In Which the Blogger Speculates…

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… that this was Henry Chester's house, or the approximate location of his house, if he didn't build this particular one. Henry certainly owned this land, but what really got me to thinking was the conjunction of two descriptions I have come across in the Gazette: (1) Henry's home described as "east of Ainsworth," and (2) Mary Nolte's home described as "east of Henry Chester's."

As I've mentioned before, based on plat books, census reports and aerial photographs, my best guess at the location of the Nolte home is the north side of Ainsworth Road, between the Deep River and (present-day) Big Maple Lake.

People's locations were often described more generally in relation to Ainsworth — "east of Ainsworth," "southwest of Ainsworth" — but for the Nolte home to be described as "east of Henry Chester's," I'm thinking the two houses had to be pretty close.

Speculation is fun, but I'm nowhere near certainty. I'll keep plodding along with my research, and maybe more information will turn up.

Sources:
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 11 Mar. 1910.
♦ "Obituary." Hobart Gazette 21 Feb. 1908.