THE BOSTON GLOBE
March 30, 1920
CHARLES E. CHESTER, CLAIMED BY DEATH
--Served as Sexton of Trinity Church 40 years--
Native of Boston and Descendent of Revolutionary Ancestors
Charles E. Chester, aged 80, about 40 years of which he had served as sexton of Trinity Church, Copley Sq., died suddenly at his home Hotel Bristol, yesterday morning, the immediate cause being angina pectoris. He attended to his usual duties at the church on Palm Sunday,apparently in his usual health.
Mr. Chester was born in Boston, Aug. 6, 1840, and was the son of John and Sarah Wellington Chester, both natives of Boston. He attended public schools and afterward began a business career with his brother, William F. Chester, in a wood turning establishment on Harvard pl., which had been established by there father. the business is still conducted in Washington-st. North. Mr. Chester lived for many years in Newtonville, where he had been deacon of the Central Congregational Church.
In September of 1880, he began his long service as sexton of Trinity Church and since 1891 has made his home at Hotel Bristol, Copley Sq. He was married on Christmas Day, 1865 to Miranda Frances Burgess. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1915. Mrs. Chester died suddenly July 13, 1916 while visiting at Marion.
Mr. Chester traced his lineage back to Revolutionary ancestors by right of which he was a member of Boston Chapter, Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member also, of the Old School Boys Association, of the Boston Association and of the Bostonian Society.
Mr. Chester is survived by a son, Dr. Frank Dyer Chester, a philologist and historian, who was for 12 years United States Consul General at Budapest, Hungary, from which post he resigned in 1908.
Also surviving Mr. Chester are a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. E.R. Chester of Boston, and two grandchildren, Rev. Mortimer H. Chester,connected with an Episcopal Mission at Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Miss Betty Rich Chester, a dietitian at the Hospital of the Good Shepard, Los Angeles. Another son, Arthur Herbert Chester, died in 1898 He was the author of the little volume "Guide to Trinity" which has become familiar through current editions. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, at Trinity Church.
March 30, 1920
CHARLES E. CHESTER, CLAIMED BY DEATH
--Served as Sexton of Trinity Church 40 years--
Native of Boston and Descendent of Revolutionary Ancestors
Charles E. Chester, aged 80, about 40 years of which he had served as sexton of Trinity Church, Copley Sq., died suddenly at his home Hotel Bristol, yesterday morning, the immediate cause being angina pectoris. He attended to his usual duties at the church on Palm Sunday,apparently in his usual health.
Mr. Chester was born in Boston, Aug. 6, 1840, and was the son of John and Sarah Wellington Chester, both natives of Boston. He attended public schools and afterward began a business career with his brother, William F. Chester, in a wood turning establishment on Harvard pl., which had been established by there father. the business is still conducted in Washington-st. North. Mr. Chester lived for many years in Newtonville, where he had been deacon of the Central Congregational Church.
In September of 1880, he began his long service as sexton of Trinity Church and since 1891 has made his home at Hotel Bristol, Copley Sq. He was married on Christmas Day, 1865 to Miranda Frances Burgess. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1915. Mrs. Chester died suddenly July 13, 1916 while visiting at Marion.
Mr. Chester traced his lineage back to Revolutionary ancestors by right of which he was a member of Boston Chapter, Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member also, of the Old School Boys Association, of the Boston Association and of the Bostonian Society.
Mr. Chester is survived by a son, Dr. Frank Dyer Chester, a philologist and historian, who was for 12 years United States Consul General at Budapest, Hungary, from which post he resigned in 1908.
