<center>Chesser Photos Part two</center>

Photographer Francis Harper, holding institution Delma E. Presley Collection of South Georgia History and Culture, Zach S. Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University


 W.T. Chesser
William Thomas Chesser 1812-1896
s/o Thomas Samuel & Mary Chesser

(Notes by photographer:) "Portrait of William T. Chesser (a ballard-maker) who settled on Chesser's Island before the Civil War, and died on September 16, 1896. The portrait (in water color) was said to have been made by a brother of President Grant on a visit to Chesser's Island shortly after the Civil War. It was preserved by a grandson, Ben Chesser, of Chesser's Island, Okefinokee Swamp, Georgia."


 Wade Chesser
Wade Chesser
Hollerin' or Yodeling


 Wade Chesser
Wade Chesser
Plowing at age 11


 Syrup Shed
Syrup shed on Chesser Island


Tom Chesser & Bill
Joseph Thomas "Tom" Chesser (1896-1970) & Pup "Bill"
Waiting for bear in Fern Praire NW of Chesser Island


Tom Chesser Children
Tom Chesser's Children
Wade Thomas, Joe Lester, Gertie Lou, Winnifred Laverne "Winnie", Bill S. & Ruby Jeanelle
March 30, 1938


Chessers & mule
Mrs. Tom Chesser (Iva Lee Chesser) & her brother Guy James Chesser, Wade & Bill on mule
Old kitchen covered with Polypodium.
April 12, 1933


Harry & Tom Chesser
Harry & Tom Chesser
Sawing down a pine tree
April 17, 1933


 Hamp Chesser
Hamp Chesser
April 22, 1940


Planting Peas on Chesser Island
Planting Peas on Chesser Island
April 12, 1933
"Mrs Tom Chesser planting; Guy Chesser Ploughing"


 Chessers Singing
Harry, Mattie (Martha Lee) & Mrs. Robert Allen Chesser (Elizabeth Eugenia Altman)
singing "The Turtle Dove" from 'The Four Note Book'
April 23, 1933


Ben Chesser Family
Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Chesser (1894-1972) & Family
Wife Shirley O'Quinn

March 31, 1938


Ann & Clifford Chesser
Ann & Clifford Chesser
March 31, 1938


Ben Chesser with bow & arrow
Ben Chesser with a bow & arrow made by his father, Robert Allen
Same model but different bow from what R.A.C. had. Bow of "light'ood, copper wire as bow string
August 22, 1944


Huey Chesser
Aaron 'Huey' Chesser
Sitting on porch shelf eating grapes at homestead of his grandfather Sam (Samuel Archie) Chesser
August 22, 1944


Rider Children
Children of Dock & Kate Lee (d/o R.A. Chesser) Rider
April 18, 1933


Aaron Huey Chesser
Aaron Huey Chesser
August 19, 1944


PHOTOS BELOW PROVIDED BY
Margaret Fay Gerhardt

MARGARET FAY GERHARDT


Eliza Ellen Prescott Bentley
Eliza Ellen Prescott Bentley (1854-1920) & children Marthie & Lowie
mother of Lula Ellen Bentley Chesser


Frederick Chesser
Frederick Chesser (1896-1958) & Unknown
Eldest son of Henry Austin and Lulla Ellen Chesser


Henry A. & Frank Chesser
Henry A. (1865-1932) & Frank Chesser (1898-1970)


 Nora & Della Chesser
Nora & Lula Chesser in back, Margaret & Della in front
ca 1919-20


Lula Ellen & dau. Margaret Chesser
Lula Ellen (Bentley) Chesser (1876-1932) & dau. Margaret Chesser


Harmon Chesser
Harmon Chesser (1906-1979)


Raymond Bentley Alexander A. Chesser
Raymond Bentley (brother of Lula Ellen Chesser) & Alexander A. Chesser (1902-1965)


  Margaret Chesser
Margaret Chesser (1914-1994)


Chessers & Osmans
Standing L-R: Lula Ellen Bentley Chesser, Lula Chesser Blocker, Samuel Osman (Nora Chesser's husband)
Sitting: Unknown, Henry A. Chesser holding Frederick Jr., Muxeen Osman (Samuel's brother) holding baby Alan Osman (son of Nora and Samual Osman).


