Fannin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Chastain, Elijah Webb April 9, 1874
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The Georgia Weekly Telegraph Newspaper April 24, 1874
Ex-Congressman E.W. Chastain Drowned.  On Thursday evening, 9th instant, Hon. 
E.W. Chastain, of Gilmer county, in company with Mr. Dickey, Mr. Travis and 
another gentleman, left Dalton where the party had been in attendance at 
court.  They reached Holley Creek, some six miles from Dalton, which they 
found considerably swollen.  Col. Chastain, in attempting to ford the creek, 
was thrown from his horse, and drowned, before assistance could reach him.  
Col. Chastain was well known.  For many years he has held honorable positions 
at the hands of the people of North Georgia.  For several years he was State 
Senator, and twice he has represented his district in the National Congress.



Additional Comments:
Elijah Webb Chastain was born in Pickens County, South Carolina, on September 
25, 1813, and died on April 9, 1874.  He was a colonel in the Seminole Indian 
War.  He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and practiced in Blairsville, Union 
County, Georgia.  He served two terms in the state house of representatives 
and one term in the state senate.  He was elected as a Union Democrat to the 
32nd and 33rd Congresses (1851-1855).  He was the State's attorney for the 
Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1860 and 1861.  He participated in the Civil 
War as a colonel of Confederate troops.  He is interred in the family cemetery 
near Morganton, Fannin County, Georgia. 

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