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They had the following children:
492 i. PETER ANSON (1925-)
493 ii. FRANCES ANN (1930-2002)
282. HARWARD EASTMAN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN ELSWOOD 5, JOHN 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 20 Jan 1899. HARWARD EASTMAN died on SUNDAY 27 Oct 1918; he was 19.
Buried in ASCQ/ COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.
KILLED IN ACTION IN WWI JUST FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE ARMISTICE. HE WAS A SECOND LIEUT.
RAF 42ND SQUADRON, WITH HIS OBSERVER HP TURNBULL, “THEY WERE ATTACKED BY 8 GERMAN
SCOUTS, PUT UP A WONDERFUL GALLANT FIGHT. IT WAS AN EXTRORDINARILY BRAVE
PERFORMANCE. YOUR SON WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.” 30 BURIED ASCQ/ COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, NORD, IN FRANCE.
283. JOHN RICHARDS EASTMAN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN ELSWOOD 5, JOHN 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 25 Jun 1900 in WINNIPEG, CANADA. 4,49 JOHN RICHARDS EASTMAN died in
PALM SPRINGS, CA, on 7 Sep 1976; he was 76. CREMATED. Buried in ASHLAND, OREGON.
Occupation: REAL ESTATE.
KNOWN TO MUCH OF THE FAMILY AS “CANADA JOHN.”
LEFT SCHOOL AT 15 AND WENT TO WORK AT GRAIN EXCHANGE TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY.
CONTRACTED TUBERCULOSIS AND WENT TO COLORADO SPRINGS AT ABOUT AGE 19 FOR A YEAR OF
“THE CURE.” TO JEROME, ARIZONA, WHERE HE WORKED IN THE SILVER MINE. THEN TO PALM
SPRINGS ABOUT 1923 WHERE HE JOINED RAY CREE IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. ABOUT THIS TIME
HE MET AND HELPED HIS COUSIN GEORGE CHAFFEY JR. AS A BOAT SKIPPER AND AUTOMOTIVE
DRIVER. HE WAS ONCE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TAKING GEORGE TO CATALINA ISLAND WHEN
GEORGE GOT SO SEASICK THAT HE HAD TO PLEAD WITH JOHN TO TAKE HIM TO SHORE. HE ALSO
WAS ONE OF THE YOUTHFUL DRIVERS OF THE SALLY BROWN, GEORGE’S CAMP CAR IN WHICH THEY
TRAVELED AROUND THE WEST. HE WOOED AND MARRIED PRISCILLA TAFT. STARTED NEWSPAPER,
PALM SPRINGS LIMELIGHT, DECEMBER 1933. MONEY VERY SCARCE. LOST REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS
FOR TAXES INCLUDING LITTLE TUSCANY-NOW AN UPSCALE SUBURB. RAN CHAMBER OF
COMMNERCE IN PALM SPRINGS. APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE TRAMWAY COMMISSION. ACTIVE
AND SUCCESSFUL IN REAL ESTATE AFTER WWII. PRISCILLA DIVORCED HIM ABOUT 1951; HE WENT
EAST AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING LAND FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S NEW LAW
SCHOOL. RETURNED TO THE WEST COAST, REMARRIED PRISCILLA. THEY LIVED ON THE MONTEREY
PENNINSULA. MOVED BACK TO PALM SPRINGS, WHERE HE DIED IN 1976 AFTER A SERIES OF SMALL
STROKES. CREMATED, BURIED IN ASHLAND OREGON. 30
On 30 Jun 1926 when JOHN RICHARDS EASTMAN was 26, he married PRISCILLA TAFT, daughter of
WILLIAM COOK TAFT & PHOEBE ALLEN COOK, in MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CA. Born on 24 Dec 1898
in ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. PRISCILLA died in LA JOLLA, CA, in Jul 1981; she was 82. 30 Buried in
ASHLAND, OREGON. Occupation: EDITOR. Education: JOURNALISM COURSE AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, WELL TRAVELED.
PRISCILLA WAS AN EDITOR, MUCKRAKER AND BON VIVANT. 30
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