CHINN, Richard M Lafayette Co, MO Biography ***** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the files submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***** file submitted by: Kathy Gaines Source: History of Lafayette County, MO Publication Info: St Louis, Missouri Historical Company, 1881 page 484 Clay Township CHINN, Richard farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Napoleon. Born in Bourbon county, Ken- tucky, March 28, 1825. His parents were natives of Kentucky also. His early life was passed in his native State, where he received a liveral edu- cation. On the 7th of January, 1858; he was married to Miss Sallie B. Barton. By this union they have had eight children, six of whom are living. Moved to Lafayette county, Missouri, in 1866, and purchased the farm upon which he now resides, consisting of 228 acres of excellent land. He occupies a substantial two-story house, containing five rooms, finely located on the watershed between the Snibar creek and the Missouri river and two miles south of Napoleon. In October, 1873, Mr. Chinn was married a second time to Mrs. Magdalen Johnson, nee Regan, his first wife died during the previous year. His a man of strict integrity and high principle, admired by all who know him.