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W. M. CHESNEY, physician, Kenton. was born April 27, 1821, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Mahan) Chesney, deceased, both natives of Pennsylvania. When eighteen years of age, our subject commenced the study of medicine at Jamestown, Penn., with Dr. Williams Gibson. He subsequently began the practice of his profession in Wyandot County, Ohio, where he was appointed Postmaster under President Tyler. He filled that office until his removal to Marseilles, in 1844, where he was again appointed Postmaster, under President Van Buren. The same year he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. George Armstrong. She died in the spring of 1847, leaving one son-James. During the winters of 1847 and 1848, Dr. Chesney attended the Medical College and the Marine Hospital at Charleston, S. C., and in the following year entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1850. The same year, he further pursued his studies in the Starling Medical College, passing graduation in 1851, and at once entered upon a course of studies in the Pennsylvania University at Philadelphia. In 1851, he was married to Miss Rachel Merriman, sister of L. Merriman, of Kenton, to which union were born five children, but one living-Blanche. The eldest child-Alice -was the wife of Rev. I. G. Hall, a Presbyterian divine. They settled in Lima, Ohio, and during a visit to the home of her parents, in the winter of 1880, she was taken suddenly sick and died shortly after - January 31, 1881. She was a lady of excellent character and refinement, and her sudden demise was a bereavement deeply felt by the relatives and friends. Charles, Roscoe and Frank died in infancy. In 1863, Dr. Chesney came to Kenton, and became a member and President of the Hardin County Medical Society, continuing in the position four or five years. He is a member of the Northwestern Medical Society of Ohio, also of the

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American Medical Society. He represented the Hardin County Society as a delegate to the American Medical Society at New Orleans, La., in 1869, and was appointed, by Gov. Bruff, Examining Surgeon of Hardin County; with rank of Major. For about seven years, Dr. Chesney and Dr. Roger of Kenton, were in partnership in the drug business, after which time he devoted himself entirely to his practice until 1880, when his poor health compelled a retirement. He is now living a quiet and unostentatious life in at his home in Kenton, surrounded by his family and friends.

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History of Hardin County, Ohio

Pleasant Township, p. 770

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