A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Willis Wilson Chastain
"Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri", by William Barclay Napton, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1910, pp. 392-393 (obtained from http://www.archive.org/details/pastpresentofsal00napt), in biography of M. T. Chastain:
Reverting to the ancestral historv of the subject, it may be stated that he is a son of Willis W. and Mary E. (Tandy) Chastain, both natives of Kentucky, where they were married. The subject's mother was of Scotch-Irish descent and his paternal ancestors were of honored French Hugnenot stock, being compelled to leave France because of their religious beliefs, locating in the American colonies in an early day. After his marriage, Willis W. Chastain settled down to agricultural pursuits, in which he was successful and which he continued until 1848, when he brought his family and slaves to Missouri, locating in Benton county, where he again engaged in farming. A number of years later he moved to Pettis county and engaged in farming until 1867, when death claimed him. He was a consistent and worthy member of the Christian church, and in each community where he had resided he was highly respected and was influential in the support of all worthy movements for the best interests of the people. His life was characterized by sterling integrity and an honesty of motive that gained for him the unbounded confidence of all who knew him. He was a constitutional Union man and took no part in the secession movement during the Civil war. In his political afifiliations he was a Whig and later a Democrat and took an active interest in local public events, though he never aspired to office. He was, however, induced to fill the office of justice of the peace for a number of years. His children were as follows: M. T., the immediate subject of this sketch; Alice, wife of R. S. Sandidge; Belle, who died in 1884, was the wife of Major G. W. Lankford ; Charles E., who is a successful and popular physician of Plattsburg, Missouri.
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