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Chester W Celley
Born: June 1827 VT
Died: 28 Jul 1902
Marriage: 25 Dec 1854, North Calais VT Elvira Carr
Children:
1. Clara Celley
Born: 1858, VT
Married:
George McDonald
Children: Aggie, Bertha, Maude, Annie, Arthur,
Willie, Chester, Edith,
3 unnamed infants
2. William Austin Celley
3. Cynthia E. Celley
Born: 1870
VT
Married: Grant Fair
Children: Ralph, Carl, Forrest, Roy, Doris, Edith
4. Infant Celley
Born: 1870 VT
Died:
1870 VT
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| Family Portrait: Celleys. Fairs, and Carrs |
Left to right: Cynthia Celley Fair, her son (Ralph Fair), her husband (Grant Fair),
Jeremiah Carr, Cynthia Carr, Elvira Carr Celley, Chester Celley, Will A. Celley, Lula Young Celley.
Events in Chester Celley's Life
1850 in Ellenburg, Clinton,
NY: Apparently as an apprentice as a wheelwright
1860 in Woodbury: Day Laborer living with in-laws Jeremiah, Cynthia, Austin,
Sarah, and Prentice Carr, plus wife and daughter Clara.
1862: Served in Civil War
1889 in North Calais on r 25,
200 sugar trees on 100 acres
1900 in Woodbury: Boarder with (illegible), listed as "carriage maker"
Listed in Civil War pension index 1861-1934:
State filed: Vermont
Widow:
Elvira Celley
Service: H, 13 N.H. - Inf.
Date of filing: 1879 Dec 26 - Invalid 341739, certificate #265127
1902,
Sept. 4 - Widow 769738, certificate #560423
American Civil War Soldiers Record
Chester W Celley
Residence: Pittsburg,
NH
Enlistment Date: Aug 14, 1862
Distinguished Service (Union)
Unit number 1197
Service record: Enlisted as a
private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 35. Enlisted in Company H, 13th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 19 September 1862.
Wounded on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA. Received a disability discharge Company H, 13th Infantry Regiment
New Hampshire on 12 May 1863.
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