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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Chester Terrence Moffitt ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Chester Terrence Moffitt
LAST NAME: Moffitt FIRST NAME: Chester MIDDLE NAME: Terrence NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: WWI - Army
BORN: 20 Sep 1894 DIED: 13 Mar 1986 BURIED: 
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Longview, Cowlitz Co., Washington
NOTES: 

Name of father Nicholas Moffitt
Name of mother Charlotte "Lottie" Kennison
Washington Death Index - Chester T. Moffit, d. 13 Mar 1986 in Longview, Washington at the age of 91 years.
BIRTH Chester Terrence Moffitt, of 1538 McArthur, Salem; b 20 Sept 1894, Salem, Oregon; father Nicholas Lonzo Moffitt (b 3 Nov 1870, Morrison, Illinois); mother Charlotte Mary Kenniston (b 31 Mar 1873, Lafayette, Indiana); delayed birth record filed 13 May 1955

1900 OR CENSUS - Chester Moffitt, age 5, b. Sep 1894 in Oregon, is enumerated with Nicholas, age 29, occupation laundryman, b. Nov 1870 in Iowa, and Lottie, age 25, b. Mary 1875 in Indiana, along with Blanche, age 3, b. Sep 1896 in Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Sarah Jane, identified as mother [of Nicholas], age 63. widow, b. Aug 1836 in New York.
1910 OR CENSUS Chester T. Moffitt (15y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Nicholas L. (35y, b Illinois, married 17y, occupation steam laundry) and Lottie (30y, b Indiana, mother of 4 children, 2 living at time of census), sister Blanche L. (14y, b Oregon) and grandmother Sarah J. Moffitt (75y, b New York, widowed, mother of 7 children, 3 living at time of census)

MARRIAGE - Chester Moffit md Nola Belle Trent 9 Sep 1916 in Marion Co., Oregon
WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION - Chester Terrence Moffitt, of Portland, Oregon, age 22, b. Sep 20, 1895 in Salem, Oregon, occupation nught money clerk at Wells Fargo Express Co., married, height - medium; build - slender; eyes - grey; hair - dark brown.
1920 OR CENSUS - Chester T. Moffitt, age 25, married, occupation Express Co. money driver, b. Oregon, is enumerated as brother-in-law in the home of Neil C. Summersville, age 28, occupation life insurance agent, b. Illinois, and his wife Blanch, age 24, b. Oregon along with their daughter Juanita B., age 4, b. Oregon. [Chester's wife is not enumerated with the family]
DIVORCE - 1920, Marion Co., Case #14886
2nd MARRIAGE Chester Terence Moffitt and Anna Schmidt md 29 Jan 1921, Benton co, Oregon
1930 OR CENSUS - Chester T. Moffitt, age 35, occupation express office cashier, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Anna D., age 30, b. Montana, along with Malcolm C., age 8, b. Oregon, and Anna A., age 5, b. Oregon.

1940 OR CENSUS Chester D. Moffitt (45y, b Oregon, occupation railroad express cashier) enumerated with wife Anna D. (40y, b Montana) and 3 children, Malcolm (18y, b Oregon), Yvonne (15y, b Oregon) and Charlotte (7y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

WWII Draft Registration Card Chester Terence Moffitt, 47, of E 3rd Ave and 6th St, Tillamook; born 20 Sept 1894, Salem, Oregon; person who knows address Leo C. Harkey of E 3rd Ave and 6th St, Tillamook

DISCREPANCY - Marker and 1900 census give year of birth as 1894, WWI draft registration as 1895.

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Chester T. Moffitt
US Army
World War I
Sep 20, 1894 - Mar 13, 1986

SOURCES: 

LD
WDI
Saucy
Oregon Delayed Birth Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 129, sheet 1A)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 221, sheet 1B)

Oregon Marriages, 1906-20
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 341, sheet 6B)
Benton Co, Oregon, Marriage Records

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 70, sheet 3B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-78B, sheet 4B)

WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

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