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Surnames: Chessman, Wild, Newhall
Classification: Biography
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2cI.2ACIB/14
Message Board Post:
A biography/family history of William A. Chessman is included in "Montana, Its Story and Biography", Vol 2.
William A. Chessman was born, 19 Aug 1930, to John & Lucinda (Wild) Chessman. He attended schools in Weymouth and worked for two years as a shoemaker, then located to San Francisco, California, 20 Dec 1849. He engaged in placer mining and in 1865 came to Montana & continued mining. He was made president of Helena Consolidated Water Company in 1898. He served five sessions in the territorial legislature & was involved in banking.
On 4 Feb 1875, Galena, IL, William married Penelope V. Newhall, daughter of Dr. Horatio Newhall, native of Lynne, MA. Chessman children: Susan Blanchard Chessman, Frank Newhall Chessman, William Allen, Jr., Frank N. Chessman.
William A. Chessman died 2 Oct 1920, Helena, MT
Frank N. Chessman died 18 Jan 1971, Los Angeles, CA
Susan Blanchard Chessman died 7 Oct 1943, Los Angeles
Frank N. Chessman died 18 Jan 1971, Los Angeles
I am not related.