Person:Alva McChesney (4)

FATHER: Frank McChesney MOTHER: Etta (Hattie) Lawton

Census 1880, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Frank [head] - White - Male - Age 23 - Married - Work in saw mill - Born Canada - Father b. [blank] - Mother b. N York " Hattie - Wife - White - Female - Age 23 - Keeping House - Born (& both parents) N York " ALVA - Son - White - Male - Age 1 - Born New York

NY State Census 1892, Richland, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Frank - Male - Age 35 - Born U.S. - Laborer " Etta - Female - Age 34 - Born U.S. " Alva - Male - Age 13 - Born U.S.

Oswego Daily Times, 11 Mar 1904: TABLE COMPANY INCORPORATED Pulaski, March 11-- The Salmon River Table Company of Syracuse was incorporated at Albany yesterday with a capital of $2,000. The directors are Frank McChesney and Alva C. McChesney of Pulaski and Edwin S. Hawkins of Syracuse.

NY State Census 1915, Pulaski, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Allie C. - Head - White - Male - Age 32 - Born U.S. - Laborer, Table factory " Alice M. - Wife - White - Female - Age 32 - Born U.S. - Housework

World War 1 draft registration card, 12 Sept 1918: Alva C. McChesney - Maple AV, Pulaski, NY - Age 40 - born Sept 4, 1878 - White - Native born - occupation, Woodworker [at] C. Tollen Sons Co., Pulaski - nearest relative, Wife, Alice McChesney - height, Short; build, Stout; eyes, Blue; hair, Brown ; disabilities [blank]

Census 1920, Pulaski, Twn Richland, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva C. - Head - Owns, Free - Male -White - Age 40 - Married - Born New York - Father b. Canada, English - Mother b. New York - Fireman, Box factory - Worker " Alice N. - Wife - Female - White - Age 36 - Born (& both parents) New York " Donald H. - Son - Male - White - Age 11 - At school - Born New York " Leonard - Son - Male - White - Age 3 6/12 - Born New York

Oswego Palladium-Times, 26 July 1927: PINE MEADOWS A.C. McChesney of Pulaski is moving to the farm he recently purchased from the heirs of William Sidebotham.

Census 1930, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva - Head - Owns, $2500 - is Farm - Male -White - Age 51 - Married at 29 - Born (& both parents) New York - Wood worker, Wood working factory - Worker, Employed " Alice - Wife - Female - White - Age 48 - Married at 25 - Born (& both parents) New York " Leonard - Son - Male - White - Age 13 - At school - Born New York

Oswego Palladium-Times, 14 Sep 1934: RICARD, Sept. 14-- Alva McChesney and George Roser have new silos.

Census 1940, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva - Head - Male - White - Age 61 - Married - Education, 8 yrs school -Born New York - 1935 residence, Same house - At work, 53 hrs/wk - Wood worker, Chair factory - Worked 52 wks, Earned $695 " Alice - Wife - Female - White - Age 56 - Education, 8 yrs school - Born New York " Leonard - Son - Male - White - Age 22 - Single - Education, 4 yrs High school - Born New York - At Work, 60 hrs/wk - Farm labor, General farming Ehrsman, William - Nephew - Male - White - Age 28 - Single - Education, 8 yrs school - Born New York - At work, 60 hrs/wk - Farm labor, General farming

Oswego Palladium-Times, 22 June 1945: RICARD-- Alva McChesney has purchased a new John Deere tractor.

Oswego Palladium-Times, 6 July 1946: RICARD-- A.C. McChesney is ill in a Syracuse hospital.

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Syracuse Post-Standard, 6 Nov 1954: DEATHS IN OTHER PLACES Rickard, Friday, Alva C. McChesney, 76

Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954: A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76, who died at his home in Ricard late Friday afternoon following an illness of two years, were conducted Monday at the home... by the Rev. Adelbert Edwards of Boylston. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Orwell. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Gay McChesney; two sons, Donald of Orwell and Leonard McChesney, at home; a brother, Newton McChesney of Lakeland FL, and a sister, Mrs. William (Lillian) Thompson of Ilion; and two grandchildren. Mr. McChesney was born in the Town of Scriba Sept. 4, 1878, the son of Frank and Etta Clauson McChesney. He came to Pulaski when a young lad and attended the Pulaski Academy. In 1904 he organized the Salmon River Table Co., which he later sold to E.J. Seiter. He continued to work at the Table company for a while, moving to Ricard in 1927. He also worked for the Lattimer chair factory after moving to Ricard. He was a member of the Pulaski Baptist Church.

1. ↑ United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).

   Sept. 4, 1878

2. ↑ (Obituary)
   Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954:.

   A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76,.. Mr. McChesney was born in the Town of Scriba Sept. 4, 1878, the son of Frank and Etta Clauson McChesney.

3. ↑ (Marriage license / certificate).

   Groom: Alton McChesney ... Birthplace, Lycoming

4. ↑ (Obituary)
   Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954:.

   A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76, who died at his home in Ricard late Friday afternoon

5. ↑ (Obituary)
   Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954:.

   A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76, .., were conducted Monday at the home... Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Orwell.