Lucas County IA Archives Biographies.....Plimpton, Chester F. 1832 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

CHESTER F. PLIMPTON is another one of the prominent early settlers and
representative farmers of Lucas county, Iowa, he having settled in White Breast
township in May, 1864, and having since maintained his residence here.

   Mr. Plimpton is of Eastern birth. He was born in Brookfield, Worcester
county, Massachusetts, October 28, 1832, and is a descendant of early settlers
of New England. Jabez Plimpton, his father, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts,
was a son of Henry Plimpton, also a native of that State; he (Jabez) was a
veteran of the Revolutionary war. Jabez Plimpton married Miss Eliza Bridges,
like himself a representative of one of the old New England families. She was
reared by Deacon Phillips, a prominent citizen of Massachusetts, who lived to
the extreme old age of 104 years. Jabez and Eliza Plimpton had eight children,
viz.: William H.; David B., Chesterfield, New Hampshire; John A., Warren,
Massachusetts; Oliver J., of Brimfield, Massachusetts; Chester F., subject of
this article; Mary E., a resident of Maple Plain, Minnesota; Catherine West,
Brookfield, Massachusetts; and Isaac G., wounded July 1, 1863, in the battle at
Malvern Hill, Virginia, and died on the 4th afterward. John A. also was a
participant in the Civil war.

   Chester F. was reared in his native State and remained there until 1854. That
year he came west to Minnesota, making the trip by rail to Warren, Illinois, the
terminus of the Illinois Central, thence by stage to Galena, and finished the
trip by steamboat on to St. Paul. Minneapolis at that time could boast of but
one store. At Minneapolis Mr. Plimpton was employed by Joseph H. Kenny, one of
the first settlers of that place. He was a New Hampshire man and was the owner
of ten acres in what is now the heart of the city. Soon after this Mr. Plimpton
purchased a claim in Scott county, Minnesota, forty miles from Minneapolis, and
on this claim he kept "bach" the two following winters and farmed in summer and
made shingles until 1856. That year he returned to Massachusetts, and the
following year was married. After his marriage he came back to his claim and
continued to make his home on it until 1860, when he sold out and again returned
to Massachusetts. Four years later he came to Iowa and settled on wild land in
Lucas county, where, as already stated, he has since made his home. Here he owns
100 acres of land, a part of it timber and the rest prairie, and has a good
residence and other farm buildings, and is comfortably situated. Mr. Plimpton
was first married in April, 1857, to Miss Laura Ann Chickering, a native of
Massachusetts and a daughter of William and Harriet (Adams) Chickering, her
people being among the old and prominent families of Massachusetts. This union
resulted in the birth of two children, namely: Elmer Ellsworth, of Elk Mound,
Wisconsin, who married Miss Lillie V. Bryant, of Hennepin county, Minnesota, and
has four children,-Mary E., Warren Bryant, Laura and Chester M.; and Ina, a
successful teacher of Lucas county, Iowa. The mother of these two children
departed this life in November, 1868. For his second wife Mr. Plimpton married
Mrs. Rebecca Bell, nee Hobson. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, and was
reared and educated in Monroe county, that State. Her first marriage was to
Nelson Bell, October 6, 1859. Mr. Bell was a member of Company B, Sixth Iowa
Infantry and lost his life while in the service of his country, his death
occurring in Mississippi, December 20, 1862. By him she had one son, Cyrus
Nelson Bell, who married Miss Florence Robbins, and they have four
children,-James Nelson, Floyd F., Edna and William McKinley.

   Mr. Plimpton casts his ballot and influence with the Republican party, and as
a generous and public-spirited man has done much to promote the welfare of his
community. He has served as Township Trustee and for years has been a member of
the School Board, a portion of the time serving as Treasurer of the Board.

   Such, in brief, is a sketch of the life of one of Lucas county's
representative citizens.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

ILLUSTRATED

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."'—MACAULAY.

"Biography is by nature the must universally profitable, universally pleasant,
of all things."—CARLYLE

"History is only biography on a large scale"—LAMARTINE.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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