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- Per John Reedy, "When the Civil War started, most of the families from SW Missouri, and in particular, this family from Christian County and an area called Little Dixie were subject to a great amount of abuse from the nearby Kansas Jayhawkers. So, while J.B. and his brother John enlisted in Sterling Price?s Confederate troops, other members of the family were later forced to fight with the Union. My point here??any family member of William and Asenath with a surname of Chesnut would be Confederate and any member with a name of ChesTnut would be Union??.as my grandmother used to say ? Chesnut is spelled with just ONE T. during time of Civil War."
children:
1. Joseph B. Chesnut 1831 Sangamon Co IL
2. William H. Chestnut 1832 Greene Co MO d bef 6 Mar 1865
3. Rebecca J. Chesnut 27 Feb 1835 Greene Co MO
4. S.B. (prob Samuel) Chesnut abt 1836 d bef 1850
5. James H. Chesnut 1837 Taney Co MO; d Oct 1861 Benton Twp, Christian Co, MO
6. Mary M. Chestnut Jan 1839 Taney Co MO
7. John J. Chesnut 1841 Taney Co MO
d 14 Saltillo, MS
8. Emma Elizabeth Chesnut 5 May 1842 Taney Co MO
9. F. Mildred Chesnut Jun 1844 Taney Co MO
10. George W. Chestnut 1847 Taney Co MO
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