Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....WERDEN, CHESTER HOWELL ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@adelphia.net March 11, 2007, 6:27 pm Author: The State Printing Board, Compiled and Published. MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TWELFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT Ashland, Iron, Vilas, Price, Rusk and Sawyer counties. CHESTER HOWELL WERDEN (Rep.) of Ashland, was born in Hastings, Ontario, Canada, and was educated in the public schools and Queen's University, Toronto. He is a lumberman and banker of Ashland by profession, who has always felt it his duty to serve his community, state or nation, when called upon, no matter at what sacrifice. .He served as chairman of the town of Mason, Bayfield county, 1908-13, and chairman of the county board 1911-13. Was a member of the Bayard County Council of Defense and chairman of the local Draft Board for Bayfield county, 1917-19. He was elected to the senate in 1920 without opposition. Additional Comments: The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 - 640. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1923/bios/werden26nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb