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| Chester County Native and Country Music Legend dies at 89
Eddy Arnold, whose graceful style as a balladeer made him one of the most successful artists in country music history, died this morning at a Nashville-area care facility, according to the Associated Press.
May 8, 2008
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My name is Amanda Jowers your Chester County TN Co-ordinator.
Along with the regular births, deaths and marriages, you would expect to see, I hope to ferret out new information.
We are interested in creating a county website that has all information on the towns and the people who lived here.
We want to really get to know your "Pioneer Families" and give them a place of prominence they so richly deserve.
While I'm out searching for all these things I'd like to invite all of you to send me the interesting details of your ancestors.
Be sure and visit the surnames page and find out who else is researching the families of this area.
| Chester County was created from parts of neighboring Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, and Madison Counties and has the distinction of being the last county formed in Tennessee in 1882. The county is named for Col. Robert I. Chester who fought in the war of 1812 and was an early postmaster in Jackson ( Madison County), he was also a federal marshal in West Tennessee. Henderson is the county seat, founded in the mid 1850's. Early names for the town were Dayton and Henderson Station. The name of Henderson was finally settled on after the Civil War in honor of Col. James Henderson also a veteran of the war of 1812 and incorporated in 1901. The Freed-Hardeman College calls Henderson its home - founded in 1907. Other towns of Chesters county are Mifflin established in 1833, Jacks Creek in the early 1820's and Enville. Eddy Arnold one of the more famous country music singers was born in Chester County.
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We are looking for Tennessee County Co-ordinators. We also
have several States that still need State Co-ordinators. If you think you might be interested in volunteering, then please visit our
Volunteer Information Page and get in touch with
Kim. I guarantee you will never find a better group of people to work with and the satisfaction gained is worth it all.
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