CHIDESTER, Royal Canfield
Husband of Caroline (widow of Henry W. Jarvis) nee GROVER – m. 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH
Son of William and Martha "Betsey" Dean Chidester
B. 22 June 1802 in Canfield, Trumbull/Mahoning Co. OH
Note: He was born in a cabin by the town well and was perhaps his was the first white male birth in Canfield.
D. 27 Mar 1874 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH at 71y 9m 5d of lung fever
Burial – Mar 1874 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: Chidesters seem to be in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 07, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Royal Canfield Chidester was a farmer. He married a Mexican War widow, Caroline Grover Jarvis, on 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. Ohio. They had three children, Miss Eva, Miss Etta Maria and Charles P. (Naomi Lantz who was married twice before to Mr. Vernon and Mr. Dooley). Caroline Grover Jarvis Chidester had a child from her first marriage, Miss Delia L. Jarvis.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 30 Apr 1897 - Article No. 15 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt from Chidester family cont.:
"When William Chidester first arrived in Canfield he found temporary lodgement in a log cabin that stood on our present park, south or near the town well. In this cabin, June 22, 1802, twenty-two days after the arrival of the family in Canfield, Royal Chidester was born. It has always been the tradition of the town that this birth gives to Martha Chidester the honor of being the mother of the first male child born in Canfield. Since I have commenced writing these sketches I was at first inclined to doubt the correctness of the tradition, knowing as I did, that from 1798 to 1802, numerous families in the prime of life had settled in Canfield, bringing with them the steady habits and customs of old Connecticut homes. One of the customs almost universally observed was that of a birth at well established intervals in all well regulated families. The first settlers of Canfield were no exceptions to this rule of action.
These sketches show that quite a good number of families was settled on Canfield soil -some of them for two, three and four years prior to 1802. We are compelled to believe that a goodly number of births in the meantime had taken place; and what is remarkable if Royal Chidester was the first male child born in Canfield, all the previous births were females. Strange things are constantly happening. For reasons we cannot account for, it has been noticed that for indefinite periods in some localities, the number of births of one sex greatly prevail over the other. A kind of famine or rude jostling of the natural order sometimes occur. For generations we have heard that Royal Chidester was the first white male child born in Canfield. We can trace this tradition almost back to the cabin of birth, and although at first sight it may seem strange and unlikely. It won't do to dispute a statement so long current and so well attested.
The name bestowed upon the newcomer would imply that the parents for some reason were quite exuberant over the birth of the youngest son. They not only named him after the township, but prefixed the adjective Royal to give emphasis to the name. The mother, in after days humorously said she had to keep a good hold of wee Royal for fear of losing him through the open spaces in the floor of the wretched cabin.
Before the storms of winter came on, a more comfortable cabin was provided on the lot he purchased west of the center. Royal's father died when he was yet a child. The mother and unmarried children held together, retaining the old homestead now in the possession of Royal's family. The outlook, no doubt, was dark and forbidding. The country was yet comparatively a wilderness. The husband and father that had been in that year of panic and distress, borne to the silent tomb, had taken part in two wars - had spent the best energies of his early life in winning our national independence, and at its close was paid in paper promises, that soon gave rise to that trite saying we yet hear, "not worth a continental." The nation was poor and at war with its old adversary - unable or unwilling to do justice to the revolutionary soldiers. Pensioning veterans of that war was then and for years after the death of 'Squire Chidester, unknown. But at length, the conscience of the nation was aroused and during the later years of Mrs. William Chidester's life, she received some aid from the government. The mother, we may suppose at first, managed the affairs of the family; but as age crept on, Royal took the management of the farm, and "Aunt Betsey," the maiden daughter, managed the household affairs.
Mrs. William Chidester, as noted last week, died in 1843, and good "Aunt Betsey," we are informed, in or about 1852. Royal, by this time, was old enough to get a wife for himself, and some time after Aunt Betsey's death, found one in the person of Mrs. Caroline Jarvis, a much respected lady. I am not authority on dates, but think I have been told that Royal died in 1874, leaving behind him the daughters, Eva and Etta, and a son, Charles. Royal Chidester led a quiet, retired life. His neighbors say of him that he was kind hearted, generous and accommodating - an honest, good man, without enemies. The widow and children cling to and venerate the old home of the founder of an honorable and respected family, at present scattered far and near.
