. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . afterwardmarried LieutenantJames Chester Reed,who, on account ofhis love for her, re-signed his commis-sion in the BritishArmy. Their James Ches-ter Reed, com-manded the Ameri-can privateer, Gen-eral Armstrong, inthe War of 1812, andat Fayal avenged thedeath of his Chesters great-grandfather was apaymaster in theRevolutionary W a of Mr. Ches-ters brothers in-herited the navalspirit of their ances-tors, one of them,Colb
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . afterwardmarried LieutenantJames Chester Reed,who, on account ofhis love for her, re-signed his commis-sion in the BritishArmy. Their James Ches-ter Reed, com-manded the Ameri-can privateer, Gen-eral Armstrong, inthe War of 1812, andat Fayal avenged thedeath of his Chesters great-grandfather was apaymaster in theRevolutionary W a of Mr. Ches-ters brothers in-herited the navalspirit of their ances-tors, one of them,Colby M., being thecommandant of thecadets of the UnitedStates Naval Acad-emy, and the other having been a lieutenant in therevenue marine service. Their parents were Mehilleand Frances (Harris) Chester. Walstein R. thesterobtained his education at the Bartlett Cram mar Schoolin New London, and later was associated with his fatherin the lumber Inisiness in that city, remaining there untili860. In 1862 he married Marietta C. Carr, daughterof Henry W. Carr, of Brookline, Mass., and in 1865moved to Brookline, where he has since resided. He. WALSTEIN R. CHESTER. has been in the wholesale lumber business in Bostonfor the last few years, under the firm name of WalsteinR. Chester & Co. Mr. Chester is i)rominently indenti-fied with the lumber interests of New England. Hewas one of the organizers of the Bay State LumberDealers Association, which has accomplished so muchin promoting the welfare of the trade. Mr. Chester isthe delegate of the association to the Boston AssociatedBoard of Trade, and also to the Massachusetts Board of Trade. He is theBoston representa-tive of many largelumber mills inMaine and Canada.^ His other business interests include adirectorship in theDavol Mills of FallRiver, and he hasalso been a directorin the Somerset andJohnsonburg PotteryCompany of Penn-sylvania, one of thelargest concerns ofits kind in the Chester has longbeen prominent inthe business aff
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