Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Chafin was born in 1877, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, her mother, Mary Jane Curry, was 33 and her father, Christopher Chafin, was 38. She lived in Hardee District, Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1880.
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- Nancy Chafin in household of Christopher Chafin, "United States Census, 1880"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Chaffin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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