Two Chesnut households from Laurel County, Kentucky, appear in the Buchanan County histories, and the books never say how they are related. A. C. Chestnut, born in Laurel County in 1820, married Evaline Jones in 1838 and farmed 60 acres near Arnoldsville in Jackson Township; his eldest son, John T. Chesnut, born in 1839, served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865, rising from second sergeant to captain, and was elected clerk of the circuit court in 1894. In St. Joseph, Charles Chesnut, born in 1834, and Pleasant E. Chesnut, born in 1840, each the son of a man named Abraham, were both in the grocery trade from 1865 and became partners in the livery firm of C. & P. E. Chesnut in 1876. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
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A. C. Chestnut and Evaline (Jones) Chestnutborn 1820Most recent in our records
Pleasant E. Chesnutborn 1840Each number matches a section below. Tap a name to jump to that person.
Farmer near Arnoldsville
Confederate captain; clerk of the circuit court
JOHN T. CHESNUT, clerk of the circuit court, was born in Laurel county, Kentucky, Aug. 12, 1839. His father, Andrew Chesnut, and his. mother, whose maiden name is Evaline Jones, were both natives of Laurel County, Kentucky. In 1842 the family came to Missouri, locating in Crawford township, Buchanan county.
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1867; J. William, May 22, 1869, died May 25, 1880. Mr. Chesnut was in business at Wallace up to the time of second sergeant fought gallantly for...
the lost cause throughout the struggle and was mustered out in 1865 as a captain. He has ever been a con moved his family to St. Joseph. He is a man of strong character and has sistent Democrat and a leader in the many warm friends.
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Grocer, stove dealer and liveryman. His sketch and P. E. Chesnut's both name the father as Abraham of Laurel County, but neither calls the other a brother
CHARLES CHESNUT, of the firms of Chesnut & Son, dealers in stoves and tinware, C. & P. E. Chesnut, grocers, and.C. & P. E. Chesnut, livery. Few of the representative business men of St. Joseph have been more actively engaged in various branches of industry than Charles Chesnut. He is a native of Laurel County, Kentucky, and was born in 1834. His father Abraham, was among the early settlers of that state, and died when Charles was young. In 1850, our subject came to Missouri, locating in Chariton County, where he was ra'ised to manhood and educated. His boyhood days were spent in tilling the soil. In 1863,. he became a resident of Buchanan County, farming one year, after which he located in Platte County, residing there until 1865, when we find him in St. Joseph, engaged in the grocery trade, which he still pursues with a considerable degree of success. In 1876, he became the senior member of the firm of C. & P. E. Chesnut, liverymen. In 1851, Miss Mary E. Blakely, a native of Kentucky, became his wife, and by this union they have one son living, William, a promising young gentleman, and the junior member of the firm. Mr. Chesnut is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Master Mason and a member of the Chapter, and also a Forester.
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Confederate officer, grocer and liveryman
P. E. CHESNUT, of the firm of C. & P. E. Chesnut, livery. Among the popular gentlemen of St. Joseph, Pleasant, as he is usually called, occupies a front rank. He was born in Laurel County, Kentucky, April 4, 1840, and was raised in the agricultural district, his father, Abraham, being a farmer- In 1859, he removed to Platte County, Missouri. Here he remained until the breaking out of the rebellion, when, his sympathies being with the South, he tendered his services in defense of the Confederate cause, and enlisted as Second Lieutenant in General Parson's Brigade, Tenth Missouri Infantry, participated in many of the notable events of the memorable conflict, being honorably discharged at the close. In 1865, he engaged in the grocery business, and, in 1876, became the junior member in the livery business of C. & P. E. Chesnut. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. His wife, formerly Miss AUie Kirby, of St. Joseph, he married in December, 1877. They have one son, Guy.
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