Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chesbro, Hattie Shives, 1946 

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HATTIE SHIVES CHESBRO 

MRS. H.S. CHESBRO BURIED NOV. 19TH 

  Claremont, Nov. 25 - Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie S. Chesbro who died 
Tuesday, November 19, were conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the 
Ritchie Memorial Episcopal Church.  Rev. C.E. Stewart of Petersburg officiated 
with interment in the family plot in local cemetery.

  Mrs. Chesbro, age 88 years and 4 months, the daughter of Joel Shives and 
Abigail McClure Shives of Bradford County, Pa. was born at Wellsville, N.Y. 
July 19, 1858.  Her childhood was spent in Emporium, Pa. where in 1878 she was 
married to Hiram Hale Chesbro of Coudersport, Pa.  Four years later, 1882, 
with her husband and son, she moved to Claremont where she made her home for 
the rest of her life.

  Being a resident of our community for 64 years, Mrs. Chesbro was naturally 
associated with the early developments of our town and saw many changes take 
place from 1883 when the Chesbro's built the Pioneer Store up to the present 
time.

  She leaves to mourn her passing three children, Mark H. Chesbro of Claremont 
and Los Gatos, California; J.M. Chesbro of Spring Grove and Mrs. J. Lewis 
Hopper of Claremont; two grandchildren, Mrs. K.E. Card of Suffolk and J.M. 
Chesbro Jr. of Spring Grove and one great-granddaughter, Miss Genevieve Card 
of Suffolk.

  Pallbearers were L.L. Mills, Louis Stein; E.W. Worrell; William Baugh; Hall 
Hopper and Dr. Nickels.


Hattie (SHIVES; Mrs. Hiram H.) CHESBRO, of Claremont, 
formerly of Emporium, PA, 
b. 19 Jul 1858, Wellsville, NY, d. 19 Nov 1946
interred in Claremont Cemetery*, 22 Nov 1946, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 29, No. 28, Dec. 4, 1946, p. 10, col. 3 

*Her gravestone is pictured with her Find a Grave Memorial, #31581677. 


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