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  • Festival at Chesser Island Homestead October 14, 2000

  • CHESSER
    Family Reunion
    The descendants of William Thomas Chesser & Mary Elinor "Ellen" Kirby family reunion is held the 3rd Sunday of each October in the Recreation Center at Traders Hill, Charlton Co., GA
    Bring a covered dish & any family memorabilia (pictures, family group sheets etc)

  • Vannie Chesser Growing up on Chesser Island
  • Iva Lee Chesser Mrs. Iva came to Chesser Island as a 16 year o1d bride in 1925

  • William Thomas Chesser Chair

    William Thomas Chesser hide bottom Chair
    This hide bottom chair was made by William Thomas Chesser (1812-1886) possibly before he settled on Chesser Island in 1858.

    The chair has been passed down to:

    His son, William Marten Chesser (1848-1902)
    His son, Wiley Thomas �Snide� Chesser (1875-1939)
    His sister, Mary Ellen �Mollie� Chesser Crews (1871-1961)
    Her Great Nephew, William Eugene �Gene� Barber (1935-2005) [son of Pearle Chesser Barber}
    His 1st Cousin Carl Wendell Mobley (1928- ) {son of Maude Chesser Mobley}
    Who returned it to its home, Chesser Island, on Wednesday, November 23, 2006

    Note: When asked who sawed off the legs, I was told �no one, they were worn off by sliding across the floor which had been scrubbed repeatedly using white sand.�
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    William Marten Chesser
    William "Bill" Marten Chesser (1848-1902)
    son of William Thomas Chesser & Mary Elinor Kirby


    Zilphia Hicks
    Zilphia Hicks Chesser (1848-1929) Wife of William Marten Chesser


    W.T. Chesser
    Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser, Sr. (1875-1939)
    son of William Marten Chesser & Zilphia Hicks

    Mary Margurite "Maggie" Johnson-Chesser 1893-1959


    W.T. Chesser
    Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser, Sr. (1875-1939)


    Wiley T. Chesser
    Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser, Sr. on his wedding day with his Father-in-law Jackson H. "Jack" Johnson


    W.T. Chesser
    "Snide" & "Maggie" Chesser with children Maude & Mary


     Maggie Chesser
    Mary Margurite "Maggie" Johnson-Chesser 1893-1959
    Dau. of Jackson H. Johnson & Josephine Davis
    wife of Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser


     Maggie Chesser
    Mary Margurite "Maggie" Johnson-Chesser 1950


     Maggie Chesser
    "Maggie" Chesser with grand children Dorothy Mobley & Wayne Hurst


     Maggie Chesser
    "Maggie" Chesser, grand daughter Dorothy Mobley-Barnes & daughter Mary Chesser-Hurst


    Frank Johnson
    John Franklin "Frank" Johnson (1920-1981)
    Son of Jackson H. Johnson & Josephine Davis, brother of 'Maggie' Chesser
    L-R Junior Chesser, Dorothy Mobley & Wendell Mobley


     W. T. Chesser Grandchildren
    Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser with grand children Dorothy & Wendell Mobley


    Jr. Chesser
    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr. (1919-1991)


    Jr. Chesser
    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr. (1919-1991)


    Jr. Chesser
    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr. (1919-1991)


    Jr. & Mary Chesser
    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr. & 2nd wife, Mary Driggers Chesser (1920-2000)


    Jr. Chesser
    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr. (1919-1991) & Mary L. (Driggers) Chesser


    Molly Chesser Crews
    Mary Ellen "Mollie" Chesser Crews (1871-1961)
    wife of John Calvin Crews, daughter of Wm. M. Chesser


    Zilphia Hicks
    Zilphia Hicks Chesser (1848-1929) holding grand daughter Maude Chesser Mobley
    Wife of William Marten Chesser


    Zilphia Hicks
    Zilphia Hicks Chesser with grand children Pearl, Maude, Mary & Jr. Chesser


    Maude Chesser Mobley
    Maude Chesser Mobley 1910-1936
    daughter of W.T. Chesser - wife of R. Claude Mobley


    Pearl Chesser Barber
    Pearle Chesser Barber 1915-1971
    daughter of W.T. Chesser - wife of "Dub" Barber, Mother of Gene


    Pearle Chesser Barber 1927


    Carl & Mary Rhoden
    Carl Rhoden 1911-1993 Former Mayor Glen St. Mary
    Mary Chesser-Hurst Rhoden 1912-1998 Post Mistress Glen St. Mary


    Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden
    Glen St. Mary Post Mistress, Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden, retires 6/30/1972
    d/o Wiley Thomas "Snide" Chesser & Maggie Johnson
    w/o (1) James Massey Hurst (2) Carl Rhoden


    Retirement Certificate
    Postal Retirement Certificate


    Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden
    Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden 1912-1998


    Wiley T. Chesser, Jr & Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden
    L-R: Wiley T. Chesser, Jr, wife Mary Driggers, Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden & Carl Rhoden (4/10/1977)
    Home in Glen St. Mary destroyed to widen U.S. 90


    Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden
    Mary Chesser Hurst-Rhoden (1995)


    Chesser Island 1940
    Picture taken in 1940 at the home of Wade Hampton Chesser.

