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    Frances Alvah Chesebro (Worden)

    Birth: 12-12-1826

    Death: 8-24-1909

    Nickname: Fan

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Chesebro, Henry Onderdonk (HOC) | Marriage Date: 10-17-1850

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Biography

Frances Alvah Chesebro (née Worden) was born in 1826 to Alvah Worden and Lazette Maria Worden (née Miller) in Auburn, NY. She was an only child. Her family in 1835 moved to Canandaigua, NY where her father opened a law firm.

Frances’ father employed Henry Onderdonk Chesebro, a Canandaigua native, in 1846. Frances later married Henry on October 17, 1850. The couple had one son, Francis Worden Chesebro on February 12, 1854.

Frances and her family remained in Canandaigua throughout her life. Frances’ husband died on November 24, 1888. She survived him by almost twenty-one years and died on August 24, 1909. The couple is buried together at West Avenue Cemetery in Canandaigua.

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Frances Alvah Chesebro (née Worden) was born in 1826 to Alvah Worden and Lazette Maria Worden (née Miller) in Auburn, NY. She was an only child. Her family in 1835 moved to Canandaigua, NY where her father opened a law firm.

Frances’ father employed Henry Onderdonk Chesebro, a Canandaigua native, in 1846. Frances later married Henry on October 17, 1850. The couple had one son, Francis Worden Chesebro on February 12, 1854.

Frances and her family remained in Canandaigua throughout her life. Frances’ husband died on November 24, 1888. She survived him by almost twenty-one years and died on August 24, 1909. The couple is buried together at West Avenue Cemetery in Canandaigua.

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Emma Willard and Her Pupils: Or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary, 1822-1872
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Mrs. R. Sage
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1898
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Lives of Eminent Lawyers and Statesmen of the State of New York: With Notes of Cases Tried by Them, Speeches, Anecdotes, and Incidents in Their Lives
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Lucien Brock Proctor
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S. S. Peloubet
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1882
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History of Ontario County, New York
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Ontario County, NY
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D. Mason & Company
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1893
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There is a letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward on February 14, 1854 which confirms the birthdate of Francis Worden Chesebro. It will be put onto the site soon.
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Henry Onderdonk Chesebro
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Francis W Chesebro in the New York, State Census, 1875
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Fanny Chesebro in the 1870 United States Federal Census
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Frances A Worden in the 1850 United States Federal Census
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Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro
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Frances W Chesebro in the New York, Death Index, 1880-1956
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