Don Chafin

Don Chafin was the sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia and a commander in the Battle of Blair Mountain. As sheriff of Logan County, Chafin was a fierce opponent of unionization and received hundreds of thousands of dollars from coal mine operators in return for his violent suppression of the United Mine Workers union.

Chafin was born on June 26, 1887, near the town of Kermit in presentday Mingo County, West Virginia, the sixth of eleven children. His father, Francis Marion Chafin, was the sheriff of Logan County, and Chafin grew up in the town of Logan. . For two years he studied in the preparatory department of Marshall College160 without taking college courses160 but did not graduate. He also attended the Mountain State Business College, before teaching at the Dingress School in Mingo County.

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