Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Chastain, Rev. George Lane May 16, 1859 - May 17, 1931
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Rev. Chastain, son of B.L. and Eliza Harwell Chastain, was born in Walker Co., 
May 16, 1859. He was converted at age thirteen and joined the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South. He was the nephew of Revs. Richard and Theophelus 
Sterling Lane Harwell. In his early life he chose the practice of medicine as 
his vocation which he pursued for twelve years. In the pursuit of his vocation 
he received the devine call to preach and gave thirty-eight years of his life 
to the ministry.He was licensed to preach on April 3, 1893. He was pastor at 
Warm Springs when he passed away.
He was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Mattie Kiker of Calhoun, 
Ga., June 25, 1884, who died Jan. 14, 1902. Two daughters blessed this 
marriage; Mrs. E.L. Blackwood and Mrs. T.H. Lang both of whom survive him. His 
second marriage was to Miss Nina Oxford, of Dalton, Ga. Nov. 25, 1903 who is 
now living in Calhoun, Ga.


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