>>> We were asked the question whether Lon Chaney the movie actor had anything to do with the O.P.

Chaney mill in Canal Winchester and figure out if there was a relation to the family.

The story of Lon Chaney is number one, it's not his real name.

The first thing I find out was his real name was Leonidas Chaney, and I was able to find him in the Los Angeles census in 1920 and found his father's name was Frank H. Chaney, which was important because I have the middle initial, and I was able to trace Frank and Lon together in Los Angeles.

Frank, I was able to track him back to Colorado springs.

This is 1900.

And I was able to find Frank with a wife named Emma and a son named Leonard.

Frank is born in Ohio.

He's a barber.

What I find out about Frank, he was deaf.

He actually was at a deaf school in Missouri, and that's where he met his wife Emma Kennedy at.

I traced Frank back to Ohio living his father James Chaney in Canal Winchester.

I was able to find him in bloom township with his father and grandfather.

You have John, James, Frank.

You have three generations together, which made it very easy.

Once I got there I was like, three generations together.

See them all together.

When I was asked about the mill, I needed to find out first who O.P.

Chaney was, Oliver P. Chaney, and his father, John Chaney.

James and O.P.

are half brothers.

James was born from the first marriage where Oliver was born from the second marriage John Chaney had.

What was really interesting about John Chaney is I didn't know how important he was.

I thought he was a farmer who helped with the mill, but I started looking into him more and found he was a state senator, a state rep, and also a U.S. house of representative.

Ultimately Lon had a child named Creighton.

He took the name Lon Chaney Jr. Because they were both actors.

They died relatively young, had health problems.

So in the end, yes, the rumor's true.

At first I had my doubts, but ultimately I did find that Ohio connection and proved it was in fact a relation.