Chester Adgate Congdon (1853 - 1916)

Born 12 Jun 1853 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Hesperia (Bannister) Congdon — married 29 Sep 1881 in Syracuse, NY

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1916 at age 63 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

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Chester is connected to the Glensheen Historic Estate

Biography

Chester Congdon is Notable.

Congdon was a prominent industrialist lawyer. He amassed a large fortune from iron mining in northern Minnesota, but was also invested in many industries including Arizona copper mining, and fruit growing in Yakima Valley, Washington.

Sources

• A Lake Superior Lawyer, Roy O. Hoover

"Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ9-RTRC : 16 March 2018), Chester A Congdon, 1914; citing M1464, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 255, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,561,341.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ7-BFX : 13 December 2017), Chester A Congden in entry for Sylvester L Congden, 1860.
• MNOPEDIA "Congdon, Chester A." link
• MINNPOST Backerud, Thomas K. "After making his fortune in mining..." 6-12-2017.link
• Wikipedia "Chester Adgae Congdon" link
• Find A Grave. Chester Adgate Congdon. (includes grave photo and obituary)link
• Wikipedia "Glensheen Historic Estate" link
• MNOPEDIA "Glensheen Historic Estate" link

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDX-18WT : 16 March 2018), Chester A Congdon, 1910; citing Passport Application, Minnesota, United States, source certificate #18534, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1106, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPD1-QHV : 10 March 2018), Chester Adgate Congdon, 21 Nov 1916; citing St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, cn 2655, Public Health Center, St. Paul; FHL microfilm 1,309,202.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9K-ZBJ : 12 August 2017), Chester H Congdon in household of Asa C Smith, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 82C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0630; FHL microfilm 1,254,630.

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-L54Q : 16 March 2018), Chester A Congdon, 1914; citing Passport Application, Minnesota, United States, source certificate #21526, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 202, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-B2V8 : 16 March 2018), Chester A Congdon, 1905; citing Passport Application, Minnesota, United States, source certificate #96748, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 667, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).