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Posted by: dolores (chidester) miller	Date: April 27, 2001 at 00:34:53
In Reply to: CHIDESTER ... corinth MS - desha co. AR by dolores (chidester) miller	of 498

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> Descendants of John Thomas Chidester
>
>
>
>
> Generation No. 1
>
>
> 1. COL. JOHN THOMAS22 CHIDESTER (DANIEL21, ELIJAH20,
> SAMUEL19, DAVID18, JAMES17 CHICHESTER, WILLIAM16,
> JOHN15, JOHN14, JOHN13, NICHOLAS12, RICHARD11,
> JOHN10, JOHN9, JOHN8 DE CHICHESTER, RICHARD7, JOHN6
> DE CIRENCESTER, WILLIAM5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2,
> WALLERAN1) was born December 06, 1816 in
> Cooperstown, Otsego Co, NY, and died March 05, 1893
> in Camden, Ouachita Co, AR. He married (1) SARAH
> GOLLIGER. He married (2) LEAH MINERVA CROCKER 1854
> in MS, daughter of JOSEPH CROCKER and MARY BYRD. She
> was born October 10, 1828 in Athens, Lawrence, SC,
> and died October 01, 1905 in Camden, Ouachita Co,
> AR.
>
> Notes for COL. JOHN THOMAS CHIDESTER:
>
> He brought his family to Camden in 1857 from
> Tuscumbia, AL.
>
> He drove the stage coach and it is he for whom the
> town of Chidester, AR., is named. Lois Salmans.
>
> Colonel John T. Chidester purchased the McCollum
> House in Camden, AR in 1858. John T. was born in NY,
> married Minerva Crocker from Aberdeen, MS in 1857
> and started a stage coach business which grew to
> over 60 Concord stages, 2000 horses and 300 men. His
> home is now a museum. I have more information to
> share in hopes of connecting with George Chidester,
> my ggg-grandfather of Marionville, Lawrence Co., MO.
> Betty Slovinski 10/2/1999.
>
> The house was inherited by his 6 sons.
>
> For a History of the Stagecoach business and a
> History of the McCollum-Chidester House see
> Chidester - McCollum file in our reference files.
>
>
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> Ouachita County
>
> McCollum Chidester House Museum
>
> McCollum Chidester House
>
> This home was built on land received by grant from
> the United States Government when James K. Polk was
> President. The rambling white colonial home was
> built in 1847 by Peter McCollum a local merchant a
> little ways west of town on a piece of property
> overlooking the well-traveled trade route to
> Washington, Arkansas. It is a house of many firsts
> for the area including the first one built of planed
> lumber, the first to be wallpapered and it's kitchen
> had the first iron cookstove and accoutrements - all
> imported from New York. It has twelve foot ceilings
> in the seven downstairs rooms and somewhat lower
> ceilings in the three upstairs rooms. The house has
> five fireplaces. One of the first sewing machines
> sold west of the Mississippi River still sits in a
> corner of the dining room and was used by Mrs.
> George Chidester in later years.
>
> Mr. McCollum, known as a gracious host, entertained
> dignitaries, pastors, lawyers and steamboat captains
> the 15 years he lived in the home. When he relocated
> to a new plantation home further West of town, he
> sold the home in 1862 to Colonel John T. Chidester
> for $10,000 gold. When the home was purchased,
> Chidester added two large rooms onto both the east
> and west wings of the house.
