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/99.117.174 Message Board Post: I have Chidester family in Tulare County. Samuel B. Chidester b. Ohio in 1827 and moved through IL to Tulare County by 1880. Many Chedester families there. Samuel is son of Richard Chidester b. about 1793 in New Jersey. many of his ancestors were in Ohio. Also in Tulare County John G. Chidester but don't know much about him. I would love to hear more about your family.