This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chidester/Chedester Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HY.2ADE/1763 Message Board Post: researching Chidesters and Chedesters in Tulare County, Visalia where my great uncle Samuel B. Chidester lived most of his life. He came from Ohio through IL and on to Tulare County by 1880. He is buried in Visalia Cemetery and died in 1887. Would love to share with these families.