Adam and Lucy were the parents of 13 children: Evelyn, William Robert, Sarah Fannie, Samuel Milton, John Wesley, Mary Mageline, George Washington, Minnie Lea, Charley Adam, Sallie Jane, David Armstrong, James Edward, and Noah Lafayette.
The following poem was written by James Edward Chessor about his father:
The Blacksmith*
by James E. ("Uncle Jim") Chessor
My blacksmith father used to cast
The plowshare and the link
Within his smithy's fiery blast;
His hammer's strokes fell strong and fast
Until the work was done at last -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
The harrow for the sturdy team,
Of it I often think,
Conjure its shape as in a dream.
The shining rivets, how they gleam!
Making secure the oaken beam -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
His word was stern, yet it was mild;
He wished his son to think.
As yet a placid, playful child,
Avid for life, the fields, the wild;
My father hammered on, and smiled -
Clank, clank, clink,
Clinkerty-clink!
"Hold the sledge, my son, just so!"
(Giving me a wink.)
"See how I brad the rivet, slow,"
(Swinging his great arm to and fro,)
"This honest work is all I know" -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
Those shining rivets yet I see,
As to the iron they sink;
"One for honest work," said he,
"One for the work's simplicity,
One strong, to make folks think of me!" -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
*This poem, which was written in 1942, is taken from "My Valley and My People: Poems of Country Life," by James E. Chessor, published by Vaughan Publishing Company, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Copyright 1948.
This poem was also printed in "Uncle Jim's War Letters" in 1945. In Letter No. 20, dated March-April, 1945, Uncle Jim printed a letter that he received from his sister,
Minnie Chessor Goodman, in which she comments on the poem:
"Dear Brother: I received your newsy Letter 19, and enjoyed every word of it. The anvil you drew looked very much like the old anvil there in the shop on the farm. When I read your poem it seemed I could almost hear the sound of the hammer, and Pa calling one of you boys to 'hold the sledge, or blow the bellows.' He was a good man, a good father. . . . Your sister, Minnie Goodman, 4015 Baldwin, Detroit, Mar. 2."
Adam and Lucy were the parents of 13 children: Evelyn, William Robert, Sarah Fannie, Samuel Milton, John Wesley, Mary Mageline, George Washington, Minnie Lea, Charley Adam, Sallie Jane, David Armstrong, James Edward, and Noah Lafayette.
The following poem was written by James Edward Chessor about his father:
The Blacksmith*
by James E. ("Uncle Jim") Chessor
My blacksmith father used to cast
The plowshare and the link
Within his smithy's fiery blast;
His hammer's strokes fell strong and fast
Until the work was done at last -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
The harrow for the sturdy team,
Of it I often think,
Conjure its shape as in a dream.
The shining rivets, how they gleam!
Making secure the oaken beam -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
His word was stern, yet it was mild;
He wished his son to think.
As yet a placid, playful child,
Avid for life, the fields, the wild;
My father hammered on, and smiled -
Clank, clank, clink,
Clinkerty-clink!
"Hold the sledge, my son, just so!"
(Giving me a wink.)
"See how I brad the rivet, slow,"
(Swinging his great arm to and fro,)
"This honest work is all I know" -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
Those shining rivets yet I see,
As to the iron they sink;
"One for honest work," said he,
"One for the work's simplicity,
One strong, to make folks think of me!" -
Clank, clank, clink!
Clinkerty-clink!
*This poem, which was written in 1942, is taken from "My Valley and My People: Poems of Country Life," by James E. Chessor, published by Vaughan Publishing Company, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Copyright 1948.
This poem was also printed in "Uncle Jim's War Letters" in 1945. In Letter No. 20, dated March-April, 1945, Uncle Jim printed a letter that he received from his sister,
Minnie Chessor Goodman, in which she comments on the poem:
"Dear Brother: I received your newsy Letter 19, and enjoyed every word of it. The anvil you drew looked very much like the old anvil there in the shop on the farm. When I read your poem it seemed I could almost hear the sound of the hammer, and Pa calling one of you boys to 'hold the sledge, or blow the bellows.' He was a good man, a good father. . . . Your sister, Minnie Goodman, 4015 Baldwin, Detroit, Mar. 2."
Inscription
A.J. Chessor
Dec. 11, 1848 - Apr. 13, 1910
Kind and _______________ dust
Till Jesus comes to raise the just
That lay ____________________
_____________________________
FATHER
Gravesite Details
Shares marker with wife, Lucy.
Family Members
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James Chessor
1842–1857
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Gemima "Mima" Chessor O'Guin
1844–1883
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Jesse Adam Chessor
1846–1915
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Nancy Ann "Nan" Chessor Bates
1851–1883
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Sallie B. Chessor Mathis
1852–1916
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Agnes J. "Agy" Chessor Calkins
1854–1905
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John Thomas Chessor
1856–1933
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Eliza E. Chessor Allison
1859–1928
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Rosa Melvine Chessor Johnston
1865–1928
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Viola Chessor Rushton
1867–1904
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William Robert "Rob" Chessor
1868–1934
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Sarah Fannie Chessor
1869–1871
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Samuel Milton Brown Chessor
1871–1924
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John Wesley Chessor
1873–1946
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Mary Mageline "Maggie" Chessor Freeman
1874–1926
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George Washington Chessor
1877–1939
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Minnie Lea Chessor Goodman
1880–1954
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Charley Adam Chessor
1882–1928
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Sallie Jane Chessor
1884–1900
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David Crockett Armstrong "Dave" Chessor
1887–1971
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James Edward "Uncle Jim" Chessor
1889–1953
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Noah Lafayette Chessor
1892–1944
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