Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Blanchard, Chester 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Chester Blanchard

Date Of Photograph: May 18, 2015
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Father
Chester
1854 - 1920 









Chester Blanchard was born August 31, 1854 in Clinton county, New York,  the son
of  Vivian (Alfred) Blanchard and Caroline Bishop
Chester Blanchard, age 28,  married Cynthia Caroline Kendall, age 14  on August
20, 1882 in Marion township, Charlevoix County, Michigan

Chester Blanchard died August 19, 1920 at age 65 in Charlevoix, Charlevoix,
Michigan

OBITUARY
Charlevoix Courier August 25, 1920
DEATH COMES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS

Chester Blanchard Well Known in This Vicinity

Chester Blanchard, for a number of years a resident of Charlevoix, died at hs
home just south of the city, Thursday morning at 2:00 p. m., after an illness
covering several months. He had lived in the vicinity of Charlevoix off and on
for many years, coming to Charlevoix last fall and purchasing the Wyers' place
just south of the city. Prior to this he lived in Chicago.

Deceased was born in Clinton county, New York, August 31, 1854. He came to
Charlevoix in 1876, at the age of 20. He was united in marriage to Cynthia C.
Kendall in 1882. To this union were born six children, two dying in infancy, and
one at the age 15 years.

He leaves to mourn their loss his wife and three children, Mrs. Orton VanDusen
of Charlevoix, Pierce W. Blanchard of Chicago, and Mrs. Clara Westle of Chicago,
also five brothers and a sister.

Funeral services were held from the home Saturday at 2:00 p. m., Rev. Henry
Candler of the M. E. church, officiating. Interment at Brookside cemetery.

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