Correction: Martha "Mattie" Chafin married Thomas Lawson (not Henry Lawson), son of Stokeley Lawson & Matilda Ash, on 15 November 1913 at Lee County, VA. Mattie was the daughter of James Henry Chafin & Jerusha July Edens. You stated that your Mattie Chafin Lawson was a very pretty woman. I have photos of my grandmother Eliza Barbara "Lyde" Chafin Ward, who was Mattie's sister, and she was a very pretty woman -- a trait passed down the family line to my grandmother and to my mother & her sisters. I also have photos of my grandmother, Eliza's daughter, when she was young & she was a very lovely young woman. This was the only Chafin family in Lee County at the time. Other Chafins could be found in Russell County & would be cousins to James Henry Chafin. I know of none who could be a different Mattie Chafin. I do believe my (?) Mattie is one and the same as yours. Thanks, Brenda Reed