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Wives:
(1) Mary C. Bush, marr. 12-28-1865, Burke Co, N.C.
(2) Miss Mollie Snellgrove, marr. 3-9-1887, Cass Co, TX
(3) Mrs. J.A. Dean, marr. 2-16-1893, Angelina Co, TX
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Children with wife Mary C. Bush were:
Mary Bell Chester
John L. Chester
Mattie C. (Chester) Bland
L. Frank Chester
(TXDC for child Mattie Chester Bland gives her mothers first name as Martha)
*Mary C. Bush died while on a trip to visit family up in TN. She is buried there or in NC where they were from.
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U.S. Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Name: Sidney J Chester
Application Date: 26 Apr 1915
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Burke, North Carolina
Age: 71
Pension File Number: 31060
Application Type: Veteran
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Obituary- (Source: Lufkin Daily News Obituaries, July 19, 1919 thru April 21, 1924)
CHESTER, S. J. .. found dead near the Cotton Belt track 4 miles South living in the vicinity with a deaf and dumb daughter, took his own life; the deceased leaves 2 step-daughters...Mrs. Fannie Slomosski of this city and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Keltys...a daughter of Rodgers, Texas; two sons living in Beaumont and El Paso; burial in Glendale Cemetery.
Lufkin Daily News, February 10, 1920
[obit courtesy Judy Murphy]
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Wives:
(1) Mary C. Bush, marr. 12-28-1865, Burke Co, N.C.
(2) Miss Mollie Snellgrove, marr. 3-9-1887, Cass Co, TX
(3) Mrs. J.A. Dean, marr. 2-16-1893, Angelina Co, TX
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Children with wife Mary C. Bush were:
Mary Bell Chester
John L. Chester
Mattie C. (Chester) Bland
L. Frank Chester
(TXDC for child Mattie Chester Bland gives her mothers first name as Martha)
*Mary C. Bush died while on a trip to visit family up in TN. She is buried there or in NC where they were from.
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U.S. Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Name: Sidney J Chester
Application Date: 26 Apr 1915
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Burke, North Carolina
Age: 71
Pension File Number: 31060
Application Type: Veteran
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Obituary- (Source: Lufkin Daily News Obituaries, July 19, 1919 thru April 21, 1924)
CHESTER, S. J. .. found dead near the Cotton Belt track 4 miles South living in the vicinity with a deaf and dumb daughter, took his own life; the deceased leaves 2 step-daughters...Mrs. Fannie Slomosski of this city and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Keltys...a daughter of Rodgers, Texas; two sons living in Beaumont and El Paso; burial in Glendale Cemetery.
Lufkin Daily News, February 10, 1920
[obit courtesy Judy Murphy]
Family Members
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George Washington Chester
1839–1862
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Pvt William Franklin Chester
1842–1925
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Laban Ogburn Chester
1848–1930
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Rhoda Catherine Chester Bolick
1850–1919
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Pinkney Asbury Chester
1852–1928
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Martha Jane Chester Prestwood
1854–1945
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Chester Vanderford
1860–1942
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Barbara Chester
1862–1884
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Sarah Ann Chester Wilson
1864–1961
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