Samuel B. Chantry, one of the prominent men of Thompson township, is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was born on the 13th day of November, 1829. When seven years old, he with his father emigrated to Van Buren county, Iowa, in the year 1837. Remained there ten years, then moved to Henry county, where he began working out; earned money and entered eighty acres of land in Warren county in the year 1853, and lived there until 1859; sold his land in Warren county and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Grant township, Guthrie county, Iowa, in December, 1855; remained in Warren county until 1859, and then went to Guthrie county and remained there since. Mr. Chantry was married on the 9th of May, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Coleman, a native of Indiana. They have seven children living--Thomas, living at home; Jennie, wife of H. W. Grieve; Allen, Nettie, Arbie, Rhoda, Robert, and Hattie, dead.
above from: History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884.
Thompson Township
Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/guthrie/g1884/g1884-thompson.htm
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from the Advocate and News, Topeka, Kansas,
April 12, 1899, the second column, about 2/3 down on the 4th page:
Mrs. Rebecca Hampton, a sister of ex-Governor
Lewelling, has been married to Samuel B. Chantry, of Casey, Iowa, fulfilling a marriage engagement made thirty five years ago.
Chronicling America link to Advocate and News article
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For a more extended biography of Samuel, see pages 804-805, 807 in Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907) at: Samuel B. Chantry biography
above from: History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884.
Thompson Township
Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/guthrie/g1884/g1884-thompson.htm
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from the Advocate and News, Topeka, Kansas,
April 12, 1899, the second column, about 2/3 down on the 4th page:
Mrs. Rebecca Hampton, a sister of ex-Governor
Lewelling, has been married to Samuel B. Chantry, of Casey, Iowa, fulfilling a marriage engagement made thirty five years ago.
Chronicling America link to Advocate and News article
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For a more extended biography of Samuel, see pages 804-805, 807 in Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907) at: Samuel B. Chantry biography
Samuel B. Chantry, one of the prominent men of Thompson township, is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was born on the 13th day of November, 1829. When seven years old, he with his father emigrated to Van Buren county, Iowa, in the year 1837. Remained there ten years, then moved to Henry county, where he began working out; earned money and entered eighty acres of land in Warren county in the year 1853, and lived there until 1859; sold his land in Warren county and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Grant township, Guthrie county, Iowa, in December, 1855; remained in Warren county until 1859, and then went to Guthrie county and remained there since. Mr. Chantry was married on the 9th of May, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Coleman, a native of Indiana. They have seven children living--Thomas, living at home; Jennie, wife of H. W. Grieve; Allen, Nettie, Arbie, Rhoda, Robert, and Hattie, dead.
above from: History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884.
Thompson Township
Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/guthrie/g1884/g1884-thompson.htm
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from the Advocate and News, Topeka, Kansas,
April 12, 1899, the second column, about 2/3 down on the 4th page:
Mrs. Rebecca Hampton, a sister of ex-Governor
Lewelling, has been married to Samuel B. Chantry, of Casey, Iowa, fulfilling a marriage engagement made thirty five years ago.
Chronicling America link to Advocate and News article
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For a more extended biography of Samuel, see pages 804-805, 807 in Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907) at: Samuel B. Chantry biography
above from: History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884.
Thompson Township
Transcribed by Bobbi Pohl
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/guthrie/g1884/g1884-thompson.htm
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from the Advocate and News, Topeka, Kansas,
April 12, 1899, the second column, about 2/3 down on the 4th page:
Mrs. Rebecca Hampton, a sister of ex-Governor
Lewelling, has been married to Samuel B. Chantry, of Casey, Iowa, fulfilling a marriage engagement made thirty five years ago.
Chronicling America link to Advocate and News article
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For a more extended biography of Samuel, see pages 804-805, 807 in Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907) at: Samuel B. Chantry biography
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SAMUEL B.
CHANTRY
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4M 18 1912
AGED
82Y 5M 5D
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