Biographical Sketch of A. C. Chestnut, Jackson Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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A. C. Chestnut, farmer, section 28, postoffice Arnoldsville, was born
in Laurel County, Kentucky, May 12, 1820.  His opportunities for ac-
quiring an education were extremely limited, and, such as they were,
he walked two miles to a log school house to secure them.  In 1840,
he emigrated to Daviess County, Missouri, where he lived till 1848,
when he moved to Buchanan County.  November 15, 1838, he married
Evaline Jones, by whom he had ten children: John T., Abraham, William,
Mary, Maria, Hettie, Fannie, George, Samuel and Evan.  Abraham enlist-
ed in the Confederate army under Colonel Gates.  He rose to the rank
of lieutenant, and was killed by the accidental discharge of his own
gun.  Mr. Chestnut's first wife died in January, 1866 and in 1868 he
married Sarah Anne Farrah, by whom he had three children: Charles,
Lucy and Ella.  By his own industry he acquired the 60 acres of land
he now owns.

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