We must insist that the early settlers of Canfield were an exceptionally enterprising and intelligent class of people. We do not claim that all of them were saints or soloms, but we do claim that most of them were men of superior intelligence and enterprise. They knew, and were not ashamed to know something of their ancestors. They could trace lineage beyond their father and mother. Many of them had in their native states held positions of honor and trust as civilians or soldiers. Some of them before coming here, occupied social and business relations of a flattering nature.
In proof of this, we refer to such names as Wadsworth, Whittlesey, Newton, Tanner, Chidester, Mygatt, Fitch, Church, Lynn, Harding, Moore, Doud, and the names of others might be added Canfield, Ohio. J. TRUESDALE. (To be continued.)"
Husband of Caroline (widow of Henry W. Jarvis) nee GROVER – m. 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH
Son of William and Martha "Betsey" Dean Chidester
B. 22 June 1802 in Canfield, Trumbull/Mahoning Co. OH
Note: He was born in a cabin by the town well and was perhaps his was the first white male birth in Canfield.
D. 27 Mar 1874 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH at 71y 9m 5d of lung fever
Burial – Mar 1874 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: Chidesters seem to be in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 07, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Royal Canfield Chidester was a farmer. He married a Mexican War widow, Caroline Grover Jarvis, on 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. Ohio. They had three children, Miss Eva, Miss Etta Maria and Charles P. (Naomi Lantz who was married twice before to Mr. Vernon and Mr. Dooley). Caroline Grover Jarvis Chidester had a child from her first marriage, Miss Delia L. Jarvis.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 30 Apr 1897 - Article No. 15 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt from Chidester family cont.:
"When William Chidester first arrived in Canfield he found temporary lodgement in a log cabin that stood on our present park, south or near the town well. In this cabin, June 22, 1802, twenty-two days after the arrival of the family in Canfield, Royal Chidester was born. It has always been the tradition of the town that this birth gives to Martha Chidester the honor of being the mother of the first male child born in Canfield. Since I have commenced writing these sketches I was at first inclined to doubt the correctness of the tradition, knowing as I did, that from 1798 to 1802, numerous families in the prime of life had settled in Canfield, bringing with them the steady habits and customs of old Connecticut homes. One of the customs almost universally observed was that of a birth at well established intervals in all well regulated families. The first settlers of Canfield were no exceptions to this rule of action.
These sketches show that quite a good number of families was settled on Canfield soil -some of them for two, three and four years prior to 1802. We are compelled to believe that a goodly number of births in the meantime had taken place; and what is remarkable if Royal Chidester was the first male child born in Canfield, all the previous births were females. Strange things are constantly happening. For reasons we cannot account for, it has been noticed that for indefinite periods in some localities, the number of births of one sex greatly prevail over the other. A kind of famine or rude jostling of the natural order sometimes occur. For generations we have heard that Royal Chidester was the first white male child born in Canfield. We can trace this tradition almost back to the cabin of birth, and although at first sight it may seem strange and unlikely. It won't do to dispute a statement so long current and so well attested.
The name bestowed upon the newcomer would imply that the parents for some reason were quite exuberant over the birth of the youngest son. They not only named him after the township, but prefixed the adjective Royal to give emphasis to the name. The mother, in after days humorously said she had to keep a good hold of wee Royal for fear of losing him through the open spaces in the floor of the wretched cabin.
