Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Chester, John 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Chester, John, Little Falls, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Early in life he 
was a flour miller, serving as foreman in the Buxburn Flouring Mills of 
Aberdeen.  He came to this country when twenty-three years of age and engaged 
in paper-making in Little Falls.  After seven years he left this business to 
engage with the Saxony Knitting Company, which whom he remained twenty-one 
years, holding the position of overseer of spinning.  On June 23, 1892, he 
left the mill and bought his present meat and provision business.  Mr. Chester 
is a Mason, Knight of Honor, etc.  He is now member of the board of education 
for some time, and has served the village as trustee.  He is also a 
stockholder and member of the Little Falls Co-operative Association.  His wife 
was Margaret Byron of Little Falls, by whom he has had twelve children, eight 
of whom are living.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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