>
> Colonel Chidester, a government mail carrier, moved
> to Camden in 1857 hoping to expand into new frontier
> territory for operating stage lines in the Southwest
> United States. He formed Chidester, Rapley and
> Company, which provided passenger and mail service
> all across South Arkansas, North Louisiana and
> Texas. This company operated four horse - nine
> passenger coaches connecting Gaines Landing,
> Washington, AR., Hot Springs, Trenton, Louisiana,
> Homer via Magnolia, Lewisville, Pine Bluff,
> Arkadelphia and Antoine. Colonel Chidester saw the
> house and property as an excellent site for his home
> and stage coach business with plenty of room to keep
> the many horses his business needed. Col. Chidester
> loved horses and knew a great deal about them. This
> trait was inherited by his six sons, John, Will,
> Frank, Jim, George & Byrd. John, Frank and Will
> associated with their father in the operation of the
> stage line and Frank & Will later operated a livery
> stable. He also was a major cotton factor for the
> area
>
> In the Spring of 1864 when Federal troops were
> occupying Camden, General Frederick Steele made the
> house his headquarters. Mrs. Chidester was able to
> hide her silverware,china, pewter and jewelry,
> having buried it under a chinaberry tree in the yard
> before their arrival. The family monies were hidden
> in a belt worn by a servant. The Confederates
> shelled the house forcing her to put her children
> under bed mattresses for protection. Shortly
> afterwards, General Steele moved closer into town
> for greater protection for him and his staff.
>
> Because Colonel Chidester allegedly rifled federal
> mail to provide state secrets to the Confederacy, he
> was considered a spy by the Union. The Union troops
> returned to the home searching for him, he hid in a
> small attic room filled with trunks, the door
> covered by a large chest. The soldiers, unable to
> find access to the room, fired shots in the wall.
> The bulletholes remain there today. Colonel
> Chidester made his escape to Texas, where he
> remained until he was granted amnesty for his
> alleged war crimes.
>
> The stagecoach business recovered after the war and
> in 1878, Colonel Chidester obtained what was at the
> time the country's longest single stage route - the
> run between Fort Worth, Texas and Yuma, Arizona -
> which required the employ of 300 men, 2,000 horses,
> 60 Concord coaches and a detachment of the U. S.
> Army. The Chidester House became the central mail
> station of the Butterfield Overland Stage Route. The
> horses and coaches used on this route were kept in a
> large two story barn on the west side of the house.
> The two upstairs rooms at the house were used for
> the stage drivers and any overnight passengers. The
> operation lasted for three years. By then the final
> rails were laid for the Texas & Pacific Railroad.
>
> The Ouachita County Historical Society bought the
> house and furnishings from Dan Chidester and Tom
> Chidester in 1963 and turned the property into a
> museum.
>
> Ouachita County Historical Society
>
> History & Culture Table of Contents
>
>
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>
>
>
> A History of the Stagecoach Business in Camden,
> Arkansas
>
> By David Stark
>
> A stagecoach traveler to Camden in the 1860's almost
> surely would have made a stop at the Chidester
> house, an elegant Southern home that served as the
> hub of a major stage line business that networked
> all of Arkansas and much of the Southwest. As the
> first home in the Camden area to be furnished with
> amenities like plastered walls, carpeting,
> wallpaper, and an iron-cook stove, the Chidester
> House was a testament to the wealth and influence of
> John T. Chidester during the pinnacle of his
> stagecoach business in Arkansas. The large plot of
> land that the house stood on boasted a massive red
> barn that sheltered the countless horses and
> stagecoaches owned by Colonel Chidester. The home
> itself was considered a lavish residence during its
> time, and it still stands today as a reminder of the
> accomplishments John Chidester as a stage operator
> (Lindsey, Morrison).
>
> Although a multitude of events played their parts in
> the development of the stagecoach business on the
> American frontier of the mid-1800's, a particularly
> important factor was the opportunity for profit. The
> country was still in the process of transitioning
> from horse to steam power, and the railroad system
> was still underdeveloped. Isolated communities, such
> as Camden, Arkansas, were in dire need of passenger
> and goods transportation that could not be provided
> by steamboats or railroads. Businessmen like John
> Chidester saw that stagecoach enterprises would well
> serve the frontier area and that a substantial
> profit could be made (Morrison).
