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Chester
Richard Montague 1875 - 1934
Chester
, son of Albert, was born in Buffalo , New York . He graduated from
the New York University and then from the Garret Theological School of
Northwestern University in Illinois . He married Winnie Theodora,
the daughter of Captain William Aga. Chester and Winnie were
married, in 1897, in Green Bay , Wisconsin . At this time, Chester
was the youngest ordained Methodist Minister in the State. The young
couple lived in several Wisconsin towns as he was transferred by the
church. Chester studied dairying at the University of Wisconsin and
soon after purchased a dairy farm in North Prarie , WI. This venture
had a disastrous ending when the cow herd contracted TB and had to be
destroyed. Chester returned to the ministry and was assigned to
Stevens Point , WI . When Winnie became ill, the Doctor advised a
change in climate, so he accepted a church assignment at Laton ,
California in 1914. Several transfers were made, by the church, in
central and southern California . His last assignment was in Tucson
, Arizona where he passed away in 1934. Earlier that year Chester
had received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from the University of
Southern California . He and Winnie are buried in Fullerton ,
California . They had five children. With Richard, their oldest, my
genealogy line continues.
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