Florida Memory • CHESTER, Abel M.

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Application Number

D18108

Last Name

CHESTER

First Name

Abel M.

Service Unit

Georgia

Title

CHESTER, Abel M.

Subject

Military pensions

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-13743

Veterans -- Confederate States of America

Creator

State Board of Pensions

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S587

Date

1885

Format

application forms

Language

eng-US

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Text

Identifier

d18108

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Application Number

D18108

First Name

Abel M.

Last Name

CHESTER

Service Unit

Georgia

County

DeSoto County (Fla.)

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Chicago Manual of Style

State Board of Pensions. CHESTER, Abel M. 1885. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/179786>, accessed 24 June 2026.

MLA

State Board of Pensions. CHESTER, Abel M. 1885. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/179786>

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(State Archives of Florida/State Board of Pensions)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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