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Chester A. Smith
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Chester A. Smith

1892 - 1981
diedArizona, USA
bornOak Harbor, Washington, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe c1907.
Owner of Smith Appliance Store, and then Smith and Berger Furniture Store.
Tempe City Councilman, 1954-1958.
President of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce, 1953.
He was a volunteer member of the Territorial Militia before Arizona became a state. He also served as a Sergeant in the field artillery in World War I, and as a Lieutenant Colonel in World War II.
Member of the American Legion and Knights of Pythias.
BIO-Smith
Federal census (Tempe), 1910
TH-311
Rudy Campbell oral history, ASU Archives
Smith, Tempe; Arizona Crossroads, p. 174
Tempe CD, 1919
Person TypeIndividual