James Raymond CHASTEEN b. 10 Jan 1883 Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky d. 27 Jan 1958 died in the Hospital/Crossville, Cumberland Co, Tennessee, USA

1883 - 1958 (75 years)

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Name	James Raymond CHASTEEN [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Born	10 Jan 1883	Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17]
Gender	Male
Died	27 Jan 1958	died in the Hospital/Crossville, Cumberland Co, Tennessee, USA [15, 16]
Buried	Mount Vernon Cemetery, Burrville, Tennessee/Morgan, Tennessee, USA
Person ID	I16833	TAP \| George/Michael Branch, George Fulp's Full Tree
Last Modified	1 Mar 2013

Father	Henry G CHASTEEN, b. 17 Jun 1856, Garrett, Floyd, Kentucky, USA , d. 4 Dec 1932, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)
Mother	Priscilla COLEMAN, b. 11 Nov 1846, Mercer, Kentucky, USA , d. 1 May 1912, Waynesburg, Lincoln, KY, USA (Age 65 years)
Married	18 Oct 1879	Kentucky
Family ID	F6512	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ida Belle PHELPS, b. 02 Dec 1876, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA , d. 30 Mar 1954, Morgan, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years)

Married 05 Dec 1907 Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA [14]

Children

	1. Chester Arthur CHASTEEN, b. 29 Aug 1908, Milledgeville, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA , d. 06 Jan 1994, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA (Age 85 years)
	2. James Earl CHASTEEN, b. 23 Sep 1909, Kentucky, USA , d. 26 Feb 1962, Burrville, Morgan, Tennessee,USA (Age 52 years)
	3. John H CHASTEEN, b. 1912, d. 1912 (Age 0 years) [Natural]

Family ID F5139 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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		James Raymond Chasteen
		James Raymond Chasteen James Raymond (on left) first enlisted in 1902 telling the Army he was 21 years old. After 2 years he reenlisted for 3 more years and was sent to the Phillippine Islands. He was discharged September, 1907 and returned to Lincoln county, KY. On December 5, 1907 he married Ida Belle Phelps. On May 28, 1908 he enlisted in the Army and was sent to Fort Thomas, KY. He was discharged on 27 May 1911 after serving 8 years.
		James Raymond Chasteen & wife Ida Belle Phelps with grandsons John Thomas & Paul Chester Chasteen
		James Raymond & wife Ida Belle Phelps with two sons Chester Authur and James Earl

Headstones

James Raymond and Ida Belle Phelps Chasteen
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Notes

JAMES RAYMOND CHASTEEN CENSUS AND NOTES
*** Comments are made by Paul C Chasteen indicated by *** symbol

1880 HENRY G lived in Mercer county KY Bergin district, 22 June 1880. JRC wasn't born until 1883
1890 census doesn't exist
1900 J R Chasteen is 17 years old living at home Stanford, Lincoln County Kentucky
1907 James R Chasteen married Ida B Phelps 5 Dec 1907
1910 he was a soldier living at Fort Thomas Military Post Kentucky.
1920 lived at 2967 Gale Street Indianapolis, IN. ***He was buying the house with a mortgage,
but during the depression he lost the home. He also had a grocery store which he also lost.
1930 living in Warren Township, Marion County, Indianapolis IN
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1900 United States Census, 1900 Name: Jas R Chasteen [james Raymond chasteen]
Residence: Magisterial District 1, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky
Birth Date: Jan 1883 Birthplace: Kentucky Relationship to Head-of-Household: Son
Father Name: Henry Chasteen Father Birthplace: Kentucky Mother Name: Percella Chasteen
Mother Birthplace: Kentucky Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Henry Chasteen Gender: Male Marital Status: Single
Enumeration District: 0032 Sheet Number and Letter: 1A Household ID: 8
Reference Number: 38 GSU Film Number: 1240538 Image Number: 00764
Household Gender Age Parent Henry Chasteen Parent Percella Chasteen
Jas R Chasteen Thos Simms
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1900 CENSUS DATA State: Kentucky County: Lincoln City: Mag. dis. #1 (Stanford) 1900 Enumeration date: 1900 Name: Henry Chasteen
Relationship: Head Color: W Sex: M Month of birth: Jan Year of birth: 1855 Age at last birthday: 45 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
Number of years married: 21 Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer Months not employed: 0 Can read: Yes Can write: Yes Can speak English: Yes Home owned or rented: R Farm or house: F
Name: Percella Relationship: Wife Color: W Sex: F Month of birth: Nov Year of birth: 1846 Age at last birthday: 53
Single, married, widowed, or divorced: M Number of years married: 21 Mother of how many children: 1 Number of these children living: 1
Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Can read: Yes Can write: Yes Can speak English: Yes