Chesser Children
Standing: L to R: Frank, Richard, Fred
Middle row: Harmon, Tom, Alex
Sitting: Margaret, Della, Lula, Nora
1932


  Sons of Fred Chesser
Sons of Fred & Edna Chesser
L to R: Melvin (1927) Frederick (1921) Edna 1900-1993) Earl 1922-1981


  Chesser
Daughters of Fred & Edna Chesser

L to R: Mother Edna (1900-1993), Doris Chesser Nettles (1928-____), Dorothy Chesser Crockett 1928 _____), Juanita Chesser Suttle McCraken (1930), Betty Chesser Ottinger (1935)& Geraldine Chesser Suttle (1937)


  Chesser
They took a train to Miami to visit Frank and Clara and the first grandson, Robert Franklin (1924)
L to R: Margaret Chesser, Tom T. Chesser, Richard Chesser (Miami Police), Lula Ellen Chesser, Frank Chesser holding son, Robert Franklin.


 Thomas T. Chesser, II
Thomas T. Chesser, II
(son of Henry A. Chesser


 Frank, Clara & Robert Chesser
Frank (1898-1970), Clara & Robert Chesser


 Frank, Clara & Robert Chesser
Frank (1898-1970), Clara & Robert Chesser


 Richard Chesser
Richard Chesser (1897-1973)
son of Henry Austin Chesser


Joseph Allen & Lula (Chesser) Blocker  Chesser
Joseph Allen & Lula (Chesser) Blocker


Alexander Chesser
Alexander A. Chesser (1902-1965)
sitting on right - other two unknown


Nora Chesser Osman
Nora Chesser (1899-1962), husband Samuel & son Allan Osman


Della (Chesser) Gerhardt
Della (Chesser) Gerhardt {1909-1996},Dora Mae, Joseph, William Carl Gerhardt holding William Carl, Jr.


Grandchildren of Henry A. Chesser
Grandchildren of Henry A. Chesser
L-R: Allen Osman(b.1923), son of Nora Chesser (b 1899) John Henry Blocker (b.1925), son of Lula Chesser(b. 1900) Earl Carson Chesser(1922), son of Fred Chesser (b. 1896) Holeita Osman (b. 192?) daughter of Nora Chesser (b. 1899) and Dora Mae Gerhardt (b.1929). daughter of Della Chesser (b. 1909)


Joe Blocker, Clyde David "Snap" Blocker & Lula (Chesser) Blocker


Della Chesser
Katherine Memminger Gerhardt (1857-1938) from Weisbaden, Germany; Son, William Carl Gerhardt (1888-1946) and Wife, Della Chesser Gerhardt (1909-1996). Picture taken about 1930.


 Della Chesser
William Carl Gerhardt and Della Chesser Gerhardt

Owned a grocery store and fish market in a warehouse over the water on the St. John's River at Green Cove Springs. Before 1929 when Shands Bridge was built, people would come to the store from across the river in their boats. When the Hyacinths were packed tightly from the winds, it was very difficult for them to make it across and would take all day and probably part of the night to return. Someone would have to pull the plants and toss them aside while another person rowed the boat. Now we just run to the convenience store.


Water Color painting
Water Color painting of Chesser Home Place


PHOTOS BELOW PROVIDED BY
LaVonne Chesser Fuller


Edward Vinson Chesser in green shirt. Mother Frances Lorene; Father Ernie Vinson; Brother in pink shirt Robert Laverne And little old me Frances LaVonne in front.


Clemmie Smith Chesser
Clementine "Clemmie" (Smith) Chesser (1900-1973)
w/o James Lawtey Chesser


Robert LaVerne Chesser
Robert LaVerne Chesser (1940-1995)
s/o Edward V. & Frances Lorene Chesser


Frances Lorene (Strickland) Chesser
Frances Lorene (Strickland) Chesser
w/o Ernie Vinson


PHOTOS BELOW PROVIDED BY
Angel Inez Lamb Chesser


James Lawtey Chesser
James Lawtey "Laut" Chesser (1886-1950)



As Of Sept 28, 2007

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