Cumberland County, Maine - Adelbert C. Chute
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Biography
Adelbert C. Chute
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 229-230


Adelbert C. Chute, who was for several years engaged in the paper manufacturing
industry at Cumberland Mills, later serving as Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland
County, was born in the town of Naples, Me., north of Sebago Lake, February 4,
1848, son of Captain James and Mary (Hoyt) Chute.

Ancestors of the family were early settlers in this county; and Mr. Chute's
grandfather, Thomas Chute, was born in Windham, February 19, 1762. He was a
farmer by occupation during the active period of his life. He died September 4,
1816, aged fifty-four years.  He married Mary Mayberry, January 2, 1782, and
reared a family of eleven children, of whom there are no survivors. They were
named as follows: Francis; Sally; William C.; James; Fanny; Margaret; Daniel;
Mary; James, second; Thomas; and Curtis.

Captain James Chute, Mr. Chute's father, was a native of Windham; and in his
early life he followed the trade of a cooper in Naples, Me. He later engaged in
farming, an occupation which he continued successfully until his death; and he
was highly esteemed as a worthy and useful citizen. He served as a Captain in
the State militia, and at one time was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. In politics he was a Republican, and he attended the Congregational
church. He died July 30, 1884, aged eighty-two years. His wife, Mary Hoyt, -who
was a native of Salem, Mass., became the mother of nine children, of whom six
are living, namely: Catherine, wife of Roscoe Mayo, of Naples; Charles A., who
resides in Lowell, Mass.; Andrew, Deputy Sheriff at Naples; Adelbert C., the
subject of this sketch; Warren B. and Mary A., both residing in Naples.

Adelbert C. Chute obtained his education in the public schools of Naples,
finishing his studies at the age of eighteen years. He then went to the
Alleghany Mountain region in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the lumbering
business for two years, at the end of which time he returned to Naples. He next
became employed in the S. D. Warren paper manufactory at Cumberland Mills, there
rapidly familiarizing himself with the different departments of the industry,
and for twenty years was connected with that enterprise in positions of
responsibility, being engineer at the time of his retirement. He was appointed
Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff True, was reappointed under the administration of
Sheriffs Webb and Cram, and spent the last four years of his service in
Portland, where he was stationed especially to enforce the prohibitory liquor
law. He was the officer who arrested James L. Welch, the Gorham homicide, in
1894, and was the principal one employed to work up the case for the government.

On January 11, 1873, Mr. Chute was united in marriage with Lizzie M. Jordan,
daughter of Barzillai Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth, now South Portland. Mr. and
Mrs. Chute have been bereft of one child, and now have one son - Herbert E., who
resides at home.

In social and fraternal circles Mr. Chute is very popular. He was a member of
Temple Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he was Master for two years; is a charter
member of Warren Phillip's Lodge at Cumberland Mills, of which he served as
Treasurer; and he is connected with Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He was
formerly Noble Grand of Saccarappa Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Westbrook, but withdrew from that body to become a member of the Lodge at
Cumberland Mills, being elected to the principal chair during the first year;
and he has been its Treasurer for the past thirteen years. He is also a member
of Presumscott Valley Lodge, No. 4, of Cumberland Mills. Politically, he acts
with the Republican party.