>
> Chidester became a shrewd businessman through
> working in the stage industry from his early manhood
> on. He started as a mail carrier and went on to
> operate stage lines in Georgia, Alabama, and
> Mississippi before coming to Camden. It would seem
> logical that the Colonel was making a conscious
> effort to stay one step ahead of the ever-westward
> expanding railroad network. Chidester recognized
> that the speed and strength of the railroads would
> make the stagecoach obsolete, so each time the
> railroads caught up with him, he expanded his
> business westward (Morrison, Rothert).
>
> Long before Chidester actually arrived in Camden,
> the roads that would be necessary for a stage line
> operation were being developed. Permanent settlement
> came to Camden in the early 1800's, and at that
> time, the Ouachita River was the main method of
> transportation in the area. The settlers realized
> that a road system would be necessary for the
> prolonged survival of the town because low water in
> the river often made steamboat or keelboat travel
> impossible. Most of the roads that eventually
> developed were actually old American Indian trails
> that came through or very close to Camden. The
> Choctaw and Creek Indians had a hunting trail that
> became the first route west to Camden. It crossed
> the Mississippi River near what is now Lake Village
> and then went on to the Red River Valley by way of
> Camden. A trail called the Natchez followed the
> Ouachita River and met the Choctaw hunting trail at
> Camden. The Caddo Indians also had trails that led
> from Camden to their hunting grounds around the Red
> River (Morrison).
>
> By the year of 1822, the United States government
> had voiced an interest in the development of roads
> in the Camden area (then called Cote a Fabre). The
> General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas
> recognized the benefits of improvement of roads to
> and from Camden when a road which would lead from
> Camden to Hot Springs was proposed:
>
> Cote a Fabre is the head of safe Steamboat
> navigation on the Washita, and situated about
> seventy miles from Hot Springs. The great advantage
> of this road is apparent to every one conversant
> with the situation of the Country and with the
> number of invalids who, to benefit their health
> annually resort to the Hot Springs. The day is not
> far distant when these Springs will be the great
> place of resort for the invalids of the Southwest,
> and nothing prevents it at present day except the
> want of roads over which to travel.
>
> The proposal was approved on November 1, 1833. This
> road probably followed one of the trails of the
> American Indians who were gradually being forced to
> move from the area (Rothert).
>
> Another key element to the growth of Camden and the
> coming of the stagecoach era was the establishment
> of government mail routes to the town. Arkansas
> newspapers often published postal routes which had
> been established in Arkansas. These publications
> illustrated the fact that Camden was well connected
> in all directions by the postal routes. The earliest
> mail was dispatched by horseback, but by the 1850's
> the government was hiring stagecoach companies. By
> 1845 the Arkansas Banner was listing many postal
> routes which included Camden somewhere on the route
> (Rothert, Morrison).
>
> The combination of government mail contracts and the
> development of better road systems helped to bring
> the stagecoach era to Camden. The roads meant that
> passenger travel would be much more comfortable and
> expeditious, and the mail contracts helped to
> finance the budding stagecoach enterprises. The
> Hickman and Agee Company established the first
> recorded stage line in Camden in 1852. A letter to
> the editor of the Ouachita Herald on March 7, 1853
> from a person who had traveled on this line said,
> "They [Agee and Hickman] have fine teams and
> attractive skillful drivers and with good roads and
> good company it would be quite pleasant traveling on
> their line." Between 1850 and the American Civil
> War, a great deal was done to improve and increase
> the stage lines in Arkansas (Morrison).
>
> This development was greatly enhanced when John T.
> Chidester came to Arkansas in 1857. This was the
> year that he began his first stagecoach endeavor in
> Arkansas. He started his operation by subcontracting
> the section of the famous Butterfield Overland Mail
> from Memphis to San Francisco that extended from
> Little Rock to Ft. Smith. In 1858 the Colonel moved
> his family to Camden, and he started Chidester,
> Rapley, Manger, and Company. This was the stage
> company that he would head through the peak years of
> the stagecoach era in Camden. Its services extended
> from the Chidester house to South Arkansas, North
> Louisiana, and Texas (Rothert, Lindsey).
