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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Dianah CHESNUT: Birth: 18 DEC 1857 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 19 JUL 1947 in Madrid, Iowa

  2. Angeline L. CHESNUT: Birth: 26 FEB 1859 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 6 NOV 1946

  3. William CHESNUT: Birth: 1860 in Des Moines, Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 1925

  4. Sarah Ann CHESNUT: Birth: 4 JAN 1862 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 13 JUN 1949 in Madrid, Iowa

  5. Lacy A. CHESNUT: Birth: 25 DEC 1862 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 7 MAR 1947 in Woodward, Iowa

  6. Lissie CHESNUT: Birth: ABT 1864 in Dallas Co., Iowa.

  7. Henrietta CHESNUT: Birth: ABT 1866 in Dallas Co., Iowa.

  8. Emma Reta CHESNUT: Birth: 11 SEP 1866. Death: 9 AUG 1954 in Woodward, Iowa

  9. Everett CHESNUT: Birth: ABT 1867 in Dallas Co., Iowa.

  10. Nancy Jane CHESNUT: Birth: 10 FEB 1868 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 30 JUL 1921 in Madrid, Boone Co., Iowa

  11. Thomas CHESNUT: Birth: 31 MAR 1869 in Dallas Co., Iowa. Death: 15 JAN 1945


Sources
1. Title:   Find A Grave Memorial# 15627587
2. Title:   First book of Marriages Sep 1851-Jul 1886 - Dallas county courthouse, Adel. IA.

Notes
a. Note:   Value of his real estate in 1870: 2400
 Value of personal estate in 1870: 850
  Occupation: Farmer in 1870 .
  Cannot read and Cannot write are checked on 1870 census.
  Iowa, county Marriages, 1834-1934 marriage record for Ole E. Olson, gives spouse's name as Diana chestnutt or Garison, but for her father and mother it is William chesterson, and Sarahpeal Chesterson. GS film # 1034319. Digital Folder Number: 004310139.
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 On 1885 Iowa State - Des Moines, Dallas co., Iowa Census family members are William Chestnutt, Sr. age 70, Sarah Chestnutt, age 51, Angeline Chestnutt, age 24, William Chestnutt, Jr., age 22, Ester [Estin] A., age 19, Amand Chestnutt, female, age 18, Nancy J. Chestnutt, age 17, and Thomas Chestnutt, age15.
  Next residence is Dianna Garison age 28, Charles Garrison, age 8, and James B. Garison, age 6. (Spellings are copied from census.)
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 On June 1860 U.S. Census in Des Moines Township, Dallas County, Iowa, Post Office Swede Point, I find William Chestnut at age 40, Sarah A Chestnut, age 25, Dianna Chestnut, age 2, Angeline, age 1, and Joseph Kingman, age 50, Farm laborer.
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 1870 U.s. Federal Census in residence # 108 we have the William "Chestnut" family. William is age 56, a farmer, value of real estate is 2400, of personal estate is 850, born in Penn.; wife Sarah is age 37, born in Virginia; Dinna [sic] age 12 , born in Iowa as were the rest of the children; Angline, age 11; William, age 8; Sarah A., age 8; "Lucy A." age 7; "Heneretta", age 4; Nancy J, age 3; and thomas, age 1. In residence #111 we find John and Amelia A. Brakefield, agesd 45 and 47. He is a farmer. Children: Safrona A. age 14 and George age 12. John & wife were born in Ohio. Safrona was born in Illinois, and George was born in Iowa. Next page continues the family with Brakefield, Rumeg(?) adn Randolph both age 11 and born in Iowa, and Samuel T. age 8 born in Indiana.
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 1880 U.S. Federal Census ( page 28 D supervisor's dist. # 3, Enumeration Dist. #47) taken in Des Moines Township, Dallas county, Iowa. July 1, 1880. The John Strange, age 55 and wife Mary, age 56, John Jr. age 24 and Amos, age 21 live in residence #89 next to the Wm. Chesnutt family in residence #90. William Chesnutt , age 66, Farmer, born in PA as were both his parents; Sarah, age 48, wife, born in Virginia, as were both her parents; All children were born in Iowa. Angeline, age 21, William, age 19, Sarah Ann, age 18, Lissie, age 18, Enerett or Everett, age 13 [probably Henrietta since it is a female]; Nancy J., age 12, and thomas, age 11. Also in this house are living Dianna Garrison [whose husband has died] age 23 (daughter of William), her sons, William's grandsons Charles, age 3 and James H, age 2. Their father was born in Missouri [I think]. [John Strange, Jr. married Sarah Ann Chestnut.]
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 in the 1880 Census, James & Victoria Guthrie, ages 31 and 38 and son Frank, age 5 and Fred age 3. live 3 residences down from Wm. Chesnutt. Living with them is William Lawson, age 17 and working on the farm. The next residence in #94 and belongs to Jacob Lawson age 38, a farmer, born in Md (Maryland) as were his parents. Then 5 children are listed, the first is Elizabeth A. age 12, listed as keeping house; William, age 10, Alferd L., age 9, Amasy B. age 87 (male), and Mary E. age 4. Kids were all born in Iowa and both their parents were born in MD.
 Angeline Chestnut married John Franklin Lawson born 1854 and married 1890. And Their daughter Minnie Bell married William John Coleman. She and baby died in childbirth and then he married Alta Olson, my grandmother.
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  On marriage record for Iowa marriages 1809-1992 his name is William Chestnut with a t in the middle. Her name is Sarah Ann Peal.
 On marriage rocord from Iowa, County marriages, 1838-1934, his name is William Chesnut, without a t in the middle.
 and her name is Sara Ann Peal.
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 1895 State Census taken in Dallas Co., Iowa, finds William, at age 80, Sarah A, at age 60, Nancy Jane, age 26, and Thomas, age 24, all living in the home. Their name is spelled "Chestnutt. I have chosen to go with the spelling found on the death records.


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