Husband: Nimrod Jahu Chedester
Born: Mar- -1853 1,2
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2,1
Occupation: Minister of U.B. Church
Father: John Melvin Chedester (1826 - 1912)
Mother: Jemima "Mima" Frashure (1830 - 1897)
Wife: Emily J. Frashure 3,4 Also known as: Emily J. Frasure 3,4 Married: ca 1873 1
Born: May- -1857 1,5,2 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Presley Frashure (1832 - 1870) Mother: Mary Ann Hyatt (1839 - ) Notes
F Child 1: Icie Gale Chedester Also known as: Icie G. Chedester 6 Born: Jul-14-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,1,6 Died: Jul-12-1960 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Buried: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1914 in Orange Co, VA 9 Census: 1910 in Beverly District, Randolph Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John Thomas Fox b. Apr-10-1865 d. Feb-12-1937 Also known as: J. T. Fox 6 Married: Dec-26-1897 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 2: Melvin John Chedester Census name: M. J. Chedester Born: Oct- 5-1875 at Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Died: Mar-28-1965 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1880, 1910 30 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Occupation: farmer 11 Wife: Mary Elizabeth Fox b. ca 1880 Wife: Lucy Blanch Douglass b. Oct-10-1881 d. Jun- 1-1969 Married: Oct- 8-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 3: Eva Grace Chedester Census name: Evy G. Chedester Born: Mar-31-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,2 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 4: Snowey White Chedister Born: Jan-11-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Died: Jun-29-1955 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 15,16 Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 16,15 Resided: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Anderson Stutler b. Nov- -1873 d. Mar-27-1948 Married: Dec- 5-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 5: Myron Dallas Chedester Born: Feb-20-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,17 Died: Sep- -1962 17 Resided: in Illinois 18 Resided: 1918 in Libby, Lincoln Co, MT 19 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1918 farmer 19
M Child 6: Thomas Alvis Chedester Born: Apr-15-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,1 Died: Dec-12-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Aletha Chlora Chedester Also known as: Clara Born: May-27-1887 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 8,1,20,6 Died: Mar-28-1942 in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Hickman Francis "Hick" Davis b. Jun- 6-1870 Census name: Francis H. Hickman Married: Oct- 8-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 8: Maude Stella Chedester Born: Aug-14-1892 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 7,21 Died: Apr-22-1981 in Orange, Orange Co, VA 22,21 Buried: in Criglersville Shiloh Cemetery, Banco, Madison Co, VA 23 Resided: in Orange, Orange Co, VA 22 Census: 1930 in Orange, Orange Co, VA Census: 1910 in Beverly District, Randolph Co, WV Husband: Pascal Marvin Finks b. Sep-27-1884 d. May-16-1962 Also known as: Paschal Menefee Finks 19
F Child 9: Frankie Carroll Chedester Born: Jan-20-1896 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 7,24 Died: Jun-17-1979 24 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Resided: 1945 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 25 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 26 Resided: 1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Dewey Arlington Darnell b. Aug-29-1898 d. Jan-14-1945 Married: Jul-14-1918 in Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 10: Gerald C. Chedester Born: May-25-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,1,24 (see note 2) Died: 1956 24 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 27 Census: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 28 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 rouster for Columbian Carbon Co. 28 Occupation: 1930 lease foreman for carbon company 26 Wife: Sarah Grace Samples b. Jan-20-1900 d. Apr-15-1954 Also known as: Grace Samples 29,30 Married: ca 1919 26
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (3) Obituary of daughter. (4) Death record of daughter. (5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) West Union Herald, 8/13/1914. (10) James R. Sample