Biography - John E. Chesney
JOHN E. CHESNEY. A wagon and carriage maker in Abingdon, he is the son of
Thomas and Hanna (Mitchell) Chesney, of Maryland. He was born in Hartford Co.
Maryland in April 1815. He was educated in the common schools in Indiana, and
learned his trade with his father. He came to Abingdon on 21 April 1842, and was
married to Hannah J. Swartz on June 6, 1844, and the second time to Eliza E.
Foster on 21 Dec 1854. He is a member of the M. E. Church and Class Leader. A
Republican in politics.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
