Ancestry of
Brian Wilson

Co-Founder of The Beach Boys

Ruth Chaffin

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Brian Wilson — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 19 
  • Father:
  • Elias Chaffin 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Meador   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Dec 1822 
  • Birth Location:
  • Jacobson County, Tennessee 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Jul 1888 
  • Death Location:
  • Odin, Marion, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery, Odin, Marion, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Green Lee Chitwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Dec 1840 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salem, Marion, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Alta Lenora Chitwood (Ahnentafel No:9 )

• Sources for Ruth Chaffin

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1880, Odin, E.D. 202, p. 30, Image 30 of 31.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1860, Township 3 Range 1, p. 1051, Image 3 of 11.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1850, E.D. 11, Image 73 of 160.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/23/2016).
  • ⁵ Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, Marriage record for W. H. Wilson and daughter Alta L. Chitwood.
  • ⁶ Meggison, Michael Thomas, "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys", (accessed 11/20/2016).
  • ⁷ Peterson, Olive Chaffin, et. al., Abner Chaffin of Jackson County, Tennessee and Sons Bailaam, Elias, Joseph, William: An Account of the Migrations . . ., Bountiful, Utah: Typed manuscript (1966), 11-15, 18-22.

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