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Show left his son, Henry , to taka charge and took his son, George, and dau§hter, laura to cook for them while he started another mill at St. Joseph on the Muddy. He also had a cotton gin there. Ha had a large nice room built. The town was a fort. The houses ware all covered with rushes and the culinary water was haulded for tvro miles, such ware the dom.forts. Laura left to return to Cedar City in May . In July the Fort caught fire. Brother Chaffin and George ware left with what cloths they wore, alinnen duster, anal.ma.nae, the running gears of a. wagon and a spm of horses . When they came to St. George, Apostle Brastus Snow said · "Brother Chaffin you have lost about all you have, I would advise you to settle atCedar City where you have a grist mill. At Cedar City he served as justice of the peace, notary public and held many positions of trua~. He always was active in the Church Sister Chaffin and he were present at the Dedecation of the St. George Temple and they took great interest in laboring for t heir kindred dead. The Rice history on his mother's side goes back 248 years. He died in 1891 in .f'ull faith of the glorious resurrectiot |
