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Born 1839, Laurel county
From The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898)
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.
As printed in The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1898. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.