Chaffin Cemetery

McCulloch Co. Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by Louann Hall

The Chaffin Cemetery is located 20 miles northwest of Brady off Hwy. 283. To reach Chaffin Cemetery, turn left on FM Rd. 765 and go three miles to the intersection of Fm Rd. 765 and 2635.  Turn north on the dirt road and go 4 miles, then go east on the dirt road (County Rd. 326) for one mile. The cemetery is on the right side of the road.This is probably the oldest county-established-maintained cemetery in McCulloch County. It is located 1 mile from the Colorado River near the old Waldrip Bridge - a landmark in northwest McCulloch County. The town of Waldrip was about two miles southwest of the cemetery.  The Chaffin family settled, farmed, and ranched the land along the Colorado River. There was a river-crossing on their place and the Chaffin Crossing was a long-ago land mark. 

During the early years, churches in the Lohn - Fife - Waldrip areas  baptized  their new members in the river at Chaffin Crossing. This was also a gathering  place for picnics and family outings. During later years, the Lohn school  students used it for class parties and picnics.  This crossing was very prominent until the early 1960's. At this time, the land changed hands and the new landowner built a fence and put up a locked gate,  thus closing Chaffin Crossing after almost 100 years of public use. The old Chaffin home was near the present cemetery and is now only marked by  stones where the house once stood. The Chaffin family gave the land for the  cemetery, where Captain Joseph Chaffin, a captain in the Confederate Army, is buried. His grave is the only Chaffin grave still marked among many unmarked
graves. Many graves are marked with only worn sandstone markers. In 1959, people living in the Waldrip area orgainzed a Marion-Chaffin Cemetery Association to provide upkeep for the area's cemeteries. 
Submitted by Larry and Ann Walker. Special thanks to Ann and Larry for providing the updated lists for Chaffin and Marion Cemeteries.

Updates and research from 1999 through 2007 were submitted by Alvin L. Bolton


BURIAL NAME                                               BIRTH DATE       DEATH DATE
 A. R. (initials in sandstone)                                no dates           no dates

BOND, L. W.                                               age  90 yrs.      July  8, 1898
BRAY, John E.                                            Dec. 12, 1857      Aug. 25, 1898
BRAY, L. O.                                                   no dates           no dates
BRAY, J. A.                                                          ?                  ?
BUMGARDNER, Effie Lee                                                ?                  ?

CAPPIS, L. A.                                            Nov. 22, 1819      Feb. 22, 1895
CAPPIS, Angeline (small child)                          July  17, 1887       Feb. 2, 1889
CAPPIS, N. L.                                             July 8, 1869       June 8, 1893
CAPPIS, Henry Hovis                                        58 yrs. old       Mar. 4, 1905
CARMICHAEL, Gertrude (dau of C.C. & S.H)                 Apr. 10, 1893      Apr. 21, 1894
CHAFFIN, Joseph (Co. H. 28 Miss. Cav. CSA)                           ?                  ?
CHAFFIN, Capt. Jackson Florida                           Mar. 10, 1838      Aug. 22, 1929
CHAFFIN, Susan Stockton                                              ?       Apr. 1, 1883
CRISP, S. M.                                              Oct. 5, 1814       Oct. 6, 1898
CUNNINGHAM, Gressie                                      Sept. 6, 1865       Dec. 3, 1884

DAVIS, John                                                18 yrs. old         May 3, 1915

FINLAY, James (hus. of Agnes)                            Feb. 23, 1816       Nov. 1, 1892
FINLAY, Agnes B. (born at Leslie, Scotland) (wife of Jam Mar. 14, 1814       July 23, 1903

GILMORE, Asa (Mason)                                    July  10, 1822       Jan. 9, 1884

INFANT, ?  (1 hr. old)                                    Jan. 6, 1912       Jan. 6, 1912

JACKSON, Ed  (son of S.P. & M.L.)                        Aug. 25, 1903      Dec. 25, 1905
J. L. L. (initials in sandstone)                              no dates           no dates

KERSEY, Thomas                                             54 yrs. old     Sept. 17, 1904

LONG, Infant of  Mr. & Mrs.  J. H. Long                       no dates           no dates
LONG, Robert  Lee                                         Nov. 3, 1871         May 9, 1928
LONG, Mrs. Susan (88yrs. 10mo. 8da.)                     Mar. 22, 1832      Jan. 30, 1921

MARTIN, Eliza Jane                                      66yrs. 4mo. 1da       May 10, 1912
MAYO, Newton Thomas                                                  ?          May, 1920
MILLER, Dear Charles (Infant)                             Apr. 3, 1882      Apr. 25, 1882

O.L.R.P. (Initials in sandstone)                                     ?                  ?

POOL, Francis (Inf. dau. of S.P. & Sara)                 Sept. 5, 1889      Dec. 3, ,1889
POOL, Miles (small child)                                 Oct. 6, 1876       Dec. 1, 1888
POWELL, William J.                                      84yrs. 4mo. 4da        May 9, 1913

RANDALS,  Clay  Stockton                                  May 22, 1878      Aug. 21, 1950
RANDALS,  Emma Greer                                      Apr. 6, 1875      Aug. 31, 1944
RANDALS,   D.C.  (Father) (hus. of M.M.) (CSA)           June 19, 1844       June 30, 1927
RANDALS,  M.M.  (Mother)  (wife of D.C.)                 Nov. 26, 1847       Dec. 1, 1918
ROSSER,  Cavie   (dau. of B.F. & M.L.)                   June  7, 1884      Oct. 20, 1888
ROSSER,  Charlie                                                     ?                  ?

SAPP, Cora (young child)                                     1yr. 7mo.      Nov. 30, 1905
STACY,  Morgan Allan (dau. of Morgan & Lula)             Jan. 31, 1893      Jan. 23, 1894
STOCKTON,  Cynthia                                       Oct. 30, 1835       Feb. 9, 1905
STOCKTON,  L. L.                                         Mar. 23, 1839        May 28, 1901

THOMPSON, Infant  Son  (Inf. of A.C. &  B.M.)                        ?      Feb. 17, 1891

VAN WINKLE, Infant  Son of J.H & Rebecka                  age 30  min.      Oct. 25, 1883

WAINWRIGHT, Infant Daughter of W.L. & S.A.                 May 1, 1897       May  1, 1897
WAINWRIGHT, Infant Son of W.L. & S.A.                    Dec. 18, 1893      Feb. 17, 1894
WESTER, Inf. baby of Lula Jackson   (5mo. 13da.)         Aug. 16, 1911      Jan. 26, 1912
WESTER, James L. (Infant)                                    6mo. 6da.      Jan. 26, 1912
WHITELEY,  Arthur P. (son of N.L. & T.M.)                June 15, 1885      July 16, 1892
WILLIAMS,  Mary E. (wife of G.W.)                         Feb. 6, 1852      July 16, 1893
WILLIAMS,  Mary J. (Inf. dau. of M.M. & D.)              Mar. 23, 1900       June 18, 1900
WRIGHT,  Maggie  ( wife of T.F.)                          Feb. 8, 1881      Apr. 18, 1900
WRIGHT, A.L.                                             May  22, 1876       Oct. 9, 1894
WYATT, Ary Adeline  (wife of J.G.)                       Jan. 18, 1842       July 17, 1904
WYATT, John Henry                                        Sept. 8, 1864      Apr. 30, 1947