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From: "Joan Achille" <>
Subject: [ILKNOX-L] 1878 Knox Co biographies-Chesney and Child
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:56:21 -0700
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CHESNEY, Mons
Iron molder, son of Charles Frederick and Catherine (Soldwin), was
born in Sweden, Oct. 24, 1822. His early life was spent on the farm,
and his education was obtained in the common schools of Sweden. He
learned the tailor's trade and followed it for sixteen years.
He came to this country and settled in Victoria, Knox County, in
1852. He married Ellen Peterson July 4, 1856, by whom he has had
five children, four of whom, 2 sons and 2 daughters, are living.
He removed to Galesburg where he now lives, in 1863. He has been
a member of the Lutheran Church for over forty years.

CHESNEY, John E.
Wagon and carriage maker, Abingdon, he is the son of Thomas and
hannah (Mitchell) Chesney of Maryland. He was born in Hartford
County, Maryland in April 1815. He was educated in common schools
in Indiana, and learned his trade with his father.
He came to Abingdon April 21, 1842. He was married to Hannah J.
Swartz June 6, 1844, and the second time to Eliza E. Foster Dec.
21, 1854. He is a member of the M. E. Church and Class Leader.
Republican in politics.

CHESNEY, Mrs. J. H., residence Abingdon

CHILD, Erastus
Son of Charles and Clarissa Child of Connecticut, he was born Oct.
4, 1817 in Exeter, N. Y. His early life was spent on the farm.
thinking to become a public speaker he entered Oneida Institute,
New York, graduating in 1841; that not proving satisfactory, and
after teaching school for a long time, he settled down as a mechanic,
still clinging in some form to books and the press. He has been
a regular newspaper correspondent for twelve years, and was the
Oneida correspondent for the Galesburg Republican from the first,
and since for the Republican-Register. He also deals in the
Simmons sash supporter. He was married April 29, 1846 to Rachel
Foster of Whitestown, NY. Of their children Sarah E. is now the
wife of F. B. Webb, Bedford, IA; Charles F. met his death by
scalding when young, and Julia I. is with her parents.
He came to Oneida in 1855. He was a radical Abolitionist, and
is now Republican. Postoffice, Oneida.

Joan

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