Otis Lee ChaffinAge: 82 years1869–1951
- Name
- Otis Lee Chaffin
- Given names
- Otis Lee
- Surname
- Chaffin
 Birth | 1869 20 20 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 19 months) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Jesse Mae Troutman — View this family July 18, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Eugene L Chaffin November 8, 1902 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Hilma E Chaffin December 7, 1907 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Gardner Chaffin August 13, 1911 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 23, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a son | Eugene L Chaffin October 12, 1921 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | McHenry Chaffin May 3, 1922 (Age 53 years) Associate: Minerva Jane Trosper
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| Death of a mother | Minerva Jane Trosper April 4, 1925 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a wife | Jesse Mae Troutman 1929 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 14, 1930 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Willis Francis Eth — Hilma E Chaffin — View this family about 1951 (on the date of death) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | 1951 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
McHenry Chaffin Birth: February 7, 1848 — Bedford, Virginia, United States Death: May 3, 1922 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Minerva Jane Trosper Birth: May 26, 1848 — Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1925 — Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
Otis Lee Chaffin Birth: 1869 20 20 — Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: 1951 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Jesse Mae Troutman |
| himself |
Otis Lee Chaffin Birth: 1869 20 20 — Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: 1951 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Jesse Mae Troutman Birth: March 5, 1882 28 27 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: 1929 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 18, 1900 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Eugene L Chaffin Birth: November 8, 1902 33 20 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1921 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Hilma E Chaffin Birth: December 7, 1907 38 25 — Daviess, Missouri, United States Death: July 1974 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
James Gardner Chaffin Birth: August 13, 1911 42 29 — Missouri, United States Death: June 1983 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - McHenry Chaffin - Household
Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Harrison, Daviess, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
House #1324 - Otis Chaffin+Family, House # 1318 - McHenry Chaffin Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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