NP49: Chute Family Notes: Notes 49-772 through 49-780
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Note    N49-772         Back to Index        Back to Andrew Chute and Kate A. Donovan Chute.

Notes on Andrew Chute and Kate A. Donovan Chute:

"Born Jan. 4, 1844; married Kate A., daughter of John Donovan, Jan 4, 1866, and lived at Naples on or near his father's farm; a farmer; she died Oct. 4, 1892, aged forty-six."

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 150.


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Note    N773         Index
Have three children.

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Note    N774         Index
"Founded the Chute Homestead".

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Note    N775         Index
"Halifax Herald Feb 2, 1929 Bear River, Feb 1 - There passed away at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Minard Chute early Wednesday morning, Jan 30, Maurice Leland Chute, at the early age of 18 years, after an illness of only two days from 'flu. He is survived by his parents and one sister Idellah Chute. The funeral was held from his late home Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev. E. J. Barrass with interment in Mount Hope cemetery."

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Note    N776         Index
"Halifax Herald Jan 26, 1929Bear River, Jan 25 - There passed away at his home in Bear River early Wednesday morning, William Chute, son of the late Obediah and Mary (Bremner) Chute, after a short illness from pneumonia, at the age of sixty-two years. He has been a watchmaker and jeweler of this town for years, having inherited the business from his father and had lived his entire life in this place. Mr. Chute is survived by one sister Nettie, of Bear River, and two brothers, Frank and Maxwell, in Somerville, Mass. The funeral will be held from his late home, Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. J. Barrass, with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery."

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Note    N49-777         Back to Index        Back to Arthur William Chute and Catharine Sponemburg Chute.

Notes on Arthur William Chute and Catharine Sponemburg Chute:

"Born in Bayham, Ont., Mar. 23, 1852; married Catherine, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Northcott) Sponemburg, Nov. 24, 1875, and after several years in Ontario, he moved to near Leola, McPherson County, South Dakota, 1882."

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 173.



From the Leola SD, Centennial Book, 1884-1984, published by the Odessa Digital Library, 29 Nov 1994, http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html, Leola Centennial Anniversary Book, 1984, Published by the Leola Centennial Committee, Leola, South Dakota

The following information pertains to Herbert Melburn Chute and Arthur William Chute, brothers, both sons of Sydney Chute.

"The 1884 tax list shows every section of Washington Township taxed. Some of the early settlers were: Nathan Pierce, Gottlob Pade, Sr., Jennie Hoffman (formerly Hummel), Robert Hill, Henry Young, Thomas Crompton, Arthur Chute , Frank Boyle, the Huntley family, Anna Russell, Ida and Laura Warren, Rosell Anderson, J. H. Darlington, and Hamlin Garland. The tax record shows J. H. Darlington owned only one quarter of land in the township. It was on this NE 1/4 of Section 36 that five men gathered in a shanty to organize McPherson County. The land description is noted in the first book of the McPherson County minutes.

According to the 1884 tax records, personal property tax carried a higher levy than real estate. Hamlin Garland's land value was $575, taxed at $1.43; Thomas Crompton's land value was $650, taxes were $1.62; Gottlob Pade, Sr.'s personal property was valued at $170, taxed at $7.65; Arthur Chute's personal property valued at $245, taxed $9.80; and Henry Hoover's personal property valued at $700, taxed at $23.36.

The first school in Washington Township was called the Chute School, later known as the Nelson School. It was located seven miles south of Leola, on the Wetonka corner. The second school, called the Crompton School was located about three miles east of the Chute School. Both schools were built in 1884. The third school, the Pierce School, was located 1 1/2 miles from the Nathan Pierce farm (five miles from Leola) and this school was started around 1910. It was later known as Washington No. 2.

A post office was started January 13, 1885, with Herbert Chute as postmaster. It was discontinued in 1886."


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Note    N49-778         Back to Index        Back to Herbert Melburn/Millburn and Ruth Connors Chute.

Notes on Herbert Melburn/Millburn and Ruth Connors Chute:

"Born Sept. 12, 1854; married Ruth, daughter of William and Martha (Wylie) Conner, Sept. 26, 1877, and lived at Luton, Malahide; a blacksmith; went to McPherson Co., S.D. 1883; and to Yorkton, Assa Co., N.W.T., 1891."