>
> There was an advertisement in the April 7, 1859,
> Ouachita Herald for the "Great Western Four Horse
> Stage Coach Line" operated by John Chidester. It
> explained the connections with steamers and other
> stage lines and the roads of the area:
>
> This line passes through the following county seats;
> Camden, Ouachita County; Hampton, Calhoun County;
> Warren, Bradley County; and Monticello, Drew County.
> It connects each day with the regular Steam Packets,
> both ascending and descending the Mississippi River,
> so that passengers may not be delayed at that point.
> It also connects each day at Camden, with the daily
> stage line of Messr. Stewart and Co., running from
> Camden to Hot Springs. And it is decidedly the
> shortest and most commilus stage route from all the
> southwestern counties of Arkansas, and the upper,
> eastern and northwestern counties of Texas, to the
> Mississippi River.
>
> The stagecoach businesses were reaching their height
> in Camden between the years of 1859 and 1861. The
> diary of a local businessman named R. F. Kellam
> gives several instances, which illustrate the
> importance of the stage lines and their appearance
> in every day life. The entry for August 11, 1959
> tells about the beginning of his journey from Camden
> to New York:
>
> Left home in company with John T. Ferguson for New
> York on the Gaines Landing Stage, weather hot and
> dry. Health good. Dinner at Lary's. Stop 1/2 hour at
> Hampton, congratulate our friend McColluck Esq. who
> was celebrating his marriage. Supper at Warren,
> Pennington hotel. Meet my old partner- Dick Cone-
> delightful moonlight. Run all night, sleep some,
> jostle, jolt, thump and bump. Morning came-
> breakfast at Collins 8:30. Enter the Mississippi
> bottoms. Rough and tumble all causeway. Crops as
> always excellent. Dinner at Lowry's. Good dinner and
> excellent water. Arrive at Gaines Landing 4 P.M.
> hot, wearied, tired awful worn out, full of dirt and
> dust. Find this place just as imagined, ugly mean
> looking place.
>
> Although this description of the stagecoach ride is
> not exactly as comfortable as the advertisement
> said, the stage lines can still be seen as an
> integral part of the lives of the people of Camden
> and of the frontier (Morrison, McIver).
>
> Mr. Kellam's diary also gives evidence that many
> migrants to Camden often arrived by stagecoach. On
> December 4, 1859, Kellam wrote that there was,
> "Great travel over our Gaines Landing Stage Route.
> As many as 15 and 20 passengers on the stage. Mostly
> from Georgia looking and buying lands." At this time
> there were at least three hotels, the Commercial
> Hotel, the Southland House, and the Ouachita house,
> that provided accommodations for these travelers.
> The Southland House advertised, "The Travelling
> public will especially be cared for, and all their
> wishes gratified if in the power of the proprietor.
> Everything in the way of table comforts which the
> market affords will be constantly supplied." The
> influx of travel into Camden caused a burst of
> growth and trade that lasted until the railroads
> finally made the stage lines obsolete.
>
> The American Civil War interrupted the growth of
> Camden and the further development of the stage
> lines. There was great deal of confusion in the
> Arkansas mail service that was caused by the
> succession of Arkansas from the Union. When the
> Union troops captured Little Rock, Colonel Chidester
> continued servicing the Confederacy in Camden.
> However, when the Union army marched into Camden
> under the command of General Frederick Steele, they
> intended to arrest John T. Chidester for turning
> over Union mail to the Confederacy. By hiding in a
> secret room of the Chidester House, Mr. Chidester
> barely managed to evade the Union soldiers. Bullet
> holes from this incident remain in the walls of the
> Chidester house today. Chidester escaped to Texas
> where he remained for the duration of the war.