Also surviving Mr. Chester are a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. E.R. Chester of Boston, and two grandchildren, Rev. Mortimer H. Chester,connected with an Episcopal Mission at Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Miss Betty Rich Chester, a dietitian at the Hospital of the Good Shepard, Los Angeles. Another son, Arthur Herbert Chester, died in 1898 He was the author of the little volume "Guide to Trinity" which has become familiar through current editions. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, at Trinity Church.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
March 30, 1920
CHARLES E. CHESTER, CLAIMED BY DEATH
--Served as Sexton of Trinity Church 40 years--
Native of Boston and Descendent of Revolutionary Ancestors
Charles E. Chester, aged 80, about 40 years of which he had served as sexton of Trinity Church, Copley Sq., died suddenly at his home Hotel Bristol, yesterday morning, the immediate cause being angina pectoris. He attended to his usual duties at the church on Palm Sunday,apparently in his usual health.
Mr. Chester was born in Boston, Aug. 6, 1840, and was the son of John and Sarah Wellington Chester, both natives of Boston. He attended public schools and afterward began a business career with his brother, William F. Chester, in a wood turning establishment on Harvard pl., which had been established by there father. the business is still conducted in Washington-st. North. Mr. Chester lived for many years in Newtonville, where he had been deacon of the Central Congregational Church.
In September of 1880, he began his long service as sexton of Trinity Church and since 1891 has made his home at Hotel Bristol, Copley Sq. He was married on Christmas Day, 1865 to Miranda Frances Burgess. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1915. Mrs. Chester died suddenly July 13, 1916 while visiting at Marion.
Mr. Chester traced his lineage back to Revolutionary ancestors by right of which he was a member of Boston Chapter, Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member also, of the Old School Boys Association, of the Boston Association and of the Bostonian Society.
Mr. Chester is survived by a son, Dr. Frank Dyer Chester, a philologist and historian, who was for 12 years United States Consul General at Budapest, Hungary, from which post he resigned in 1908.
Also surviving Mr. Chester are a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. E.R. Chester of Boston, and two grandchildren, Rev. Mortimer H. Chester,connected with an Episcopal Mission at Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Miss Betty Rich Chester, a dietitian at the Hospital of the Good Shepard, Los Angeles. Another son, Arthur Herbert Chester, died in 1898 He was the author of the little volume "Guide to Trinity" which has become familiar through current editions. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, at Trinity Church.
March 30, 1920
CHARLES E. CHESTER, CLAIMED BY DEATH
--Served as Sexton of Trinity Church 40 years--
Native of Boston and Descendent of Revolutionary Ancestors
Charles E. Chester, aged 80, about 40 years of which he had served as sexton of Trinity Church, Copley Sq., died suddenly at his home Hotel Bristol, yesterday morning, the immediate cause being angina pectoris. He attended to his usual duties at the church on Palm Sunday,apparently in his usual health.
Mr. Chester was born in Boston, Aug. 6, 1840, and was the son of John and Sarah Wellington Chester, both natives of Boston. He attended public schools and afterward began a business career with his brother, William F. Chester, in a wood turning establishment on Harvard pl., which had been established by there father. the business is still conducted in Washington-st. North. Mr. Chester lived for many years in Newtonville, where he had been deacon of the Central Congregational Church.
In September of 1880, he began his long service as sexton of Trinity Church and since 1891 has made his home at Hotel Bristol, Copley Sq. He was married on Christmas Day, 1865 to Miranda Frances Burgess. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1915. Mrs. Chester died suddenly July 13, 1916 while visiting at Marion.
Mr. Chester traced his lineage back to Revolutionary ancestors by right of which he was a member of Boston Chapter, Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member also, of the Old School Boys Association, of the Boston Association and of the Bostonian Society.
Mr. Chester is survived by a son, Dr. Frank Dyer Chester, a philologist and historian, who was for 12 years United States Consul General at Budapest, Hungary, from which post he resigned in 1908.
Also surviving Mr. Chester are a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. E.R. Chester of Boston, and two grandchildren, Rev. Mortimer H. Chester,connected with an Episcopal Mission at Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Miss Betty Rich Chester, a dietitian at the Hospital of the Good Shepard, Los Angeles. Another son, Arthur Herbert Chester, died in 1898 He was the author of the little volume "Guide to Trinity" which has become familiar through current editions. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, at Trinity Church.
