| Birth | 1818 | Frankfort, Missouri | | | |
| Marriage | 1840 | eloped down the river in a canoe, Iowa River, Iowa - Cady | | | |
| Marriage | 1840 | They eloped down the Iowa River in 1840 in a canoe from Wapello, Louisa Co., IA where Lavina's family lived., Wapello, Louisa, Iowa - Levina Warnstaff | | |  |
| Census-shared | 1840 | (James Clayton Warnstaff) Louisa, Iowa | | | |
| Marriage-shared | 1840 | (Samuel W. Chaney Sr and Levina Warnstaff) They eloped down the Iowa River in 1840 in a canoe from Wapello, Louisa Co., IA where Lavina's family lived., Wapello, Louisa, Iowa | | | |
| Census (family) | 1850 | Wapello, Louisa, Iowa - Levina Warnstaff | | | |
| Census (family) | 1856 | Port Louisa Township, Louisa, Iowa - Levina Warnstaff | | | |
| Alt name | 1856 | Samuel Chana | | | |
| Census (family) | 1860 | Jefferson, Louisa, Iowa - Levina Warnstaff | | | |
| Census (family) | 1870 | Grandview Post Office, Port Louisa Township, Louisa, Iowa - Levina Warnstaff | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 1870 | (Samuel W. Chaney Sr and Levina Warnstaff) Grandview Post Office, Port Louisa Township, Louisa, Iowa | | | |
| Death | 1888 | Wapello, Louisa, Iowa | | | |
