 1852 - 1918 (66 years)
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| Name |
Melvin Chester [1] |
| Born |
24 Feb 1852 |
Goshen, Dennis Township, Cape May County, New Jersey  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Mel Mell |
| Died |
01 Nov 1918 |
Blakeman, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas [1] |
| Buried |
02 Nov 1918 |
Blakeman Cemetery, Rawlins County, Kansas [1] |
| Person ID |
I10734 |
Jerry Milo Johnson |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
William R Chester, b. Abt 1824, Goshen, Dennis Township, Cape May County, New Jersey , d. 13 Apr 1892, Mason County, Illinois (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Jane A Thompson, b. Oct 1828, Cape May, New Jersey , d. 22 Apr 1907, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois (Age ~ 78 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
16 Sep 1848 |
Dennis Township, Cape May County, New Jersey [1] |
| Notes |
Married:
- Marriage listed in Book G, Page 117 of Cape May County Marriage Register (1848-1867)
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| Family ID |
F2957 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Ann Sullivan, b. 22 Mar 1856, Cumberland County, New Jersey , d. 18 Jul 1949, Colby Hospital, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas (Age 93 years) |
| Married |
21 Dec 1876 |
Mason County, Illinois [1] |
| Notes |
Married:
- Illinois State Marraige Index: Mason County 12/21/1876 Vol 003 Page 0011 License# 433
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| Children |
| | 1. Frank Marion Chester, b. 27 Oct 1877, Mason County, Illinois , d. 08 May 1947, Thomas County Hospital, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas (Age 69 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3718 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Listed in 1860 New Jersey Census, Cape May County, Middle Twp, Goshen P.O. (Page 125)
Listed in 1870 Illinois Census, Mason County, Sherman Town, Havana P.O. (Page 11)
- Spelled Malvin
Listed in 1880 Illinois Census, Mason County, Salt Creek Twp (ED# 128, Page 5)
Listed in 1885 Rawlins County, Kansas Census, Celia Twp (Page 10)
Listed in 1895 Rawlins County, Kansas Census, Beaver Twp (Volume 300, Page 3)
Listed in 1900 Kansas Census, Rawlins County, Beaver Twp (ED# 133, Sheet 2A)
Listed in 1905 Rawlins County, Kansas Census, Beaver Twp (Page 1)
Listed in 1910 Kansas Census, Rawlins County, Logan Twp (ED# 153, Sheet 1A)
Possible census match in 1885 Nebraska State Census, Cedar County, 13th Precinct. A listing for "M.C. Chester" with no family members listed.
In 1981, Miss Gayle Brown of Atwood, Kansas produced a biographical sketch of those buried at the Blakeman Cemetery near Atwood in Rawlins County, Kansas. It is unclear as to the sources of her information, however the following was given in regard to Melvin Chester: "Melvin Chester was born in Cape May, New Jersey. He was a very tall, thin white haired man. He was a traveling salesman and an alcoholic. Melvin and his wife Mollie had one son and they named him Frank. Melvin Chester died at an elderly age at his home in Blakeman. His age and death date are unknown".
Obituary (Rawlins County Kansas Square Deal, Nov 7 1918)
Melvin Chester was born at Goshen, N.J. Feb 24, 1852 and died Nov 1, 1918 at Blakeman, Kansas being 66 years, 7 months and 7 days old. He lived at the place of his birth until 17 years old being a cook on a ship of which his father was a captain, which plied the coast waters of the Atlantic. At the close of this period he moved with his father and was engaed in farming for a few years.
He married to Miss Mary Sullivan of Mason City, Ill. Dec 11, 1876. To this was born one son, Frank, of Blakeman, Kansas. He farmed for two years after his marriage in Mason County, Ill. and then engaged in the implement business in Mason City for two years until 1884. He then moved to Nebraska where he lived for only a few months from whence he moved to Rawlins County, Kansas where the rest of his life was spent. The last two years of his life he sufferred from ill health.
He leaves to bereft a wife, son and two sisters, Mrs. Adelia Sullivan, Messena (sp.), Iowa and Mrs. Julia White, Champaign, Ill. and one brother, Ashmeele (sp.) Chester, Jacksonville, Ill.
Funeral Services were conducted by R.A. White at the Blakeman Cemetery Nov 2 at 10:00 a.m.
Textual Reference Branch (NNR1), Textual Reference Division, National Archives and Records Administration,Washington, DC 20408 indicates Melvin Chester's homestead was located at Section SE15, Twp 4, Range 36.
1906 Standard Atlas of Rawlins County Kansas lists Melvin Chester as co-owner of Land Section 18 in Beaver Twp
William G. Cutler's "History Of The State Of Kansas" describes the nine land districts existing in 1883.
NORTHERN LAND DISTRICT.
Office at Oberline, Decatur County. Thomas H. Cavanaugh, Register; C. E. Chandler, Receiver. This district has been created recently. It was taken from the northwestern district, and is composed of the counties of Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Graham, Thomas and Sherman. The district comprises 3,878,400 acres of land, and with the exception of the small proportion (about one-tenth) already taken by settlers, and that set aside for school purposes, it is all subject to settlement.
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