    This Log Cabin was built by Moab C. Chesser and is located in/on an area that Moab named "The Hill". All of his children were born here. His son, Hamp, inherited it from Moab for staying on and taking care of Moab & Hester.

    Some in this picture are:
    Wade Hampton "Hamp", Wiley L., Ernie Vinson, James Lawtey, Guy James, Clemmie Smith Chesser, her adopted daughter Eloise Chesser Norton (in front of Guy), Frances L. Strickland Chesser holding Robert Laverne Chesser (not visible)


    James Lawtey & Ernie Vinson
    R-L James Lawtey Chesser & son Ernie Vinson Chesser
    in rear L-R Clemmie Smith Chesser w/o James L. & Lorene Strickland Chesser w/o Earnie.


    James Lawtey Chesser
    James Lawtey Chesser (1886-1950) ca 1917/18
    son of Moab Columbus "Buck" Chesser


    Wm. Otto Chesser, Jr.
    L - R: Evan, William Otto Jr, Wade H. & Warren H. at funeral of brother Alva Chesser 1935


    Chesser Home
    The Chesser Home on Chesser Island
    by Gene Barber, 1999


    The Swamp
    Painting of "The Swamp" by Gene Barber, 1999


    W.O. Chesser
    William Otto Chesser 1890-1950
    s/o Thomas Tennyson Chesser & Lucretia Dedge


    J. R. Chesser
    James R. Chesser 1872-1944 & wife Maggie Knight & sons

    s/o Thomas Tennyson Chesser & Lucretia Dedge


    Lucretia D. Chesser
    Lucretia Dedge Chesser 1847-1911
    children John E. Chesser 1886-1950 & Mary Ellen Chesser-Poore-Kersy 1861-1937

    wife of Thomas Tennyson Chesser


    John E. Chesser
    John Edgar Chesser 1886-1950

    son of Thomas Tennyson Chesser


    John E. Chesser
    John Edgar Chesser 1886-1950

    son of Thomas Tennyson Chesser


    John E. Chesser
    John Edgar Chesser & 2nd wife Edna Hines


    John E. Chesser
    Johnny & June Chesser
    children of John E. Chesser & Edna Hines


    John E. Chesser
    Johnny & June with new sister Edith
    children of John E. Chesser & Edna Hines


    Joseph Cone Chesser
    Joseph Cone Chesser b. ca 1912
    son of T.T. Chesser, Jr. & Josey Kersey


    Joseph Cone Chesser
    Joseph Cone Chesser b. ca 1912


    T. T. Chesser
    Thomas Tennyson Chesser 1839-1910 & dau. Mary Ellen 1861-1937
    son of William Thomas Chesser & Mary Ellen Kirby


    Lucy Chesser
    Lucy Chesser


     William Otto Chesser, Jr.
    William Otto Chesser, Jr.


     William Oren Chesser
    William Oren Chesser & wife Oren Katherine Moore
    son of William Otto Chesser, Jr. & Martha Orr Chesser - 1964


     Mary Lenore Chesser
    Mary Lenore Chesser
    dau. of William Otto Chesser, Jr. & Martha Orr Chesser


     William Jesse
    William Jesse "Benny" Chesser (1873-1950) & wife Rebecca "Becky" Wilkinson (1886-1981)
    son of William Marten Chesser & Zilphia Hicks Chesser


     Rebecca 'Becky' Wilkinson-Chesser
    Jessie Mae Chesser-Sweat & mother, Rebecca "Becky" Wilkinson-Chesser


     John Alexander Chesser
    John Alexander Chesser & wife Florence Mae Eiserman
    son of William Jesse Chesser & Beck Wilkinson


     Otis A. Chesser
    Otis A. Chesser (1908-1948)
    son of William Jesse Chesser & Beck Wilkinson
    U.S. Army Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, CO April 1937


     Otis A. Chesser
    Otis A. Chesser (1908-1948)
    VA Hospital in Oteen, NC


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