Robert Wilkinson McChesney and Rhoda Douthitt

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Husband Robert Wilkinson McChesney ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1845 - Big Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel McChesney (Abt 1803-1873) 2
         Mother: Martha Wilkinson (      -1862) 2

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       Marriage: 27 May 1866 3

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Wife Rhoda Douthitt ^{1 3}

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         Father: Jonathan Douthitt (Abt 1808-1875) 1 4
         Mother: Sarah Cannon (      -      ) 1 4

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Children

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1 M Karl E. McChesney ³

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         Spouse: Mary Cook (      -      ) 3

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2 F Sarah M. "Sadie" McChesney ^{3 5}

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         Spouse: James Charles Leslie (1860-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 31 Dec 1890 - Moravia, Lawrence Co, PA 5

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3 F Elizabeth May McChesney ³

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         Spouse: Dr. C. M. Adams (      -      ) 3

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4 F Ellen Maude McChesney ³

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         Spouse: D. F. Kyle (      -      ) 3

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5 F Dessie M. McChesney ³

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         Spouse: J. G. Leslie (      -      ) 3

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6 M Samuel G. McChesney ³

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7 M Robert S. McChesney ³

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8 F Rhoda Isabella McChesney ³

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9 F Susanna McChesney ³

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10 F Harriet Jane McChesney ³

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11 M Levi D. McChesney ³

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12 M Chester H. McChesney ³

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13 M Thomas James McChesney ³

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14 U [Infant] McChesney ³

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Wilkinson McChesney

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He was reared on the home farm, and also aided in clearing a portion of it. He was educated in the old "Hatchet Track" log school, and afterwards was engaged as a teacher in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, for four years. On March 2, 1865, he enlisted in Company H, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Bulford, and although he was in the service but four months, he was under fire the entire time. He was in all of the fighting about Petersburg, Virginia, in the battle at Sailor's Creek, and at Farmville. He was honorably discharged June 29, 1865, and arrived home on July 4th of that year. Upon the death of his father, Mr. McChesney purchased the farm from the heirs and followed farming there afterward. He erected all the buildings, built the fences and made other important improvements.
He was fond of travel, having visited considerably in the western states, and spent a period of eleven months in Kansas.
He was a Republican and served as justice of the peace, also filling other township offices. Religiously, he was active in the workings of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, of which he served as trustee.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 618.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 674.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 675.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 643.

5 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 22.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 675, 766.