Cumberland County, Maine - Chester H. Pease
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Biography
Chester H. Pease
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 679-680


Chester H. Pease, Cashier of the Chapman National Bank of Portland, was born
February 19, 1869, on a farm in the town of Cambridge, Me., his parents being
John and Martha (Henderson) Pease, who still own and occupy their homestead
property. The father is a native of Wellington, Me., born December 5, 1833,
while the mother, born in 1840, is a native of Andover, N. B. They have four
children, namely: Almon W., who married Altie M. Morrill; Chester H.; Emma E.,
wife of Francis H. Hubbard; and Alba May.

Chester H. Pease was the recipient of better educational advantages than many of
our farmers' boys, having supplemented his common-school education by an
attendance at the Maine Central Institute, afterward taking a commercial course
at the Portland Business College, from which he was graduated with an excellent
record for scholarship. Being well equipped for a business life, Mr. Pease
secured a situation in Natick, Mass., as bookkeeper for a house-furnishing
company, remaining there a year, when he returned to this city to take charge of
the theoretical department of the business college from which he had received
his diploma. At the end of a year he resigned, accepting a situation with the
Chapman Banking Company, with whom he remained four years, or until the
reorganization of the company, which has since been known as the Chapman
National Bank. Under the new regime Mr. Pease was elected Cashier, a position
which he still fills, his strict integrity, trustworthiness, and unfailing
courtesy winning the confidence and good will of all with whom he has
transactions. Mr. Pease is a sound Republican in politics, and he attends the
Congregational church. He is an active member of the Portland Athletic Club.

On July 10, 1895, Mr. Pease was united in marriage with Miss May Lawton Ham, who
was born and reared in Cambridge, Me., attending the district schools, afterward
continuing her studies at the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield. Her native
musical talent was early developed, her advanced instruction in that art being
received at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, from which she was
graduated prior to her marriage. Mrs. Pease is a daughter of Charles and Hattie
M. (Kittredge) Ham, of Cambridge, where Mr. Ham is numbered among the leading
agriculturists of the place, and is one of its most respected native-born
citizens. His wife also was a native of Maine, born and reared in the town of
Dover, in this State.