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 173.



Conflicting Chronology and Source References

1884

Appears in tax records, Leola, Washington Township, McPherson County, South Dakota, 1884.

From the Leola SD, Centennial Book, 1884-1984, published by the Odessa Digital Library, 29 Nov 1994, http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html, Leola Centennial Anniversary Book, 1984, Published by the Leola Centennial Committee, Leola, South Dakota



The following information pertains to Herbert Melburn Chute and Arthur William Chute, brothers, both sons of Sydney Chute.

"The 1884 tax list shows every section of Washington Township taxed. Some of the early settlers were: Nathan Pierce, Gottlob Pade, Sr., Jennie Hoffman (formerly Hummel), Robert Hill, Henry Young, Thomas Crompton, Arthur Chute, Frank Boyle, the Huntley family, Anna Russell, Ida and Laura Warren, Rosell Anderson, J. H. Darlington, and Hamlin Garland. The tax record shows J. H. Darlington owned only one quarter of land in the township. It was on this NE 1/4 of Section 36 that five men gathered in a shanty to organize McPherson County. The land description is noted in the first book of the McPherson County minutes.

According to the 1884 tax records, personal property tax carried a higher levy than real estate. Hamlin Garland's land value was $575, taxed at $1.43; Thomas Crompton's land value was $650, taxes were $1.62; Gottlob Pade, Sr.'s personal property was valued at $170, taxed at $7.65; Arthur Chute's personal property valued at $245, taxed $9.80; and Henry Hoover's personal property valued at $700, taxed at $23.36.

The first school in Washington Township was called the Chute School, later known as the Nelson School. It was located seven miles south of Leola, on the Wetonka corner. The second school, called the Crompton School was located about three miles east of the Chute School. Both schools were built in 1884. The third school, the Pierce School, was located 1 1/2 miles from the Nathan Pierce farm (five miles from Leola) and this school was started around 1910. It was later known as Washington No. 2.

A post office was started January 13, 1885, with Herbert Chute as postmaster. It was discontinued in 1886."

1890

"They were in Brown County, South Dakota in 1890." (WEC)

1891

William Edward Chute's Chute Genealogies has them moving to Yorkton, Assa County, Northwest Territories in 1891.

Drought forced the family to move to Seho, Saskatchewan, where their daughter Grace and son Archie were born. The family moved to the Dauphin, Manitoba area by wagon, arriving on Christmas Eve, 1894."

WEC #236


Biography

"Mr. and Mrs. Herb Chute lived in Vienna, Ontario, where Mr. Chute was a blacksmith until, for reasons of health, they moved to South Dakota and took up farming. They farmed there for about ten years but became discouraged with the dry years and decided to move to Sheho, Saskatchewan, and lived on a rented farm. Yorkton, a hundred miles away, was the nearest town in which to buy supplies. In Sheho they had no school until the settlers got together and built one and hired a teacher for the summer months only. The teachers usually boarded at the farm houses for their pay. In this community, disaster struck again, as their home, contents and clothes were all burned while the family were away visiting.

In 1892, Mr. Chute went to Neepawa to earn money for the family. He obtained work with Jake Cathers on a threshing crew. That fall, Mr. Cathers ran the machine across the mountain with Mr. Chute as engineer. They traveled over the Burrows Trail, fording rivers and creeks as there were no bridges, or built-up highways; this was a very tedious and hazardous trip indeed. After two years of threshing in the Dauphin District, Mr. Chute decided that this green fertile valley with the rivers, lakes and beautiful trees was the land in which to make a home for Mrs. Chute and family.

In December 1894, the Chute family set out in a covered van to drive the two hundred miles from Sheho to Dauphin. The van had all the essentials for sleeping and cooking; also a small heater to keep the van warm. There were two other sleds loaded with household effects in the caravan, and a few cows were also brought along. After eight days of travel they arrived in Old Dauphin, or "Dog Town" on Christmas Eve. They were very weary and tired, but overjoyed at seeing for the first time the land which was to be their home for many years.

In 1895, Mr. Chute rented the Barker farm and harvested the last crop on the present site of the Town of Dauphin. The railroad was being built so the old Town had to be moved. The surveyors made a plan of survey among the stooks(?) before threshing was completed.

