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David Baldwin CHEDESTER

David Baldwin CHEDESTER

Male 1816 - 1903  (87 years)


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  • Name David Baldwin CHEDESTER
    Birth 19 Mar 1816  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1817.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1856  Mantua Twp, Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Mantua Twp, Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Merced Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 4] 
    Occupation 1900  [5] 
    landlord 
    Death 29 Apr 1903  Livingston, Merced Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • History of Livingston, California
      "David Baldwin Chedester, a wagon master of a wagon train from Iowa, is acknowledged as the first settler of Livingston in 1862. He supplied food and produce to the railroad gangs building the railroad. On November 4, 1871, the day which preceded the crossing of the Merced river by the Central (now Southern) Pacific Railway, Edward Olds, an ex-member of the railway gang, set up a saloon and clothing "store" on the banks of the Merced river."

      ~ http://livingston.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={280813CF-C738-4F4F-9FC7-85FFB8EBC860}&DE={1F00C88A-646A-4D47-B30E-5AD90EF291D.

      A Pioneer Gone To Rest

      David Chedester one of the pioneers of the county passed away at his home on the Merced river in the Jefferson school district. April 29th at the ripe age of 87 years. Mr. Chedester had been ill for a number of weeks and his death was not unexpected.
      He was a native of Virginia and came to California in 1863. During his many years residence in Merced county he accomplished considerable property and had the reputation of being honest in all his dealings with his fellow men. Deceased leaves a widow, his third wife, and seven children. The interment took place on the ranch on which he lived.

      ~Merced Express, Saturday, May 9, 1903~
      bio by: Alma Stone

      SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83016262/david-baldwin-chedester
    Person ID I128628  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020

    Father John Peter CHIDESTER,   b. 9 Sep 1765, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1859, Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Mother Sarah CORNELL,   b. CA 1800, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1876, Albia, Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F56126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret CHILDERS,   b. CA 1816   d. CA 1849 (Age ~ 33 years)
    Marriage 3 Feb 1842  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    >1. Nancy Jane CHEDESTER,   b. CA 1842, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1922, Altoona, Wilson Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
     2. Wilson CHEDESTER,   b. CA 1844, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Alice CHEDESTER,   b. 4 Mar 1845, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1928, Livingston, Merced Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     4. Samuel CHEDESTER,   b. CA 1846, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1914, Tulare Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
    Family ID F56125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary BARNES,   b. CA 1835, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1859, Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 24 years)
    Marriage 25 Aug 1853  Monroe Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F56129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Susannah MATHEWS,   b. Jun 1836, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 29 Sep 1863  San Joaquin Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Merced County, California (Post Office: Snelling), enumerated on Jul 13 1870:
      David Chedester, 47, b. Virginia, farmer, value of real estate $4,000, value of personal estate $1,200; Susanna, 34, b. Virginia.
    Family ID F56130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    3. [S1972] 1870 Census.

    4. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    5. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    6. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S124] Iowa Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S239] California Select Marriages, 1850-1945 [database online], (Ancestry.com).