>
> Chidester faced a high degree of difficulty in
> rebuilding the Arkansas stage system after the end
> of the war. The shortage of horses, the worn out
> equipment, the unrepaired roads, and, especially,
> the lack of money were all problems that communities
> like Camden would have to face. These isolated
> communities would often be forced to wait to have
> their transportation needs met because most
> available money went to the repair of railroads in
> the South. Despite these problems the citizen of
> Camden remained enthusiastic. An article from the
> September 25, 1866 Arkansas Gazette showed their
> optimism:
>
> The Mail at Last- A new era is about to dawn upon
> this poor benigned region, for there is a prospect
> for mail again. We have already inaugurated horse
> mails from Rock Port to Camden, from Eunice to
> Camden, via Monticello, Warren, and Hampton: and
> from Camden to Monroe, La. As yet they have not
> delivered much mail matter but as soon as fully
> arranged we may expect at least letter mail. The
> route to Rock Port and Little Rock, we understand is
> soon to be stocked with coaches. We hope all the
> lines will be fully equipped and in successful
> operation soon, and that other important routes be
> taken and put in working order. But for the present
> we are truly thankful for even the meager facilities
> which have fallen to our lot.
>
> The majority of this task became the responsibility
> of Colonel Chidester, and by 1868 he had
> successfully brought the stage lines in Arkansas
> back into full operation (Morrison, Rothert).
>
> In 1874 the first omen of the future of the stages
> in Arkansas was printed in the Camden Beacon:
>
> >From and after Monday the 22 of June, 1874, we will
> run our Stages daily (except Sunday) from Camden to
> Prescott on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, carrying
> U.S. Mail and making close connections at Prescott
> with the cars from Little Rock, St. Louis, Memphis,
> and all points East; also to Washington, Arkansas.
>
> This was an advertisement for a stage line owned by
> Chidester. It signaled the upcoming end of the
> stagecoach era in Arkansas; as the railroads neared
> Camden, the importance of the stage lines became
> less and less (Wood, Morrison).
>
> Although business was dwindling in Arkansas,
> Chidester still managed to stay on top of the game
> by moving west once again. He was awarded the
> contract to extend mail service from Ft. Worth,
> Texas to Ft. Yuma, Arizona, and he became the
> operator of the last major leg of a transcontinental
> stage line in the Southwest (Morrison). In Camden,
> however, the stage line situation continued to
> deteriorate. The Old Mountain Line was completed to
> Camden in 1881, and in 1883 the Cotton Belt arrived.
> The railroads had ended the stagecoach era in Camden
> (Morrison).
>
> The stagecoach remains a staple of American history
> because it proved to be an extremely important part
> of the lives of those who lived on the frontier. In
> the time of transition between horse and steam
> power, the stage lines provided the transportation
> that was necessary to spur the growth and
> development of towns like Camden on the
> westward-moving American frontier.
>
>
>
>
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>
> Bibliography:
>
> Lindsey, Pryor E. "History of the Chidester House."
> Student essay. Camden High School, 1976.
>
> McIver, H. M. "Reminiscences of an Arkansas
> Pioneer." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 17 (1958):
> 61.
>
> Morrison, Larry. "The Development of Roads, Postal
> Routes, and Stage Lines at Camden, Arkansas."
> Ouachita County Historical Quarterly Mar. 1978:
> 1-15.
>
> Rothert, Matt Sr. "The Chidester Stage Lines."
> Ouachita County Historical Quarterly Sept. 1983:
> 2-6.
>
> Wood, Stephen E. "Development of Arkansas
> Railroads." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 7 (1948):
> 121-122.
>
>
>
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> Peter McCollum built the McCollum-Chidester House in
> Camden, Arkansas in 1847. It was one of the first
> homes in the area to be built with plastered walls,
> carpeting, wallpaper, and an iron cook-stove. It was
> also the first planned lumber home in the area.
> McCollum sold the house to John and Leah Chidester
> after living in it for twelve years.
>
> John Chidester, a stagecoach business owner, brought
> his family to Camden from Tuscumbia, Alabama when he
> decided to extend his stagecoach lines to Arkansas,
> Louisiana, and Texas. Chidester received contracts
> from the U.S. government to deliver mail, and he
> believed that Camden would be the perfect place to
> set up the hub of his business.
