENERATION 131 very successful. But because of ill health he moved to Milwaukee,Wis., where his sister, Mrs. Kirby, lived, but the climate notproving beneficial he returned to Newport and lived there threeyears. He then moved to Shelbyville, 111., and engaged in mer-cantile business, but his health failing he moved to Denver, Col.,where he died. He was a man of exceptional ability and was twice elected to the legislature of Maine; afterwards atShelbyville he was mayor for two terms. He was also municipaljudge and master of two Masonic lodges, one in Newport, theother in Shelbyville. He was a Royal Arch Mason and KnightTemplar. 77 NATHAN (Nathan 29), b. June 26, 1819, in Skowhegan, Me.;d. Dec. 5, 1862. His father d. when he was four years old and hewas bound out to an u
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