Margaret Anna Chaffin was the daughter of George Andrew Chaffin and Jerusha "Rusha" Allen of Perry County, Indiana. Her parents were married in 1846 in Meade County, Kentucky and then moved to Perry County, Indiana.
Her name is misspelled on the headstone as Anna Rosacrants, The correct last name is Rosecrantz and she was known as Annie.
Sister of Harrison (Stiles), Barbary, Hannah, John H. , Melvina, Sarah, Elizabeth, William, Alva. By 1860 the family is in Perry County, Indiana. Sister Hannah married Matthew Shenk/Schenk in Perry County, Indiana.
On 3 November 1897 Annie Chaffin married William Shenk (aka Schenk) in St. Cloud Hotel in Meade County, Kentucky in the presence of J.G. Chaffin, Ella Hendricks and Mrs. Casa Frakes. William was approximately 25 years older than Annie and had been previously married with a family of grown children.
1900 census shows Annie living in Concordia, Meade County Kentucky with William. They had been married for three years and no children were born to the marriage.
William Shenk: previous wife was Mary A. Martin married 8 Aug 1866 in Perry County, Indiana. Parents of Rose.
Sometime after 1900 Annie moved to Jackson County, Indiana where most of the Chaffin family members had migrated. William is not with her, so presumed to be dead or divorced.
On 22 Jun 1906 Annie was in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan where she married her distant cousin, John Rosecrantz.
By the time John died in 1944, Annie and John were divorced. He is noted as a widower on his death certificate.
Annie also married Albert Shenks and they were divorced in 1929.
Margaret Anna Chaffin was the daughter of George Andrew Chaffin and Jerusha "Rusha" Allen of Perry County, Indiana. Her parents were married in 1846 in Meade County, Kentucky and then moved to Perry County, Indiana.
Her name is misspelled on the headstone as Anna Rosacrants, The correct last name is Rosecrantz and she was known as Annie.
Sister of Harrison (Stiles), Barbary, Hannah, John H. , Melvina, Sarah, Elizabeth, William, Alva. By 1860 the family is in Perry County, Indiana. Sister Hannah married Matthew Shenk/Schenk in Perry County, Indiana.
On 3 November 1897 Annie Chaffin married William Shenk (aka Schenk) in St. Cloud Hotel in Meade County, Kentucky in the presence of J.G. Chaffin, Ella Hendricks and Mrs. Casa Frakes. William was approximately 25 years older than Annie and had been previously married with a family of grown children.
1900 census shows Annie living in Concordia, Meade County Kentucky with William. They had been married for three years and no children were born to the marriage.
William Shenk: previous wife was Mary A. Martin married 8 Aug 1866 in Perry County, Indiana. Parents of Rose.
Sometime after 1900 Annie moved to Jackson County, Indiana where most of the Chaffin family members had migrated. William is not with her, so presumed to be dead or divorced.
On 22 Jun 1906 Annie was in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan where she married her distant cousin, John Rosecrantz.
By the time John died in 1944, Annie and John were divorced. He is noted as a widower on his death certificate.
Annie also married Albert Shenks and they were divorced in 1929.
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