Mr. Chute then bought his own farm five miles Northwest of Dauphin and proceded to clear the land and build a frame house, after spending the winter in a log cabin. Much of the cleaning was done with horses and logging chains, and later by steam engines pulling the trees out by the roots. The building of roads proved quite a problem as the soil became real gumbo in the rainy seasons. Many times travelers were taken in for food and shelter because their horses and wagons were mired in the mud.

Mr. Chute was elected as counsillor for Ward 3, on the first council of the rural municipality. Road building was his one special interest and with his knowledge of blacksmithing, and having his own shop, he built road drags from railway ties. These proved quite effective and he received awards for the best roads in the municipality.

In 1901, the Vermillion school was built, two and a half miles south of the Chute home. The younger children drove with horses and cutter, and cart in the summer season. In Springtime the rivers became so high that the flats were flooded, consequently the horses had to swim and the children had to hold their feet up from the bottom of the cart. Salt Creek also had to be forded as no bridge had been built. The pioneers never seemed to worry about any mishaps for the children, and there never seemed to be any disasters.

On the farm were many work horses, light horses and race horses; also cows, sheep and poultry. Races became quite a hobby with the Chute family. On Fair Day the best heavy horses were curried, combed and dressed up in fancy harness to be shown. The choice pigs, calves and poultry were carefully chosen for competition. Mrs. Chute received many beautiful prizes for her Barred Rocks. That was a day of fun for the entire family, as the democrat, buggy and wagon started early in the morning for a picnic: a meal of roast chicken, potato salad and Saskatoon preserves. The entire family, especially the younger children, enjoyed the rides in the midway, while the older members of the family watched the judging in anticipation of receiving one of the coveted prizes; also, the hose races caused much excitement.

In the early days, most of the supplies came from Eatons in Winnipeg. Before Christmas one big order of clothing, food such as canned pears, tomatoes, corn, jam, fancy biscuits, cheese, raisins, currants, prunes and also Christmas presents would arrive. In the Spring, another large order would go to Eatons. Each Fall about eight barrels of apples would be stored in the basement for apple sauce, pies and eating.

One windy dusty day in Spring the boys were seeding wheat on a rented farm four miles away from the home place, and while they were in the house eating their noon meal the barn caught fire and eight horses were burned. This, indeed, was a great loss, but work continued as Mr. Chute immediately bought more horses.

During the summer while they were clearing the land there were fifteen men to be fed, and in the harvest time and the threshing there were as many as twenty-five. Mr. Chute operated two threshing outfits and that accounted for such large gangs. Usually there was a man hired to do chores - such as milking cows, feeding pigs and hens; also looking after the wood supply while his wife assisted in the house. As many as fifteen pies would be baked at one time, and a twenty-five pound roast of beef would be cooked for a meal. The neighbors formed a beef ring from which they obtained fresh meat each week.

The canning season was also a busy time and berry picking was a pleasant pastime: cranberries, Saskatoons, wild strawberries, raspberries surely looked nice in the two-quart jars. Fruit, such as peaches, pears and plums were bought by the case. In those days the large gardens were well looked after - some vegetables were made into pickles while all others were carefully stored for use in the winter.

The death of Mr. Herb Chute came in July, 1925, followed by that of Mrs. Chute in December, 1937.

There were six sons and two daughters in the Chute family.

The life of the pioneer was harsh at times, but they were taught self-reliance. The work was hard, but life was pleasant in the community, as there seemed time for visiting, talk and laughter. Gradually, the old ways are changing and the modern taking over.

The pioneers had energy, vision and boundless confidence. Their names have become part of the fabric of the Community's history."

Mrs. Isaac Johnston
(nee Stella Chute)
Date unknown

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Note    N49-779         Index

Cited in "American Men of Science". Robert Maurice Chute was born in Naples, Maine and now makes his home in Poland, Maine. He attended Bridgton High School and Fryeburg Academy, has a B.A. from the University of Maine (1950), and received his Doctor of Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1953. He has taught biology at Middlebury College, San Fernando Valley State College and Lincoln University and is now Bates College Professor Emeritus of Biology, as well as director of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Phippsburg. His area of particular interest is human ecology and culture's impact on lake and coastal ecosystems. His scientific publications include Environmental Insight: Readings and Comment on Human and Nonhuman Nature (1971) and An Introduction to Biology (1976). Chute was also a plumbing inspector and code enforcement officer in Mt. Vernon (ME) from 1976-1979.

