Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1909 — Obituary of Edward 0. Chesnut [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Edward 0. Chesnut

Edward O. Chesnut, brother of Thos. O. Chesnut, of this city, died last Friday, Mardh 12th, at his home in Hoopeston, 111. The following sketch of his life is taken from the Hoopeston Chronicle of last Saturday.

“Deceased was nearly 71 years of age. The funeral will be held Sunday from the Residence, 311 east Lincoln street, being conducted by Rev. W. A Bodell, followed by interment in Floral Hill cemetery. On Saturday afternoon, March 6, while returning from a visit up town, Mr. Chestnut was stricken with paralysis and fell on the sidewalk and had to be taken home. He apparently recovered slightly and could talk some until some time Sunday, when he became unconscious, In which condition he remained almost continually until his death at 6:45 o’clock Friday evening. Mr. Chesnut was born at Kingston, Ohio, June 19, 1838. On October 13, 1864, at Rensselaer, Ind., he was united in marriage to Miss Rose Dunlap, who, with their two daughters, survive him. He moved from Indiana to Danville with his family during the seventies and for a time was in the mercantile business there. He sold out and brought his family to his farm two miles southwest of this city in 1881, where'he lived for a number of years, coming to Hoopeston, when advanced age began to tell upon him. Besides his wife and two daughters he leaves one brother, Thomas Chesnut, of Rensselaer, Ind., who was present at the deathbed, and two sisters, Mrs. Catherine A. Ewalt, of Shelby, Ohio, and Mrs. Jane A Sharp, also of Rensselaer. "He was a member of the Presbyterian church, in which his father was a minister, and he was an honorable, upright, Christian gentleman. The sympathy of the community is with those who are bereaved.’’ Get your Horse Bills at this office.