Before the storms of winter came on, a more comfortable cabin was provided on the lot he purchased west of the center. Royal's father died when he was yet a child. The mother and unmarried children held together, retaining the old homestead now in the possession of Royal's family. The outlook, no doubt, was dark and forbidding. The country was yet comparatively a wilderness. The husband and father that had been in that year of panic and distress, borne to the silent tomb, had taken part in two wars - had spent the best energies of his early life in winning our national independence, and at its close was paid in paper promises, that soon gave rise to that trite saying we yet hear, "not worth a continental." The nation was poor and at war with its old adversary - unable or unwilling to do justice to the revolutionary soldiers. Pensioning veterans of that war was then and for years after the death of 'Squire Chidester, unknown. But at length, the conscience of the nation was aroused and during the later years of Mrs. William Chidester's life, she received some aid from the government. The mother, we may suppose at first, managed the affairs of the family; but as age crept on, Royal took the management of the farm, and "Aunt Betsey," the maiden daughter, managed the household affairs.
Mrs. William Chidester, as noted last week, died in 1843, and good "Aunt Betsey," we are informed, in or about 1852. Royal, by this time, was old enough to get a wife for himself, and some time after Aunt Betsey's death, found one in the person of Mrs. Caroline Jarvis, a much respected lady. I am not authority on dates, but think I have been told that Royal died in 1874, leaving behind him the daughters, Eva and Etta, and a son, Charles. Royal Chidester led a quiet, retired life. His neighbors say of him that he was kind hearted, generous and accommodating - an honest, good man, without enemies. The widow and children cling to and venerate the old home of the founder of an honorable and respected family, at present scattered far and near.
We must insist that the early settlers of Canfield were an exceptionally enterprising and intelligent class of people. We do not claim that all of them were saints or soloms, but we do claim that most of them were men of superior intelligence and enterprise. They knew, and were not ashamed to know something of their ancestors. They could trace lineage beyond their father and mother. Many of them had in their native states held positions of honor and trust as civilians or soldiers. Some of them before coming here, occupied social and business relations of a flattering nature.
In proof of this, we refer to such names as Wadsworth, Whittlesey, Newton, Tanner, Chidester, Mygatt, Fitch, Church, Lynn, Harding, Moore, Doud, and the names of others might be added Canfield, Ohio. J. TRUESDALE. (To be continued.)"
CHIDESTER, Royal Canfield
Husband of Caroline (widow of Henry W. Jarvis) nee GROVER – m. 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH
Son of William and Martha "Betsey" Dean Chidester
B. 22 June 1802 in Canfield, Trumbull/Mahoning Co. OH
Note: He was born in a cabin by the town well and was perhaps his was the first white male birth in Canfield.
D. 27 Mar 1874 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH at 71y 9m 5d of lung fever
Burial – Mar 1874 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: Chidesters seem to be in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 07, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Royal Canfield Chidester was a farmer. He married a Mexican War widow, Caroline Grover Jarvis, on 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. Ohio. They had three children, Miss Eva, Miss Etta Maria and Charles P. (Naomi Lantz who was married twice before to Mr. Vernon and Mr. Dooley). Caroline Grover Jarvis Chidester had a child from her first marriage, Miss Delia L. Jarvis.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 30 Apr 1897 - Article No. 15 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt from Chidester family cont.:
"When William Chidester first arrived in Canfield he found temporary lodgement in a log cabin that stood on our present park, south or near the town well. In this cabin, June 22, 1802, twenty-two days after the arrival of the family in Canfield, Royal Chidester was born. It has always been the tradition of the town that this birth gives to Martha Chidester the honor of being the mother of the first male child born in Canfield. Since I have commenced writing these sketches I was at first inclined to doubt the correctness of the tradition, knowing as I did, that from 1798 to 1802, numerous families in the prime of life had settled in Canfield, bringing with them the steady habits and customs of old Connecticut homes. One of the customs almost universally observed was that of a birth at well established intervals in all well regulated families. The first settlers of Canfield were no exceptions to this rule of action.
These sketches show that quite a good number of families was settled on Canfield soil -some of them for two, three and four years prior to 1802. We are compelled to believe that a goodly number of births in the meantime had taken place; and what is remarkable if Royal Chidester was the first male child born in Canfield, all the previous births were females. Strange things are constantly happening. For reasons we cannot account for, it has been noticed that for indefinite periods in some localities, the number of births of one sex greatly prevail over the other. A kind of famine or rude jostling of the natural order sometimes occur. For generations we have heard that Royal Chidester was the first white male child born in Canfield. We can trace this tradition almost back to the cabin of birth, and although at first sight it may seem strange and unlikely. It won't do to dispute a statement so long current and so well attested.
