P. E. CHESTNUT 4009, Laurel Co.
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P. E. CHESTNUT 4009, Laurel Co.
| Sandi Gorin (View posts) | Posted: 25 Jan 2000 12:00PM GMT |
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Surnames: Chestnut, Kirby
Transcribed by Jeannie Smith (wordgenius@aol.com), 01/17/2000 From book History of Buchanan County, Missouri Originally published in 1881. Reprinted in 1973 by Seward W. Lilly, Litho Printers & Bindery, PO Box 488, Cassville, MO 65625. Laurel Co.
P. E. CHESNUT, of the firm of C. & P.E. Chesnut, livery. Among the popular gentlemen of St. Joseph, Pleasant, as he is usually called, occupies a front rank. He was born in Laurel County, Kentucky, April 4, 1840, and was raised in the agricultural district, his father, Abraham, being a farmer. In 1859, he removed to Platte County, Missouri. Here he remained until the breaking out of the rebellion, when, his sympathies being with the South, he tendered his services in defense of the Confederate cause, and enlisted as Second Lieutenant in General Parson's Brigade, Tenth Missouri Infantry, participated in many of the notable events of the memorable conflict, being honorably discharged at the close. In 1865, he engaged in the grocery business, and, in 1876, became the junior member in the livery business of C. & P.E. Chesnut. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. His wife, formerly Miss Allie Kirby, of St. Joseph, he married in December, 1877. They have one son, Guy.
P. E. CHESNUT, of the firm of C. & P.E. Chesnut, livery. Among the popular gentlemen of St. Joseph, Pleasant, as he is usually called, occupies a front rank. He was born in Laurel County, Kentucky, April 4, 1840, and was raised in the agricultural district, his father, Abraham, being a farmer. In 1859, he removed to Platte County, Missouri. Here he remained until the breaking out of the rebellion, when, his sympathies being with the South, he tendered his services in defense of the Confederate cause, and enlisted as Second Lieutenant in General Parson's Brigade, Tenth Missouri Infantry, participated in many of the notable events of the memorable conflict, being honorably discharged at the close. In 1865, he engaged in the grocery business, and, in 1876, became the junior member in the livery business of C. & P.E. Chesnut. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. His wife, formerly Miss Allie Kirby, of St. Joseph, he married in December, 1877. They have one son, Guy.