John Chesterfield
John Chesterfield was born around 1818 in England. He married Eliza Tippet, and they had at least ten children: Richard, born on February 25, 1842; John, born around 1843; William, born around 1845; Eliza, born around 1846; Charles, born around 1850; George, born around 1852; Mary, born around 1855; James, born around 1856; Samuel, born around 1858; and Richard, born around 1862.
 
They immigrated to America around 1847 and settled in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Chesterfield worked as a miner, and by 1850, he owned $75 of real estate. They moved to Willow Springs, Wisconsin, in the 1850s, and he worked as a farmer there. By 1860, he owned $800 of real estate and $400 of personal property. They returned to Mineral Point in the 1860s, and by 1870, he owned $5,600 of real estate and $5,000 of personal property. His wife on April 7, 1898, and he passed away of pneumonia in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 31, 1903.
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(2918)Chesterfield, John18181903-01-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3671) [recipient] ~ Richard T. Chesterfield to John Chesterfield and Eliza Chesterfield, 1 August 1861

People - Records: 2

  • (2918) Chesterfield, John is the [parent of] (2812) Chesterfield, Richard Tippet
  • (2920) Chesterfield, Eliza is the [wife of] (2918) Chesterfield, John

Places - Records: 2

  • (557) [birth] ~ England
  • (1107) [death] ~ Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa County Democrat (Mineral Point, WI), 14 April 1898; The State Journal (Lincoln, NE), 1 February 1903.