Name: Jas. R. ***aka James Raymond Chasteen Relationship: Son Color: W Sex: M Month of birth: Jan Year of birth: 1883
Age at last birthday: 17 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: S Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky
Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Months not employed: 1 Attended school (in months): 0 Can read: Yes Can write: Yes Can speak English: Yes
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1902 U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 *** at the top of the Enlistment Register has 1903 written.
Name: James R Chasteen *** lists Mercer county KY *** had to be 21 years old to enlist Birth year: abt 1881 ***real birth is 10 Jan 1883 Birthplace: Kentucky
Enlistment Age: 21 1/12 *** enlisted in Lexington, KY
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1904 U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: James R Chasteen Birth year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States Enlistment Age: 22 8/12
*** 3 year enlistment 16 September 1904-20 September 1907 home is Harrodsburg, KY. Posted Ft Lincoln, ND
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5 Dec 1907 he married Ida Bell Phelps
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1908 U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 Name: James R Chasteen Birth year: abt 1882 Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Enlistment Age: 26 4/12 ***Enlisted 28 May 1908 discharged 27 May 1911 posted Ft Wayne, Mich. listed Harrodsburg (Mercer) Kentucky where he was born. 3 year enlistment.
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Harrodsburg, the county seat of Mercer County, was founded in 1774 by a stalwart band of pioneers led by James Harrod, of Pennsylvania. It was the only "colonial" city and the first permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains. Referred to as the "Birthplace of the West," Harrodsburg has a proud and remarkable heritage. From here the pioneers filtered through - conquering the wilderness and going on to populate and settle the rest of the Western frontier. Harrodsburg was first the county seat of Fincastle County, Virginia then Kentucky County Virginia. When Kentucky County was divided into the counties of Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln, Harrodsburg was the county seat of Lincoln County, which at that time covered over a third of the soon to be state. In 1785 Mercer County was taken from Lincoln and Harrodsburg has remained the county seat of Mercer County. The Kentucky territory became a state in 1792.
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According to the Goverment, he was born Jan 10, 1882. In the 1902 enlistment his record states 1881 Actually he was born Jan 10, 1883
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1910 State: Kentucky County: Campbell City: Fort Thomas Military Post Enumeration date: May 18 1910 Street: Company "F" Quarters
Name: James R. Chasteen Relationship: Soldier Sex: M Color: W Age at last birthday: 27 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
Number of years of present marriage: 3 Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky
Can speak English: English Occupation: Private Industry: Emplorer, employee, self-employed: W Weeks not employed during 1909: 0
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: No Can read: yes Can write: yes
*** His wife Ida Belle Phelps Chasteen lived in Cambell County, KY near Fort Thomas. In the 1he transcription of the 1910 census her name was misspelled as "Ida Chatun"
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1910 Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index Name: James R Chassteen Birthplace: Kentucky County: Campbell
Relatives: NR Taylor Payne (W) Enumeration District: 0049 Visit: 0130 Color: W Age: 27

Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Kentucky Miracode. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T1266, 194 rolls
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1920 Enumeration date: January 12 1920 Street: Gale Street House number: 2967 Name: James R. Chasteen Relationship: Head
Home owned or rented: O Owned free or mortgaged: M Sex: M Color: W Age at last birthday: 36 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
Able to read: yes Able to write: yes Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky
Occupation: Assistant Foreman Industry: Wholesale Drug House Employer, employee, self-employed: W

Name: Ida B. Chasteen *** aka Ida Belle Phelps Relationship: Wife Sex: F Color: W Age at last birthday: 44
Single, married, widowed, or divorced: M Able to read: yes Able to write: yes Place of birth: Kentucky
Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Can speak English: yes Occupation: Agent
Industry: Furniture Oil Employer, employee, self-employed: W

