Samuel Chess and Elizabeth "Betsey" Roberts

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Husband Samuel Chess ¹

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           Died: 11 Apr 1881 1
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         Father: John Chess (      -1812) 1
         Mother: 

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Roberts ¹

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           Born: 18 Nov 1801 2
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           Died: 1 Jun 1875 1
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         Father: Thomas Roberts (1764-1804) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Covode (Abt 1772-1851) 4

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Children

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1 M John Chess ⁵

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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Sarah A. Osborn (1837-1888) 6
           Marr: 10 Nov 1859 7

         Spouse: Louisa Williams (Abt 1848-1901) 8

         Spouse: Elizabeth J. McClimans (1848-      ) 8 9

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2 M Thomas R. Chess ²

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            AKA: Thomas A. Chess 10
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Samuel Chess ¹¹

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           Born: 1841 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Melinda McCracken (1844-1902) 13
           Marr: 19 Nov 1861 14

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Chess

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He received but little schooling, and that of a crude character, but by hard and faithful work became a true master farmer and resided on the old homestead until his marriage, when he removed to Salem Township and located on a new claim, which later became the farm of one of his sons. After his father's death, in 1812, John, a son of the deceased, took charge of the old Sandy Creek homestead, and at the latter's death Samuel Chess returned from Salem Township to assume the management held by his brother. He was an active member of the Methodist church and, although a firm Republican, never was a party worker or a seeker after office. [HMC 1909, 984]

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 984, 1108.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 984.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 269, 1142.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1142.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1037.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 985, 1037.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 985.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 986.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1140.

10 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1011.

11 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 663, 982, 984, 1108.

12 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 663.

13 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 663, 982, 1109.

14 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1109.