The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-12

will shortly stand trial for his life be-
fore Recorder Goff, for the murder
Of Mrs. Adams, spent the early part
Of her life in Minneapolis and attend
ed the public schools there for several
years before the death Of her mother.
The Chesebrough or Chesebro family
moved to Minneapolis In the spring Of
1884 and rented a house at No. $50
Fourth avenue south, across from the
Gethsemane church on the corner Of
Ninth street, and two years later NOV
ed into a double house just around the
corner from the picturesque sanctuary
On Fourth avenue.
The family consisted of four girls
and two boys, both the latter of whom
are prominent and successful in the
commercial and business world. j..
Fred Chesebro is the manager of the
Minneapolis department of the r. G..
Dun Mercantile agency and Frank
Chesebro is the general agent in Bos-
ton, Mass, for the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York. Mrs.
John Knapp, of Minneapolis, blanche s
eldest sister Nellie was married sew
eral years ago and now resides in Min
neapolis.
J. Fred Chesebro married On Owa-
tcnna lady and is living on the North
side. Mrs. Stearns, of jamestown, R..
l., is the other sister.
Blanche was the next to the young
est of the family. Her young sister
Lora Is the wife of H. P. Okie, q mem
her OF the municipal council III New
York.
REMEMBERED IN MINNEAPOLIS.
While in Minneapolis the Chesebro
family were quite we'll known, as the
girls were regular attendants upon the
OF fhn Cot oh l.
though the father was a religious fana-
tic, and espoused the Christian science
faith and several other religious be-
liefs, but latterly he became Metho-
dist and conducted revival meetings
in Minneapolis.
The Chesebro girls always attracted
attention for their beauty and grace.
Three lived with the family while in
Minneapolis, Nellie, Lora and Blanche.
They were constantly seen together,
and the neighbors, including Mrs. Bau-
man and Mrs. Snyder, who live in the
same block where the old house now
stands, say that the girls were very
attractive and commanded more than
ordinary attention On the street for
their rare beauty.
Blanche, although very young when
the family lived together in Minneapo-
lis, had a sweet voice, and the other
girls were vocalists Of considerable
ability They participated in church
entertainments and were made great
deal of by their friends, although none
of them ever appeared in public In Min
neapolis until after the family broke
up and Blanche and her sisters went to
New York.
Fred Chesbro went to work for Brad
streets In 1885 as a clerk and few
years later severed his connections with
hot nd % IL fr,- he
firm of which he is now the head in
Minneapolis. Frank was agent for the
Traveller Accident Insurance company
in Minneapolis, and the father, who
was an inventor and a Jack-of- all
trades, did little insurance work for
Frank, but was of a rowing disposition
and the
FAMILY MOVED AWAY,
leaving Fred with the Dunn agency
as a reporter, and Nellie as the wife of
John Knapp. The family moved to
Providence, and Frank went to Boston
and went into the insurance business.
His advancement was rapid and today
finds him. commanding a salary of $10,-
600 per year. Frank was a loyal broth
er to Blanche and has exercised a pro-
tecting arm for her during her life IN
New York. She was a member of a
New York choir and only received $40
per week, and 1t was from means fur
nished by her brother Frank that she
was at first able to support herself.
She, however, always possessed the
finest and most stylish gowns and was
received into club society. She had
wealthy friends and commanded all the
money she wanted after the first couple
Of years Of her life in New York.
She spent several months in Mime
apolis in 1893, when she was the pupil
Of Prof. Jerome G. Coleman, of No. 10
East Sixteenth street. The professor,
I was taken with Miss Chesebro's voice
the first time heard it, and was
glad to have a pupil who gave such promise
she % only desired % position in SON some St church ,
choir, and while was instructing her she
became 4 member OF choir in q Brooklyn