>
> The east and west wings were added to the
> McCollum-Chidester House just prior to the
> Chidesters' move from Tuscumbia in 1862. The
> Chidesters bought the furnishings for their new home
> in New Orleans, Louisiana, and had them shipped to
> Arkansas by steamboat. The vast majority of these
> original furnishings are still in the Chidester home
> today. Although this home would not be considered
> exceptionally lavish by today's standards, at the
> time of its construction it was very extravagant.
>
> In 1864 over ten thousand Union soldiers came to
> Camden as part of the Red River Campaign. General
> Frederick Steele occupied the McCollum-Chidester
> House as his headquarters for five days. Bullet
> holes remain in the plastered walls of an upstairs
> room from when the Union attempted to find and
> arrest Mr. Chidester for allowing the Union mail
> carried on his coaches to be turned over to the
> Confederacy. Leah feared that the Union soldiers
> would plunder whatever they could find, so she hid
> all the money in the house in a money belt that she
> placed on a slave. She also buried the family's fine
> silver in the backyard. John managed to evade the
> Union soldiers, and his family was left relatively
> unharmed.
>
> After the Civil War ended, life at the
> McCollum-Chidester House went back to normal. John
> and Leah raised six sons in this home. The last
> member of the Chidester family to live in the home
> was Dan, the grandson of John and Leah.
>
> In 1963 the Ouachita County Historical Society
> bought the McCollum Chidester house, and it became
> their headquarters. After some structural repairs
> were made, the house was then opened up as a museum.
> The uniqueness of the McCollum-Chidester House as a
> historical sight lies in the original furnishings
> that compose about 95 percent of its interior. Among
> the most outstanding artifacts from the home are
> Leah Chidester's sewing machine, which was one of
> the first sold west of the Mississippi, and the baby
> walker that each of the six Chidester boys took his
> first steps in.
>
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> More About COL. JOHN THOMAS CHIDESTER:
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> Burial: March 1893, Confederate Cemetery, Camden, AR
>
> Christening: August 24, 1854, Aberdeen, Monroe Co,
> MS
>
> Notes for LEAH MINERVA CROCKER:
>
> She was from Aberdeen, MS.
>
> More About LEAH MINERVA CROCKER:
>
> Baptism: 1842, Athens Baptist Church, SC
>
>
> Children of JOHN CHIDESTER and LEAH CROCKER are:
>
> i. JOHN23 CHIDESTER, JR, b. October 05, 1855,
> Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL; d. March 05, 1884; m.
> SALLIE E. BREWER, March 13, 1877.
>
> ii. WILLIAM P. "WILL" CHIDESTER, b. January 13,
> 1858, Tuscumbia, Colbert Co., AL; d. April 17, 1938.
>
> 2. iii. FRANK BARCLAY CHIDESTER, b. March 15, 1861,
> Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL; d. October 09, 1953.
>
> 3. iv. JAMES CROCKER "JIM" CHIDESTER, b. April 06,
> 1862, Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL; d. May 22, 1909.
>
> v. MARY LEAH CHIDESTER, b. August 04, 1864, Camden,
> Quachita Co, AR; d. August 03, 1865, Camden,
> Quachita Co, AR.
>
> 4. vi. GEORGE W. CHIDESTER, b. May 16, 1867, Camden,
> Quachita Co, AR; d. January 24, 1944.
>
> vii. JOSEPH BYRD CHIDESTER, b. April 13, 1870,
> Camden, Quachita Co, AR; d. April 25, 1935, Long
> Beach, CA.