Name: Chester A. Chasteen Relationship: Son Sex: M Color: W Age at last birthday: 11 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: S
Attended school any time since Sept. 1, 1919: yes Able to read: yes Able to write: yes Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky
Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Can speak English: yes Occupation: none

Name: James E. Chasteen Relationship: Son Sex: M Color: W Age at last birthday: 10 Single, married, widowed, or divorced: S
Attended school any time since Sept. 1, 1919: yes Able to read: yes Able to write: yes Place of birth: Kentucky
Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Can speak English: yes Occupation: none
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1930 State: Indiana County: Marion City, township: Warren township 1930 Enumeration date: April 21, 1930
Place of Abode Street: National Road Home owned or rented: O Value of house: 3500
Does this family live on a farm: No Name: James R. Chasteen Relation: Head Sex: M Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 47 Marital condition: M Age at first marriage: 24 Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929: No
Whether able to read or write: Yes Place of birth: Kentucky Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky
Whether able to speak English: Yes Occupation: Carman helper *** a railroad job repairing box cars
Industry: Railroad ***He retired from the Pennsylvanis Railroad company Whether actually at work: Yes
Whether a veteran: ***Yes he served in the Phillipines Island in early 1905 ***His military records were destroyed by fire

Name: Ida B. Relation: Wife Sex: F Color or race: W Age at last birthday: 55 Marital condition: M Age at first marriage: 32
Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929: No Whether able to read or write: Yes Place of birth: Kentucky
Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Whether able to speak English: Yes Occupation: None

Name: James Jr. *** James Earl not Jr Relation: Son Sex: M Color or race: W Age at last birthday: 21 Marital condition: S
Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929: No Whether able to read or write: Yes Place of birth: Kentucky
Father's place of birth: Kentucky Mother's place of birth: Kentucky Whether able to speak English: Yes
Occupation: Grass cutter Industry: Whether actually at work: No State: Indiana County: Marion City: Center Township - Indianapolis
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1940 United States Federal Census Name: James R Chasteen Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Kentucky Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana Street: Hendricks Avenue House Number: 322 Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 16A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 313

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana; Roll: T627_1031; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 10-8.
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Rebecca Worthley wrote the following on 3 June 2010. about the period before 1958...I remember Pop Chasteen so very well. My mother (Violet Young) worked for him and helped take care of Mrs. Ida. He would go out and sit on the back porch while we cleaned the house for him on Saturdays and do his laundry. Mother would always take Sharon, Virginia and me (Rebecca) with her. Even after Mrs. Ida passed away we still did his chores for Pop. He was a good man with a big heart.. When school came around he would help purchase our clothing for school. I remember one year, he bought me a white fleece coat, black dress with beautiful round polka-dot colors of red, yellow, white, and blue in the dress and a beautiful pain of oxford shoes to wear. I felt like a million dollars when I went to Church that Sunday. Years passed and I graduated from High School and he gave me a Bolivia Watch for graduation. He passed soon after that. I went on to finish college at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, IN He did for all of us children the same. He would tell Daddy "My Young" I will do what I can do to help you family. They always help Me.! Mother loved Mrs. Ida. She always said that she was one of the sweetest ladies that God ever put on this earth. Mother and Daddy thought there was no one like the Peter's. *Uncle John and Aunt Lizzie", my sister Sharon stayed with "Aunt Lizzie" for years after Uncle John passed away. I am currently trying to find out if anyone knows anything about James and when he went to Sunbright. We loved James and Reba very much. Brother Thomas worked for James in the store after school. He was so helpful for the family. You sure had a nice family. You will never know how much we love and miss them. Many blessings to you.Rebecca. Young
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1942 registered for WW-2 draft. [He used 1/10/1882 as his birthday instead of 1883.. He was 59 years old U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name: James Raymond Chasteen Birth Date: 9 Jan 1882
Birth Place: Mercer, Kentucky Residence: Clark, Indiana Race: White Age: 60 [59]
Occupation: Nearest Relative: Chester A Chasteen his son Height/Build: Color of Eyes/Hair: nblue/gray

Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: Indiana; ; ; ; ; ; .
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data:

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