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| − | At the age of sixteen Chester F. Dearstyne became a clerk in East Berne in the grocery store of | + | At the age of sixteen Chester F. Dearstyne became a clerk in East Berne in the grocery store of Z. A. Dyer, whose daughter he afterwards married. He is therefore a brother-in-law of William S. Dyer, the well known lawyer of Albany. Mr. Dearstyne was employed as clerk by Albert Gallup in the Kimball House, In 1874 he started in the cigar and tobacco business on Washington avenue, taking into partnership five years later, Mr. Isaac B. Cross, recently sheriff of Albany county. In 1883 he engaged in the tobacco business for himself at No. 385 Broadway, where he has done a prosperous business. In 1894 Dr. Dearstyne was appointed superintendent of the Albany county Penitentiary and during his incumbency of that office he has given very general satisfaction and has conducted the institution on an economical basis. |
==Marriage & Children== | ==Marriage & Children== | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 5 March 2013
Birth
Chester Flagler Dearstyne was born in Reidsville, Albany county, N. Y.. July 22, 1851, the son of John Dearstyne.
Education
Chester Dearstyne was educated at Reidsville,
Occupation
At the age of sixteen Chester F. Dearstyne became a clerk in East Berne in the grocery store of Z. A. Dyer, whose daughter he afterwards married. He is therefore a brother-in-law of William S. Dyer, the well known lawyer of Albany. Mr. Dearstyne was employed as clerk by Albert Gallup in the Kimball House, In 1874 he started in the cigar and tobacco business on Washington avenue, taking into partnership five years later, Mr. Isaac B. Cross, recently sheriff of Albany county. In 1883 he engaged in the tobacco business for himself at No. 385 Broadway, where he has done a prosperous business. In 1894 Dr. Dearstyne was appointed superintendent of the Albany county Penitentiary and during his incumbency of that office he has given very general satisfaction and has conducted the institution on an economical basis.
Marriage & Children
Chester F. Dearstyne married Jane (Jennie) Dyer the daughter of Zebadiah Allen Dyer and Lucy Esther Gallup. Their children were:
- Helen E. Dearstyne
- William Chester Dearstyne
Death
Obituary
Additional Media
Dearstyne. Chester F., was born in Reidsville, Albany county, N. Y.. July 22, 1851.
He is a son of John Dearstyne and belongs to the old Dearstyne family which was among the first to settle in Albany county. His ancestry is from the same branch as that of the Dearstyne family of Bath-on-the-Hudson, numbering among its members the first settlers of that place who gave their name to the Dearstyne Hose Company.
Mr. Dearstyne was educated at Reidsville, and at the age of sixteen he became a clerk in East Berne in the grocery store of Z. A. Dyer, whose daughter he afterwards married. He is therefore a brother-in-law of William S. Dyer, the well known lawyer of Albany. Mr. Dearstyne was employed as clerk by Albert Gallup in the Kimball House, In 1874 he started in the cigar and tobacco business on Washington avenue, taking into partnership five years later, Mr. Isaac B. Cross, recently sheriff of Albany county. In 1883 he engaged in the tobacco business for himself at No. 385 Broadway, where he has done a prosperous business. In 1894 Dr. Dearstyne was appointed superintendent of the Albany county Penitentiary and during his incumbency of that office he has given very general satisfaction and has conducted the institution on an economical basis.
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