1. 2. Reuben CHESTER   b. 1823.
2. 3. William CHESTER   d. 1881, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh.
3. 4. John CHESTER   d. 1879, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh.
4. 5. Job CHESTER  
5. 6. Matilda CHESTER   b. Naseby, England; c. 4 Mar 1821, Naseby, England; d. Abt 1887, Avon Twp, Lorain, Ohio.

From: Biographical Record Lorain County Ohio - Published by Beers - 1894 - Vol II - Huron and Lorain Counties:

Page 745

R Chester, who for over sixty years has been a resident of Avon township, where for nearly half a century he has been an industrious and frugal farmer, is a native of England, born in Northamptonshire, in 1823.

He is the son of William and Amelia (Perrin) Chester, natives of the same county, the former of whom died in England, and his widow, after marrying John Fretter, emigrated with her family in 1833 to the United States. They settled in Avon township, Lorain county, where they lived on rented land til 1840, in which year they moved to the farm where our subject now resides. The mother died in Minnesota about the year 1878, her second husband passing away in 1846 in Avon township, Lorain county. There were five children born to her first marriage, a brief record of whom is as follows: William married and resided in Avon, where he died in 1881; John died in Avon township in 1879; Job is married and resides in Rice county, Minn., where he was the first settler; R. is the subject of these lines; Matilda became the wife of Charles Blanchett and died in Avon township in 1887. Our subject had two stepsisters, viz.: Elizabeth, who married Luke Cheney, and moved to Rice county, Minn., where she died in 1880; and Lucy, who married Joseph Spriggs and also moved to Rice county, Minn., where she died in 1885.

The subject of this sktetch, who was ten years old when he came to Avon township, received his education at the common schools of the neighborhood of his home, and when he was old enough to work assisted in clearing the home farm. For four years he was in the employ of ex-Governor Wood in Rockport township, Cuyahoga county, and then returned to Avon township, in 1848 locating on his present farm of 245 acres, which for the most part he cleared himself, and where he has since been assiduously engaged in general farming. In 1852 he was married, in Elyria township, Lorain county, to Miss Eliza Mitchell, a native of Northamptonshire, England, and children were born to them as follows: Elizabeth Ann, who died in 1864 at the age of eleven years; Clara, who died in 1892 at the age of thirty-seven years; Job, residing at home; Mary Ann; Agnes Jane; and Reuben Albert. In politics Mr. Chester is a Republican.

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1. 7. Elizabeth Ann CHESTER  
2. 8. Clara CHESTER  
3. 9. Job CHESTER  
4. 10. Mary Ann CHESTER  
5. 11. Agness Jane CHESTER  
6. 12. Reuben Albert CHESTER  

Job was the first settler of Rice County, Minn

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Matilda Chester Blanchett was the widow of Charles Blanchett and a sister of Reuben and William Chester.