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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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Catherine Melinda Bartlett was the second wife of Pleasant Willard Chinn.
Catherine Melinda Bartlett was the second wife of Pleasant Willard Chinn.
Chinn Elementary School in Platte Co, MO is named after Thomas B. Chinn.
Nov. 8, 1870, James H. Chinn appointed Coroner of Platte Co., MO. He succeeded Thomas W. Park as County Clerk. April 24, 1882 hee was licensed as an attorney in Platte Co., MO. Jan 25, 1886, he was appointed Doorkeeper for the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In April, 1897, Col. James H. Chinn, who for several years was an officer in the Missouri Penitentary in Jefferson City, returned to his farm in Platte City, Platte Co., MO and resumed the practice of law with Judge W.H. Roney.
"Col. James H. Chinn is a large and portly gentleman, of imposing dignity, and charming address. He read law in private, passed a good examination, and was admitted to the bar. But his restless disposition led him into various schemes and enterprises, from which he has gained experience. He was county clerk (Platte Co., MO), in 1877-9, and proved to be an excellent accountant. He was deputy collector, and has passed through many departments of business. His commanding person and urbane manners introduce him favorably to the stranger. But he lacks self-dependence, and his timidity stands in the way of his success. He is now bookkeeper in the State Penitentiary, and is looking forward to preferment". (Source: "Annals of Platte County, Missouri", William M. Paxton, 1897, p. 412).
Lewis R. Chinn was a schoolteacher.
Laura Chinn was, "a lovely maiden, whose modesty is an ornamental robe" (Source: "Annals of Platte County, Missouri", Paxton, 1897, p. 412).
This infant daugthter of James H. & Lucy Chinn, who died at 1 month, had a twin brother, Ernest W. Chinn, who himself died as an infant, living for only 2 years.
Ernest W. Chinn, who died at the age of 2, had an unamed twin sister who died at 1 month after their birth in 1880.
After the death of Cornelia Pullins Chinn, Alfred N. Chinn married her sister Georgia.
After the death of Cornelia Pullins Chinn, Alfred N. Chinn married her sister Georgia.
Charles Collins taught school for 43 years, one in Buchannan County, MO, and the other 42 years in Platte Co., MO. Upon his retirement at age 70 he resumed farming at his farm south of Camden Point.