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William Alva Chesnut
1882 - 1963 (80 years)-
Name William Alva Chesnut Birth 1 Nov 1882 Illinois Gender Male Census 1920 Smallwood Township, Jasper County, Illinois Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=gzhb_4Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace
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YearOccupation Veteran Street 1 1 Alva Chesnut Head M White 1883 37 M Illinois Illinois Illinois Farmer 2 1 Rosa Chesnut Wife F White 1882 38 M Arkansas Virgininia Georgia 3 1 Mabel Chesnut Daughter F White 1908 12 s Mississippi Illinois Arkansas 4 1 Aubrey Chesnut Son M White 1911 9 s Mississippi Illinois Arkansas 5 1 Cecil M Chesnut Son M White 1913 7 s Illinois Illinois Arkansas 6 1 Helen McWillams boarder F White 1916 4 s Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Death Mar 1963 Bogota, Jasper County, Illinois Burial Honey Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois Person ID I207 American Kindred Last Modified 27 Sep 2023
Father John Riley Chesnut, b. 22 May 1858, Green County, Wisconsin d. 7 Apr 1939, Bogota, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 80 years) Mother Lucinda Shew d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 3 Mar 1881 Jasper County Illinois Family ID F316 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rosa Bell Richey, b. 22 Jan 1881, Dewitt County, Arkansas d. 8 Mar 1952, Smallwood Township, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 71 years) Marriage 21 Dec 1905 Sunflower County, Mississippi Children 1. Mabel Eleanor Chesnut, b. 19 Jan 1907, Mississippi d. 9 Apr 1984, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 77 years) 2. William Aubrey Chesnut, b. 4 Nov 1910, Sunflower, Mississippi d. 20 Aug 1964, Jasper County Illinois (Age 53 years) 3. Cecil Merritt Chesnut, b. 7 Jan 1913, Jasper County, Illinois d. 26 Mar 1976, Bogota, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 63 years) Family ID F65 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
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Event Map Click to display Birth - 1 Nov 1882 - Illinois Marriage - 21 Dec 1905 - Sunflower County, Mississippi Death - Mar 1963 - Bogota, Jasper County, Illinois Burial - - Honey Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
Photos William Alva Chesnut and Rosa Bell Richey Chesnet
This was their wedding picture.
Documents Rosa Bell Richey Marriage to Alva Chesnut, 1905