Daniel Chesebro (1795 - 1874)

Born 25 Oct 1795 in North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1 May 1874 at age 78 in Pulaski, Jackson County, Michigan, USA

WARNING: There are at least three different men by the same name who may be easily confused with each other.

1. Daniel Cheesebrough, b abt 1768 Connecticut who ends up in Berne then Knox, Albany, New York in the 1810 through 1850 census records.
2. Daniel Cheesebrough, b abt 1800 NY who is in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY in 1840 and 1850
3. Daniel Chesebro (THIS profile), b abt 1795 Massachusetts; in Pulaski, Michigan by 1840.

Biography

He was son of Elisha Chesebro of North Adams, Massachusetts.^[1] The death record of his son Stephen indicates he'd been married to Tabatha Guile.

This is supported by the 1903 Cheesebrough Family Genealogy.^[2]

NOTE: There are Guiles enumerated in the Pulaski 1860 census within pages of the Chesebros.

At some point, the family headed west from North Adams, through New York (where some of the children were born?) before settling in Pulaski, Michigan.

It appears that at least one of Daniel's siblings-- Stephen-- also settled in Pulaski.

The census records suggest this migration path (if these are the same person):

• 1820: Farmington, Ontario co., New York (not sure it's THIS Daniel)
• 1830: can't find him (yet)
• 1840 through 1870: Pulaski, Michigan^[3]

In 1850, Daniel is enumerated with the William Walters family (wife Sarah Walters) in Pulaski. Is this his daughter's family? Other Chesebros are listed in adjacent pages, including an Ambrose married to an Elizabeth.^[4]

The 1903 Cheesebrough genealogy says his daughter Sarah married a Walters, so yes, it's likely that he's enumerated with his daughter and son-in-law in this 1850 census.

NOTE: His wife Tabitha is enumerated with "S.S. Chesebro" several lines above in the same 1850 census.

In 1860, he's enumerated with his other daughter, Hannah, in the home of her husband William Buck. Enumerated immediately after him is a Sarah Chesebro, 52.^[5] A second wife? Another family member?

He is with likely the same Sarah in the 1870 census.^[6] Or, given that other Chesebro family membrers also migrated west, she could be a younger sister, or niece.

He has a Find-A-Grave entry.^[7]

Children

In this order, per the 1903 Chesebrough family genealogy (p. 260);

1. Sarah (but b abt 1825 NY per 1850 census) m. William (per the 1850 census) Walters; children (might be more born after 1850):
   1. Stephen Walters, b 1843
   2. William Walters, b 1845
2. Elect, m. ______ Culver; child Daniel Culver lived in Mosherville, Mich., at time of (or shortly before) 1903 publication of genealogy
3. Ambrose. Likely the Ambrose Chesbro of the 1850 Pulaski census, age 37 (born 1813 Mass.) with (wife?) Elizabeth, 30 b NY, and three children: Sarah, George and Ambrose.
4. Stephen. Is he the S.S. Chesebro, 34 (born 1816 Mass.) enumerated in 1850 census in Pulaski with Marietta, 21 (wife?), and Tabitha, 54 (his mother?). He and Marietta are on the same page as other family members in the 1860 census. children:
   1. Sophia, b abt 1846
   2. Hiram, b abt 1851
   3. Charles, b abt 1853
   4. Samuel?, b abt 1856
5. Hannah, (b abt 1831 per 1860 census; seems late) ; m Alfred (per 1860 census) Buck. This needs checking.

Daniel, and brothers Sylvester and Stephen are mentioned as "among the first" settlers of Pulaski Township, Jackson County, Michigan, on page 1023 of A History of Jackson County, Michigan published in 1881. They would have arrived in 1834 or 1835 according to that history.

Sources

1. ↑ 1903 Chesebrough Family Genealogy [https://archive.org/stream/genealogydescen00wildgoog#page/n267/mode/1up p 258]
2. ↑ 1903 Chesebrough Family Genealogy p 260
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYQ-13C : 15 August 2017), Daniel Cheesbro, Pulaski Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing p. 145, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 206; FHL microfilm 14,795.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8X-FVF : 12 April 2016), Daniel Chesbro in household of William Walters, Pulaski, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing family 421, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSC-9HDJ?cc=1473181&wc=7QGH-B7G%3A1589428970%2C1589422215%2C1589426127 : 24 March 2017), Michigan > Jackson > Pulaski > image 15 of 28; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHR-LLR : 12 April 2016), Daniel Chesebro, Michigan, United States; citing p. 8, family 71, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,178.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17932688