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Surname Given Name

Date of Birth

or Age at Death Date of Death Notes

CHESTER Henry 10/15/1834 4/9/1910 Household in 1860: Henry (25), Harriet (19, born Canada), Mary (2, born IN),

Olive (1, born IN).43

Henry served in Co. G, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, 1861-1865. 44 Household in 1870: Henry (35, farmer), Harriet (33), Luella (3),Levisa (1).45 (This Harriet is probably the second wife.46) Household in 1880:Henry (45), Mary* (26 [third wife]), Mynah** (13), Levicy (11), Charles (9),James (6), Carrie (5), Jerome (2 mos.), Charles Perry*** (23, nephew, farmlaborer), William Bolslagler (21, farm laborer from Prussia).47 Only Jeromewas from third marriage.48 Household in 1900: "William H.****" (66), Mary E.(44), John (15), Daisy (4), and 6 hired men.

In May 1910, the one-month-widowed Mary Chester was living in home of son

Jerome.

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In 1930, she was living with son John.

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*Name at time of marriage: Mary E. Baird.51

**The age fits Luella, who is otherwise unaccounted for.

***First wife's maiden name was Perry.52

****Given the matching names of other family members, it would be aremarkable coincidence if this were not our Henry. His middle name wasWilliam.53

CHESTER Harriet L. 41 yr. 9 mo. 21 d. 4/24/1878 Wife of Henry Chester. Second wife.

CHESTER Mary 66?yr.Ca. 181154

3/19/1878 Wife of Charles Chester. Name at time of marriage: Mary E. Price.55

CHESTER Charles 76 yr. 9/4/1874 Son of John Chester, a native of England; Charles was born in Pennsylvania,came to Lake County, IN, in 1847 with wife and children.56 Household in 1850:Charles (50, farmer), Mary (47), Rebecca (16), Henry (14), Johanna (8); allborn PA.57Household in 1860: Charles (64, farmer), Mary (22*), Susan Price**(83), George Babbit (18, farm laborer).58 Household in 1870: Charles (60,Fisherman), Mary (59), Mary (11 [possibly Henry's daughter from firstmarriage?]).59

*Probably an error by census-taker.

**Probably mother-in-law.60

CHESTER Olive V. 1 yr. 11 mo. 1 d. 2/12/1862 Daughter of Henry and H.E. Chester. Harriet E. Chester, Henry Chester's firstwife.61

CHESTER George L. [Need more research to determine if = George Robert Chester (Charles' son,Henry's grandson.]

DARLING Leander Son of[illegible].

DARLING Mary 51 yr. 10 mo. 27 d. 11/26/1855 Wife of J.F. Darling.

DEMUND Joseph 4/9/1861

DEMUND Sarah ___?1810?58 yr. 5 mo. 2 d.

12/6?/186_? Wife of Joseph?Demund.

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Date of Birth

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NOLTE Louis 1900 1933 Brother. Son of Henry and Mary.

Died 6 p.m. Sunday 4/30/1933 in Mercy Hospital of "kidney trouble."Unmarried, survived by brother Henry with whom he lived on farm near DeepRiver86.

PRICE Sadie 1/21/1911 And Mother at bottom of inscription.

SCROGGINS E.D. 4/18/188087 Full name: Edward Dewitt Scroggins; per 1910 census, widower, lived in

Jerome Chesters household with two young daughters (Helen [2] and Edna [2mos.]; employed as railroad telegraph operator.88 By 1918, he had remarried(wifes name Bertha), was employed as telegraph operator by Elgin, Joliet &Eastern Railway.89 In 1920, Scroggins household: Edward (40, born CA),

Bertha (27, born IN), Edward A. (6, born IN), Mabel Louise (4 mos., born IN).90

By 1930 census, Bertha had remarried.91

SCROGGINS Daisy Feb. 1889 Mar. 1910 Wife of E.D. Scroggins. Daughter of Henry Chester.92

SCROGGINS

SUHR Friedrich 9/14/1815 10/27/1897 Per 1880 census: Fredric (66, farmer), wife Mary (64), son Henry (27), allborn in Prussia.93

SUHR Friedericke _?/_?/1817? 6/2/18__??

SHUR J.A.

SIEVERT Wilhelm M. 1861? 1862?SIEVERT Liana 7/5/188_?

10 mo. 1 d.

5/6/1881 Inscription in German.

SIEVERT Mathilde V.(?) or

W.(?)

10/5/1871?1876?94

10/1/1882 Daughter of John Sievert.95

SIEVERT Dora 7/24/1855 7/8/1890 First wife of John Sievert, q.v.; Doria Seveart in 1880 census.96

SIEVERT Wilhelm J. 3/31/1880

5 yr. 2 mo. 10 d.

6/9/1885 [in German]Son of______?& Maria Sievert.

SIEVERT Friederike 7/16/182760 yr. 9 mo.

4/16/1888 Wife of William Sievert; born Germany.97

SIEVERT William 12/21/1824 1/24/1907 Born in Germany, immigrated in 1872; in 1900, he was widowed and living inthe household of his son John.98

SIEVERT John 9/6/1850 10/19/1912 Household in 1880: John Seveart, (29, farmer, born Mecklenberg), Doria(24, born same), Matilda (4, born IN), Annie Foreman (niece, 4, born IN),William (55, born Mklbg), Fredricka (53, born same), William (21,[relationship illegible], born same).99 Household in 1900: John (50, farmer,born Germany, immigrated 1870), Louise (40, born Germany), William (75,

farm laborer, born Germany), Louise (daughter, 18, born IN), John Jr. (7, bornIN).100 Household in 1910: John (60), Louisia (51), John Jr. (18).101

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Date of Birth

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SIEVERT Fouire 2/8/1859 4/4/1933 Wife of John Sievert. Probably his second wife, Louise.102 In 1930 she was listed

as Louise Koeppen, widowed, in household of John Sievert Jr.

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Named inobituary as Louise Koeppen; died at Hobart home of John Jr.104

SIEVERT

VARNEY Liany 46 yr. 3 (or 8?) mo. 10/5/1860 Wife of J.B.?Varney. Near bottom of stone: Sherman [or Sherwin?] Laporte,possibly stonecutter's name/location.

Per 1850 census in Bristol, WI: Ashby B. Varney (34, farmer, born VT), LianaVarney (34, born VT), Hellen A. (8, born VT), Sylvenus (5, born NY), Sylvester(3, born NY).105

VARNEY Selvaness 20 yr. 3 mo. 27 d. 9/17/1865 of Company?[illegible]Reg. Ind. Vols. Possibly listed in military records as

"Sylvanus Varney," Pvt., 151st Ind. Inf., Company E. Seehttp://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

VARNEY J.R.

WILCOX Sarah

WOODMANSEE Olive 68 yr? Dec. 1855 Wife of Samuel. Stone broken, semi-legible.

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103Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of

the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.104

Times [Hammond, Ind.] 7 Apr. 1933. Access Newspaper Archive. Lake County (IN) Public Library 27 Oct. 2009 .105

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Originaldata: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National

Archives, Washington, D.C.