He is married to Salina Jane Brown.
They got married on September 11, 1879 at East Brady, Clarion County, PA, he was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
1. Edmund is a Mayflower descendant (John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) and a Son of the American Revolution (SAR) (Samuel Chesebrough, 1743-1811).
2. 1900 US census shows Edmund's mother, Phebe Eights Cobb, and father, Albert Chesebro' born in Connecticut with his birth date as May, 1852. The birth date is contrary to the Wildey book source and the family bible mentioned below. We have chosen the family bible for Edmund's birth date.
3. Edmund clerked for Thomas Benton Brown in Brown & Company's Petrolia, Pennsylvania store beginning in 1876 when he first came to Pennsylvania and there apparently met his future wife, Salina Jane Brown. Edmund and James M. Brown were principals of the company along with Thomas in the 1880's. Edmund bought the store outright, becoming the sole proprietor in 1896.
4. Phebe Eights Cobb Chesebro' gave Edmund and Lina their family bible Christmas 1879 as recorded in the bible. Her entry, confirming the apostrophe, was:
"Lina & Ed
From Mother Chesebro'
Christmas 1879"
5. A property indenture confirms Edmund's lot in Petrolia, Pennsylvania (1882) .
6. Quit claim deed in Petrolia, Pennsylvania signed with the apostrophe in Edmund's signature confirms the use of an apostrophe to represent the shortened name in 1890.
7. "Edward" on Edmund's and Lina's marriage certificate is an example of so many documents with misspellings.
8. Gas and oil lease of farm contains Edmund's apostrophe signature in 1902.
9. Edmund's will is dated May 10, 1916 and was probated June 6, 1917 in Butler County, Pennsylvania with his wife, Lina Jane Brown Chesebro' appointed executrix.
10. Edmund's grave site is in East Brady, Pennsylvania.
11. Edmund's death memorial plaque misspells name - "Edward P. Chesbro".
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Salina Jane Brown |