>
>
>
> Generation No. 2
>
>
> 2. FRANK BARCLAY23 CHIDESTER (JOHN THOMAS22,
> DANIEL21, ELIJAH20, SAMUEL19, DAVID18, JAMES17
> CHICHESTER, WILLIAM16, JOHN15, JOHN14, JOHN13,
> NICHOLAS12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9, JOHN8 DE
> CHICHESTER, RICHARD7, JOHN6 DE CIRENCESTER,
> WILLIAM5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, WALLERAN1) was born
> March 15, 1861 in Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL, and
> died October 09, 1953. He married MARY ELIZABETH
> BEASLEY November 14, 1888. She was born 1868, and
> died 1959.
>
> Notes for FRANK BARCLAY CHIDESTER:
>
> The name Francis also appears in various reports.
>
>
> Children of FRANK CHIDESTER and MARY BEASLEY are:
>
> i. FRANK BEASLEY24 CHIDESTER, b. 1890; d. 1969; m.
> SUSIE PAULINE THORTON; b. 1890; d. 1969.
>
> ii. JOHN CHIDESTER, b. December 10, 1892; m. RUTH
> MILLER.
>
> iii. HUGH CHIDESTER, b. November 15, 1896; d. April
> 13, 1978.
>
> iv. ANNIE LEAH CHIDESTER, b. July 27, 1902; d. May
> 04, 1990; m. DON W, HARRELL.
>
>
>
> 3. JAMES CROCKER "JIM"23 CHIDESTER (JOHN THOMAS22,
> DANIEL21, ELIJAH20, SAMUEL19, DAVID18, JAMES17
> CHICHESTER, WILLIAM16, JOHN15, JOHN14, JOHN13,
> NICHOLAS12, RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9, JOHN8 DE
> CHICHESTER, RICHARD7, JOHN6 DE CIRENCESTER,
> WILLIAM5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, WALLERAN1) was born
> April 06, 1862 in Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL, and
> died May 22, 1909. He married ELLIE J. BRYANT
> November 25, 1894.
>
>
> Children of JAMES CHIDESTER and ELLIE BRYANT are:
>
> i. BYRD24 CHIDESTER, b. September 12, 1898; d.
> August 22, 1903.
>
> ii. MATTIE LEAH CHIDESTER, m. W. W. HILDRETH.
>
> iii. JAMES "JIM" CHIDESTER, b. September 14, 1899;
> d. January 25, 1967; m. MYRTLE GOODWIN.
>
> iv. FRANCES CHIDESTER, m. ROY HERROD.
>
> v. WILLIAM "LITTLE WILL" CHIDESTER, b. January 12,
> 1905; m. VERNA MAE THORTON; b. June 10, 1910.
>
>
>
> 4. GEORGE W.23 CHIDESTER (JOHN THOMAS22, DANIEL21,
> ELIJAH20, SAMUEL19, DAVID18, JAMES17 CHICHESTER,
> WILLIAM16, JOHN15, JOHN14, JOHN13, NICHOLAS12,
> RICHARD11, JOHN10, JOHN9, JOHN8 DE CHICHESTER,
> RICHARD7, JOHN6 DE CIRENCESTER, WILLIAM5, THOMAS4,
> JOHN3, JOHN2, WALLERAN1) was born May 16, 1867 in
> Camden, Quachita Co, AR, and died January 24, 1944.
> He married BELLE BRUMMETT February 28, 1893. She was
> born December 26, 1871, and died April 05, 1960.
>
>
> Children of GEORGE CHIDESTER and BELLE BRUMMETT are:
>
> i. GEORGE WICKS24 CHIDESTER, b. February 13, 1894;
> d. 1956; m. JOSEPHINE YOUNG; b. 1892; d. 1950.
>
> ii. EDWIN R. CHIDESTER, b. July 16, 1898; d. January
> 02, 1958; m. MABLE ALFORD.
>
> iii. DANIEL P. CHIDESTER, b. September 21, 1905; d.
> January 06, 1975.
>
> iv. THOMAS LAWRENCE CHIDESTER, b. January 02, 1911;
> d. April 21, 1963; m. (1) LAURA CALL; m. (2) JERRI
> KNOWER.
>
>

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