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Name: Andrew Jackson ('Andy') CHESSHER
Birth: 1814 2
Death: 1889 2
Father:  
Mother:  
   
Married: 5 Dec 1864 in Old Jacksonville, Texas 1 2
   
Spouse: Melvina INGLE 1
Birth: 21 Nov 1833 in Jasper, Walker Co., Alabama 1 2
Death: 9 Mar 1940 in Cherokee Co., Texas 1 2
Occupation: "In the early days, she operated her home as a hotel and entertained many distinguished guests. There was no hospital here and Mrs. Chessher opened her home to the sick and nursed them. Once she tended a case of typhoid fever." 1
Note: Before marrying Andy Chessher, Melvina was married to Hugh Francis (d. 1855) and David N. George (d. in Civil War).
Father: William Henry INGLE 2
b. 1805 in Franklin Co., Georgia
d. 1875 in Chalk Bluff, Green Co., Arkansas
buried: Chalk Bluff, Clay Co., Arkansas
Mother: Sally BERRY 2
b. About 1805 in Alabama
d. Oct 1848 in Itawamba Co., Mississippi
   
Children:
1 Katherine ('Kate') CHESSHER (CAPERTON) b. 1866 2 Old Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 1
2 Andrew ('Andy') Jackson Jr. CHESSHER b. 17 Feb 1867 2 Old Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 1
3 John B. CHESSHER b. 1872 1 2 Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas 1
   

Sources:

1 Title: Jacksonville: the Story of a Dynamic Community, 1872-1972
Published for the Jacksonville Centennial
2 Title: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Research Fiels IV
URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3055430&id=I600233948
Contact: Roy Polk, Updated: 20 Feb 2005, Viewed: 9 Oct 2005




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