Augustin Chester

"Chester, Augustin, of Washington D.C. b. June 09, 1808, farmer, writer, publisher, editor, lawyer, (m 1st July 4, 1839 Friendy D. N. Richmond who died Oct 27th 1852, m 2nd Mariette Sharp); son of Elisha of Groton, Ct, born there Dec 12th 1767, d. near New London Ct July 17, 1847, farmer, deacon, a quiet industrious and thoughtful man, of large influence in support of schools, (mar. Mar 15, 1794, Mary Walworth , b. Apr 21 1768 d. Feb 3 1855, desc. of William Walworth, earliest settler of Fisher?s Island, Mass). {From ?American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776?, By Thomas Patrick Hughes, Frank Munsell, 1889, <GoogleBooks> 21 Dec 2008}

Possibly the Augustine Chester listed in the 1840 Cincinnati Directory as 'temperance agent and editor of the Temperance Journal at Missionary Rooms'.

There are listings for "Chester, Augustin (Commission Merchant, Augustin Chester) Main bw Allison and Northern Row, Cincinnati, OH " in The Cincinnati Directory for 1842. Page 299; and "Chester, Augustin (Life Member), Young Men's Bible Society. Cincinnati. Fourth Annual Report of the Young M (Cincinnati, 1838) Page 6.' {Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints Database, Ohio Name and Institution Index, 1796-1850, < http://libraryworld.net/cgi-bin/opac.pl?command=clear>}

Possibly living with his brother Norman in the 1850 census for Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia. Norman L. Chester is a physican, age 47 from Connecticut with $3,000. His wife Elizabeth L. M. is 39 from South Ca.[Carolina]. Their children are Mary L., 16; Cornelia A., 13; Orlando D., 4 -- all born in Georgia -- and 'Ionett W.' , male, 1, born Connecticut. Augustus Chester [Norman's brother], age 41 from Connecticut, is also living there. {p.200?}

Possibly the Augustine Chester who issued the first number of the Kankakee Gazette, Kankakee Illinois in 1853 and was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Kankakee in 1854. Augustin Chester married Marietta N. (Sharp) Brodie in Will County, Illinois in 1855.

He could be the 'Augustin Chester' whose letter to Abraham Lincoln is archived. He is referenced as "a recent candidate for the position of second comptroller of the treasury" in 1863.

Possibly the Augustine Chester in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois in 1860. He is 58 from Connecticut (no occupation listed), with wife Harriet [Mariette?] 45, born New York, with $20,000 real estate and $1,000 personal. There are also Josephine M., 14; and Nellie G., 12, both born Illinois. {roll 168, p. 82, 8th ward}

"Mr. Oglesby presented a memorial of Augustin Chester, praying compensation for services rendered as inspector of hospitals and prisons in the Department of Washington, under orders of the War Department; which was referred to the Committee on Claims." {Journal of the Senate of the United States, 43rd Congress, 1st session, March 23, 1874., <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(...))>}

Possibly the Augustus Chester in Washington DC in 1870. He is 62, a lawyer from Connecticut. His wife Mary is 56 born New York and there are Josephine 'Brady', 24; and Elana (?) F. 'Brady', 22 -- birthplace shown as New York. {roll 123, p.123, 1st ward Washington DC}

In the 1880 census for Washington DC, Augustin Chester is a lawyer, age 72, from Connecticut (fa CT, mo CT) living with wife Mariette age 72 from NY (parents Connecticut); and step-daughters Jesie, age 32 from Illinois; and Elana age 31 from Illinois --father Illinois, mother New York. {p. 357 b, ED 39 and 40, Washington, Washington D.C.}

In the 1900 census for Washington D.C., Augustine Chester is 91, born Connecticut in 1809, an inmate in the Goverment Hospital for the Insane. {ed 143, sh 23a} Mariett M. Chester is head of household, married 55 years, also in D.C., age 85, born June 1814 in New York (parents Massachusetts) Her daughters are Josephine Brodie, 53, born July 1846; and Eleanor, 51, born July 1848, government clerk -- both born Illinois, father Massachusetts, mother New York. {ed 75, p.13a}

There is a record of the death of Augustine Chester in the Washington DC Evening Times on 28 June 1901.