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A Guide to the John Ellis Chaffin Family Bible, 1854
Biographical NoteBorn in Clinton County, Illinois, to John Elias and Lavinia Ernst Row Chaffin, John Ellis Chaffin (1831-1870) moved to Texas sometime before 1850, where he was a farmer near Limestone County. Chaffin married Sarah Christ on January 5, 1854. The couple eventually had three children, all of whom were born in Texas in the 1850s. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsPublished in New York by the American Bible Society in 1854, the John Ellis Chaffin Family Bible, 1854, documents births, deaths and marriages in the Chaffin family through handwritten notes in the volume. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThis collection is open for research use. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJohn Ellis Chaffin Family Bible, 1854, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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