Chute is also a poet whose poetry has frequently been published in the Beloit Poetry Journal. He was the fourth recipient of the journal's Chad Walsh Poetry Prize for his poem "Heat Wave in Concord" which was published in the Spring 1996 issue and focuses on Henry D. Thoreau's and a friend's cooling river escape from the heat.

Chute's poetry books, mostly Maine small press publications, include Androscoggin Too: The Pejepscot Poems (1996); Barely Time to Study Jesus: The Nat "Turner" Revolt (1996), which is described in a 1997 Jack Barnes column; Quiet Thunder: Poems from a Bates College Reading (1973); Samuel Sewall Sails for Home: Poetry (Maine Arts Commission 1986 Chapbook Award winner); Thirteen Moons (1982), which was published in French as Treize Lunes and in Passamaquoddy as 'Sanku Kisuhsok. Other titles are Uncle George: Poems from a Maine Boyhood (1990); Voices Great and Small (1977); When Grandmother Decides to Die (1989); and Woodshed on the Moon: Thoreau Poems (1991). Chute also edited Gunner's Moon (1996), a collection of poems by Roy Zarucchi.

According to a Bates College news release, one of Chute's current works in progress is "Sweeping the Skys," a poetry collection about World War II Russian female combat pilots. In 1996 the poem won second prize for the annual William and Kingman Page Chapbook Award granted by Potato Eyes Foundation, Troy, Maine. Chute has written using the pseudonym L. W. Pond.


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Note    N49-780         Back to Index        Back to George M. Chute and Lucy A. Barnard Chute.

Notes on George M. Chute and Lucy A. Barnard Chute:

"Born in Naples, July 28, 1836; lived in Otisfield, Portland and Sweden; went into Co. A, 18th, Mass. and 5th corps in the late war; returned to Brooklyn, N.Y., till October, 1864; Boston, 1867; married Lucy A., daughter of Oliver and Lucinda (Webber) Barnard, Dec. 9, 1868, Sweden, Me.; went and lived in Boston again; then to Clay Co., Minn., 1872, and back to Brooklyn in September; to Brighton, Me., later in the fall: and to Southborough, Mass., April, 1874; to Brighton again 1875; and since 1880, to Harrison, Cumberland Co., Me; burned out in 1885; but doing well again."

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 151.


Biography

Civil War Veteran
Sergeant and First Sergeant, Co A, 18th Massachusetts Infantry

The son of Thomas and Mary (Webber) Chute. His family resided at Otisfield, ME, where three siblings were born, including John W., Susanna, and Wellington.

George Chute was a 25 year-old Teamster from Boston, MA when he enlisted at Boston on August 30, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Massachusetts Infantry on October 12, 1861 as a Sergeant in Co. A. He was promoted to First Sergeant on Oct. 12, 1862.

Chute was engaged with the Regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the Siege of Yorktown, the Second Battle of Bull Run, Shepherdstown, and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he was further engaged at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Chute was on detached recruiting service at Long Island, Boston Harbor from July 22, 1863 to June 30, 1864, in part to supervise draftees. He was discharged at Boston on August 30, 1864 at the expiration of his enlistment.

Chute married Lucy A. W. Barnard at Bridgton, ME on Dec. 9, 1868. They were the parents of Thomas L., born Dec. 29, 1869; Emma S., born Jan. 29, 1871; Lucy A., born Oct. 2, 1872; and Martha E., born April 23, 1880. Chute received an Invalid Pension due to general debility caused by Kidney trouble, rheumatism, and heart problems which prevented him from supporting himself through manual labor. He died at Harrison, ME on Feb. 18, 1907. He, his wife Lucy, who died in 1906, and daughter Martha Eleanor, who died on March 22, 1934, are interred at the Glines Cemetery, Bridgton, ME.

Source: Bridgton [Cumberland County, Maine] Historical Society for use with "Find-A-Grave Memorial". See Source for link.








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