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Linn was the owner of a livery stable in Richmond and later took a degree in veterinary surgery. He eventually amassed a property of over 350 acres in Goochland, Virginia where he farmed and continued his veterinary business.


The black and white portion of the image is from the back of the photograph and shows notations added by Asa Johnson, Roscoe's son-in-law.

Wirt was the fourth son of Edwin Henry Chesterman (abt. 1817 – 1871) and Mary Catherine Jenkins (abt. 1825 – 1888.)
Wirt started his career as a carpenter and went on to become a building contractor in Richmond, Virginia. He was awarded many important building contracts in Virginia among which were Richmond's first Y. M. C. A. building and the construction of the wings to the Virginia State Capitol building originally designed by Thomas Jefferson. Wirt also constructed the rotunda and the east and west wings for the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia.
In December 1884, Wirt married Miss Virginia Harmon of Staunton, Virginia. They had two children; a son , Aubrey C. (1875 – 1930) and a daughter, Virginia M. C. Chesterman.
Wirt's wife, Virginia died of tuberculosis in 1895. Wirt married Miss Elizabeth Caroline Crump in Richmond in 1901. Elizabeth and Wirt had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.

The eldest son of Edwin Henry Chesterman (c.1817 – 1871) and Mary Catherine Jenkins (c.1825 – 1888) of Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. In January of 1862, Dallas enlisted in the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (Company E, 1st Regiment; later Company A, 46th Regiment, Wise Legion, C. S. A.) He was wounded at Petersburg in June 1864 and later served as a clerk in the C.S.A. war offices.
In February of 1867, Dallas married Mildred Victoria Davis in Richmond's Grace Street Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Chesterman were the parents of four children: Cuthbert (Mrs. Arthur Wellesley Lee), Davis Roscoe, Evan R., and Mildred Dallas Chesterman.
In 1870, Dallas was appointed as a member of Richmond's City Council, a council that succeeded in replacing military and carpet-bagger rule with civil government.
Dallas was a newspaperman who worked for a number of publications (Richmond Examiner, Southern Opinion, Index & Appeal) and finally as the editor of the Richmond Dispatch. He also wrote books for boys (The Bobcat of Jump Mountain”, “The Lady Dragon of Dancing Point”, etc.) as well as travel guides (Guide to Richmond and Its Battlefields”, “The James River Tourist”, etc.)
Dallas had four siblings: Roscoe Dabney, Wirt Aubrey,and twins Forrest S.and Florence G. Chesterman (Murray.)

On November 28, 1863, he followed the example of his father and brothers and joined the local defense troops, Company G, Third Regiment, C. S. A. under Colonel J. A. McAnorny and Captain E. S. Gay. He stated his age as sixteen but he was actually only fourteen. Though this was probably a boy's unit that would not have seen action, he was paroled at Burkeville, Virginia on April 23rd, indicating that he had moved west with Lee's army and was probably involved in combat along the way.
This photograph is dated August 11th, 1865, at which time Roscoe had finally turned sixteen.
The 1866 records for Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) list Roscoe as studying Latin, French, English and mathematics.
In June of 1872, Roscoe married Miss Mary “Mollie” Washington Bolton.
The U.S. Census for 1880 has transcribed his name as "Charterman."




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