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CATE, DR. CLIFTON C.
SEE STORY F200
CHAFFIN
F189
After being orphaned at an early age in
Randolph County, Alabama, James Elbert
Chaffin (1876-1962) came to Bosque County
where he met and married Eva Schrader
(1882-1923). They journeyed north by cov-
ered wagon to Oklahoma where they home-
steaded and had three sons. Jesse, William
Lee, and Walter were born in their dugout
home.
The family returned to Iredell where the
sons attended school. James Elbert farmed
and also owned and operated several busi-
nesses.
William Lee (1903-1958) married Irene
Sparks (1905-1935), whose parents were
James Oran (1888-1961) and Martha Spivey
Sparks (1883-1906) in Iredell. Children born
to this union were Wilma Lena, James Nolan,
Alvin Loyd, Vonnie Jean, and a daughter who
died at birth.
After the death of Irene Sparks Chaffin,
William Lee was married to Martha Kate
Locker (1906) of Iredell.
James Nolan (1928) married Doris Eleanor
Helm (1931), whose parents are William E.
and Leola Gosdin Helm of Iredell. Children
of this union were Betty Karen (1953) and
Kent Nolan (1955).
Kent Nolan married Linda Tomlinson
(1955), whose parents are Thomas R. and
Roydell Porter Tomlinson. Their children
are Jamey Vaughn (1981) and Roy Nolan
(1984).
Currently resideing in Bosque County are
Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan Chaffin and Mr.
and Mrs. Kent Nolan Chaffin and sons.
by James N. ChaffinWHITE, JESSE M.
CHILDREN
F190Maribel, Pat, and James Leo White.
206The two older children of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse M. White attended Center Hill, Cayote,
and Clifton Schools. Maribel concluded her
formal education, earning her M.S. from
Baylor University. She taught in the rural
schools in the county, and also in Meridian,
and in Fort Worth.
Maribel was married to Moran Dunlap, a
University of Texas graduate in journalism.
He edited the Meridian Tribune, and was the
Meridian postmaster for eight years until his
death in 1951.
Maribel was married to the Rev. J. Lester
Davenport, a United Methodist minister, in
1954. Rev. Mr. Davenport retired in 1970 and
they moved to their small farm near Merid-
ian. They now live in Clifton in her parents'
former home. They continue to take an
interest in the various phases of the United
Methodist Church. Mr. Davenport is an
active Master Mason.
It was while Pat was living in Dallas and
enrolled in Brantly-Draughon's Business
College that he entered the Armed Services.
He was in the 76th Division Army Artillery,
being stationed in California and in Europe.
He received military recognitions as follows:
AMdennes, Rhineland, Central Europe, and
American Theatre Medals, with three Bronze
Stars, and World War II Victory Medal, and
Good Conduct Medal.
When Pat was discharged as a technical
Sergeant in 1945, he returned to Clifton. The
following year he was married to Nelda
Krueger. Pat and Nelda were self-employed
until 1961 when he began work in local
business establishments. Later he served
Clifton as City Secretary for nearly fourteen
years. Presently he is caring for the family
business property which had belonged to his
parents. Nelda, a long-time saleslady is
employed by the Pill Box Pharmacy.
Pat and Nelda are parents of the late James
Richard White, and of his sister, Mary
Kathryne. James was of much assistance to
his father and mother on their dairy farm,
and also to his grandparents, but when he was
a freshman in high school, he was fatally
wounded in a hunting accident.
Mary Kathryne, after graduation from
Clifton High School, attended McLennan
Community College in Waco and studied
secretarial courses. She is a claims represen-
tative for the United States Insurance Group
in Waco. One of her talents is singing. On
occasions she is a soloist for the First
Methodist Church in Clifton and is a favorite
soloist for weddings.
James Leo White, youngest child of the
J.M. Whites, was born in 1924. He assisted
his parents in their farm duties in the Cayote
community. One summer he was employed
by Santa Fe Railroad.
In 1943 while attending Clifton Junior
College, Leo entered military service and
graduated from the Bakersfield Air Force
Base as an Army Air Force Lieutenant,
becoming a navigator and pilot on B-24's
while stationed in England. Though in many
dangerous situations, he returned home
safely in July 1945. The following January,
Leo and three classmates, all overseas vet-
erans, had been to Fort Worth to enroll in
college, and on their way home had a tragic
automobile accident which proved fatal to all
four of them.by Maribel W. Davenport
FRASIER, RICHMOND CHILDREN
F191Minerva Frasier Jacob Stith
James R. Jacob and
Wedding Day-1895Baneta (Everett) Jacob,
Richmond and Susanna (Dodson) Frasier
had nine children. Richmond and his second
wife, Arra (Collier) Griffith Frasier, had three
children; also Mr. Frasier had one step-
daughter.
Notes follow on these descendants with
additional comments concerning those who
lived in Bosque County.
I. Children of Richmond and Susanna
Frasier:
(1) Mary Frasier (1842-1921) married- -
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