Parents: Brittania D Newberry and Reuben Saunders (same cemetery)
US Census, 1870
Marriage: Marriage Register of Washington County, North Carolina (register entries for which no license exists, 1878). Joseph S Chesson age 38 and Sarah C Saunders age 22 married at the Plymouth Methodist Church. http://www.ncgenweb.us/washington/mr/WREG078E.HTM#01387
US Census, 1880, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina: HOH Jos S Chesson age 39; wife Sada age 24; daughter Irene G age 8; daughter Ethrell B age 6 months. All residents born in NC.
US Census, 1910, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina: Not found.
US Census, 1910, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina: HOH Josesph Chesson age 36; wife Sadie age 54 (5 children born, 4 children living). All residents born in NC.
US Census, 1920, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina: HOH Joseph Chesson age 80; wife Sarah age 65; daughter Lillian age 23. All residents born in NC.
Death:
Source for all of the above: Ancestry.com (online database)
Burial: Plymouth United Methodist Church Cemetery, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, USA
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