Alexander Chesnut
[son of David Chesnut and Jennett Brown]
born: 4 July 1759 - Ireland
died: 9 May 1809 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky
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married:
wife: Sarah Meek
[daughter of James Meek and Martha Young]
born: c1760
died: 13 July 1831 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky

Children of Alexander Chesnut and Sarah Meek Chesnut:

1. Samuel Chesnut
born: 14 June 1793 or 1795 - Chester County, South Carolina
died: 5 October 1866 - Todd County, Kentucky
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buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky
married: 17 December 1818 - Christian County, Kentucky
wife: Martha "Patsy" Baird Weems
[daughter of ? Weems and ? ?]
born: c1800- Virginia
died:
buried:

Children of Samuel Chesnut and Martha B. Weems Chesnut:

1.1. William Chesnut

1.2. Samuel Patterson Chesnut
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 13 July 1831 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 19 June 1889 - Williamson County, Tennessee
buried: Mount Hope Cemetery - Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
married: 16 July 1868 - Williamson County, Tennessee
wife: Ann Pauline McEwen
born: 5 September 1835 - Williamson County, Tennessee
died: 11 June 1917 - Williamson County, Tennessee
buried: Mount Hope Cemetery - Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee

 

2. John Chesnut
born: 26 July 1796 - Chester County, South Carolina
died: 1 January 1873 - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky
married:
wife: Ruth Vance
[daughter of John Vance and Martha Davidson]
born: 7 November 1812 - South Carolina
died: 1 January 1873 - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky

Children of John Chesnut and Ruth Vance Chesnut:

2.1. Franklin Marion Chesnut
born: 23 February 1844 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 8 May 1910 -
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
married: 6 October 1870 - Todd County, Kentucky
wife: Josephine Joyce Drake
[daughter of Samuel Drake and Lucy Duigiud]
born: 26 November 1843 - Virginia
died: 6 April 1926 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky

Children of Franklin Marion Chesnut and Josephine Drake Chesnut:

2.1.1. Lula G. Chesnut
born: 21 July 1871 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 19 February 1946 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
1st husband: T. J. Powell
2nd husband: Herschel Gill Porter
born: 22 July 1870 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 1961
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky

2.1.2. Walter Franklin Chesnut
born: 22 March 1873 - Kentucky
died: 28 May 1945 - Kentucky
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
married:
wife: Fannie Wright Meador
[daughter of Alfred Gilmore Meador and Lola Ottie Lewis]
born: 28 May 1894 -
died: 22 September 1971
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
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Children of Walter Franklin Chesnut and Fannie Wright Meador Chesnut:

2.1.2.1. Walter Lewis Chesnut
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
wife: Sarah Bruce Davenport
[daughter of Joseph Clarence Davenport and Sarah Margaret Ewing]
born: 13 May 1916 -
died: 13 May 1998 -
buried:

Children of Walter Lewis Chesnut and Sarah Bruce Davenport Chesnut:

2.1.2.1.1. Judye Davenport Chesnut
husband: Robert Rhea
born:
died: September 14, 2002 - Greeneville, Tennessee

2.1.2.1.2. Frances Elaine Chesnut

2.1.2.1.3. Paul Bruce Chesnut
born: 14 April 1945 - Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
died: 2 September 1994 - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
buried: Briar Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Bremen, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
wife: Judy Kay Phillips

Children of Paul Bruce Chesnut and Judy Kay Phillips Chesnut:

2.1.2.1.3.1. Michael Bruce Chesnut
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Left the denomination

 

2.1.2.2. Franklin Gilmore Chesnut
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
wife: Laurelyn Travillian
[daughter of Laurel Lloyd Travillian and Annie Mae Whitehorn]

Children of Franklin Gilmore Chesnut and Laurelyn Travillian Chesnut:

2.1.2.2.1. Franklin Gilmore Chesnut, Jr.

2.1.2.2.2. Kathryn Lynne Chesnut

 

2.1.2.3. Lola Duigiud Chesnut
husband: James H. Alexander

2.1.2.4. Paul Chesnut

2.1.2.5. David Earl Chesnut, Sr.
born: Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
died: 22 November 2003 - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
wife: Betty Gayle Mitchell
born:
died:
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky

Children of David Earl Chesnut, Sr. and Betty Gayle Mitchell Chesnut:

2.1.1.5.1. Mark Chesnut

2.1.1.5.2. David Earl Chesnut, Jr.

2.1.1.5.3. Nancy Chesnut
husband: ? Moore

 

2.1.2.6. James Harvey Chesnut
1st wife: Patty Pippin
2nd wife: Ellen ?

2.1.2.7. Marion Elgin Chesnut
wife: Mary Ward

2.1.2.8. Mary Elizabeth "Beba" Chesnut
husband: A. G. Mullins
born:
died: May 22, 2004 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried:

 

2.1.3. Samuel W. Chesnut
born: 20 January 1875 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 21 September 1958 - Christian County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
wife: Mary M. McNeilly
[daughter of Felix Cincinnatus McNeilly and Ellen E. "Ellie" Bagwell]
born: 8 September 1877 - Dickson County, Tennessee
died: 29 July 1938 - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky

2.1.4. John Elgin Chesnut
born: 10 July 1878 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 19 May 1933 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky
wife: Nancy H. "Nannie" Wilkerson
(daughter of Samuel Meredith Wilkerson and Myra T. Bagwell)
born: 11 November 1877 - Montgomery County, Tennessee
died: 24 February 1959 - Christian County, Kentucky
buried: Glenwood Cemetery - Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky

 

2.2. Samuel Massena Chesnut
born: 24 March 1842 - Todd County, Kentucky
died: 20 August 1865 - Todd County, Kentucky
buried: Chesnut Cemetery - Todd County, Kentucky