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#414  Thomas McKeen Chidsey


Born: January 26, 1884 Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania


Died: April 19, 1958 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


father:#269 Andrew Dwight Chidsey




mother:Emily Stewart McKeen

Married: Ellen Lea 1913

    

Children:


#872 Thomas McKeen Chidsey b: ?; d: April 14, 1916, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania


#873 Peter McKeen Chidsey b: July 14, 1914, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania; d; July 14, 1914, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  

#742  Louise Lea Chidsey  b:Private ; m: Donald Fuller Torrey b:Private


#743  Ellen Lea Chidsey  b: Private; m: James Eckels b: Private


 

Notes: Ellen Lea  b: June 28, 1890; d: May 26,

1985



Thomas McKeen Chidsey (January 26, 1884 – April 19, 1958) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and judge. He served a term as the state's Attorney General, and was an Associate Justice of the state's Supreme Court.

Life and career


Chidsey was born the son of Andrew Dwight and Emily McKeen Chidsey. He was admitted to the bar in 1907. In 1913, he married Ellen Lea, they would have two daughters.


He was District Attorney for Northampton County, 1920–23. He was appointed Attorney General in 1947. He was appointed in 1950 to fill a vacancy on the state's Supreme Court, and was then elected to a full 21-year term. He died in 1958.