The name bestowed upon the newcomer would imply that the parents for some reason were quite exuberant over the birth of the youngest son. They not only named him after the township, but prefixed the adjective Royal to give emphasis to the name. The mother, in after days humorously said she had to keep a good hold of wee Royal for fear of losing him through the open spaces in the floor of the wretched cabin.
Before the storms of winter came on, a more comfortable cabin was provided on the lot he purchased west of the center. Royal's father died when he was yet a child. The mother and unmarried children held together, retaining the old homestead now in the possession of Royal's family. The outlook, no doubt, was dark and forbidding. The country was yet comparatively a wilderness. The husband and father that had been in that year of panic and distress, borne to the silent tomb, had taken part in two wars - had spent the best energies of his early life in winning our national independence, and at its close was paid in paper promises, that soon gave rise to that trite saying we yet hear, "not worth a continental." The nation was poor and at war with its old adversary - unable or unwilling to do justice to the revolutionary soldiers. Pensioning veterans of that war was then and for years after the death of 'Squire Chidester, unknown. But at length, the conscience of the nation was aroused and during the later years of Mrs. William Chidester's life, she received some aid from the government. The mother, we may suppose at first, managed the affairs of the family; but as age crept on, Royal took the management of the farm, and "Aunt Betsey," the maiden daughter, managed the household affairs.
Mrs. William Chidester, as noted last week, died in 1843, and good "Aunt Betsey," we are informed, in or about 1852. Royal, by this time, was old enough to get a wife for himself, and some time after Aunt Betsey's death, found one in the person of Mrs. Caroline Jarvis, a much respected lady. I am not authority on dates, but think I have been told that Royal died in 1874, leaving behind him the daughters, Eva and Etta, and a son, Charles. Royal Chidester led a quiet, retired life. His neighbors say of him that he was kind hearted, generous and accommodating - an honest, good man, without enemies. The widow and children cling to and venerate the old home of the founder of an honorable and respected family, at present scattered far and near.
We must insist that the early settlers of Canfield were an exceptionally enterprising and intelligent class of people. We do not claim that all of them were saints or soloms, but we do claim that most of them were men of superior intelligence and enterprise. They knew, and were not ashamed to know something of their ancestors. They could trace lineage beyond their father and mother. Many of them had in their native states held positions of honor and trust as civilians or soldiers. Some of them before coming here, occupied social and business relations of a flattering nature.
In proof of this, we refer to such names as Wadsworth, Whittlesey, Newton, Tanner, Chidester, Mygatt, Fitch, Church, Lynn, Harding, Moore, Doud, and the names of others might be added Canfield, Ohio. J. TRUESDALE. (To be continued.)"
Husband of Caroline (widow of Henry W. Jarvis) nee GROVER – m. 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH
Son of William and Martha "Betsey" Dean Chidester
B. 22 June 1802 in Canfield, Trumbull/Mahoning Co. OH
Note: He was born in a cabin by the town well and was perhaps his was the first white male birth in Canfield.
D. 27 Mar 1874 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH at 71y 9m 5d of lung fever
Burial – Mar 1874 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Note: Chidesters seem to be in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section B Row 07, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH
Royal Canfield Chidester was a farmer. He married a Mexican War widow, Caroline Grover Jarvis, on 3 Nov 1852 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. Ohio. They had three children, Miss Eva, Miss Etta Maria and Charles P. (Naomi Lantz who was married twice before to Mr. Vernon and Mr. Dooley). Caroline Grover Jarvis Chidester had a child from her first marriage, Miss Delia L. Jarvis.
Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 30 Apr 1897 - Article No. 15 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt from Chidester family cont.:
"When William Chidester first arrived in Canfield he found temporary lodgement in a log cabin that stood on our present park, south or near the town well. In this cabin, June 22, 1802, twenty-two days after the arrival of the family in Canfield, Royal Chidester was born. It has always been the tradition of the town that this birth gives to Martha Chidester the honor of being the mother of the first male child born in Canfield. Since I have commenced writing these sketches I was at first inclined to doubt the correctness of the tradition, knowing as I did, that from 1798 to 1802, numerous families in the prime of life had settled in Canfield, bringing with them the steady habits and customs of old Connecticut homes. One of the customs almost universally observed was that of a birth at well established intervals in all well regulated families. The first settlers of Canfield were no exceptions to this rule of action.
These sketches show that quite a good number of families was settled on Canfield soil -some of them for two, three and four years prior to 1802. We are compelled to believe that a goodly number of births in the meantime had taken place; and what is remarkable if Royal Chidester was the first male child born in Canfield, all the previous births were females. Strange things are constantly happening. For reasons we cannot account for, it has been noticed that for indefinite periods in some localities, the number of births of one sex greatly prevail over the other. A kind of famine or rude jostling of the natural order sometimes occur. For generations we have heard that Royal Chidester was the first white male child born in Canfield. We can trace this tradition almost back to the cabin of birth, and although at first sight it may seem strange and unlikely. It won't do to dispute a statement so long current and so well attested.
The name bestowed upon the newcomer would imply that the parents for some reason were quite exuberant over the birth of the youngest son. They not only named him after the township, but prefixed the adjective Royal to give emphasis to the name. The mother, in after days humorously said she had to keep a good hold of wee Royal for fear of losing him through the open spaces in the floor of the wretched cabin.
Before the storms of winter came on, a more comfortable cabin was provided on the lot he purchased west of the center. Royal's father died when he was yet a child. The mother and unmarried children held together, retaining the old homestead now in the possession of Royal's family. The outlook, no doubt, was dark and forbidding. The country was yet comparatively a wilderness. The husband and father that had been in that year of panic and distress, borne to the silent tomb, had taken part in two wars - had spent the best energies of his early life in winning our national independence, and at its close was paid in paper promises, that soon gave rise to that trite saying we yet hear, "not worth a continental." The nation was poor and at war with its old adversary - unable or unwilling to do justice to the revolutionary soldiers. Pensioning veterans of that war was then and for years after the death of 'Squire Chidester, unknown. But at length, the conscience of the nation was aroused and during the later years of Mrs. William Chidester's life, she received some aid from the government. The mother, we may suppose at first, managed the affairs of the family; but as age crept on, Royal took the management of the farm, and "Aunt Betsey," the maiden daughter, managed the household affairs.
Mrs. William Chidester, as noted last week, died in 1843, and good "Aunt Betsey," we are informed, in or about 1852. Royal, by this time, was old enough to get a wife for himself, and some time after Aunt Betsey's death, found one in the person of Mrs. Caroline Jarvis, a much respected lady. I am not authority on dates, but think I have been told that Royal died in 1874, leaving behind him the daughters, Eva and Etta, and a son, Charles. Royal Chidester led a quiet, retired life. His neighbors say of him that he was kind hearted, generous and accommodating - an honest, good man, without enemies. The widow and children cling to and venerate the old home of the founder of an honorable and respected family, at present scattered far and near.
We must insist that the early settlers of Canfield were an exceptionally enterprising and intelligent class of people. We do not claim that all of them were saints or soloms, but we do claim that most of them were men of superior intelligence and enterprise. They knew, and were not ashamed to know something of their ancestors. They could trace lineage beyond their father and mother. Many of them had in their native states held positions of honor and trust as civilians or soldiers. Some of them before coming here, occupied social and business relations of a flattering nature.
In proof of this, we refer to such names as Wadsworth, Whittlesey, Newton, Tanner, Chidester, Mygatt, Fitch, Church, Lynn, Harding, Moore, Doud, and the names of others might be added Canfield, Ohio. J. TRUESDALE. (To be continued.)"
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