Chester Arthur Templer (Biography)

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Taken from Illustriana Kansas, page 1147


Chester Arthur Templer, superintendent of the city schools of Moline, was born at Howard, Kansas, February 7, 1882, son of George Washington and Elizabeth Jane (Shedivetz) Templer.  The father, a native of Iowa, born March 11, 1854, died at Chanute, Kansas, in February 1908.  He was a farmer who homesteaded in Elk County. His father was an Englishman.  Elizabeth Jane Shedivetz was born in Iowa, June 20, 1859, of Irish ancestry.  She is still living.

Upon his graduation from rural school in 1900, Mr. Templer taught for several years in the Elk County schools.  He then entered Kansas State Normal School from which he was graduated in 1916, receiving a life diploma.  He received the Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg in 1932.  He has been engaged in school work practically all his life.

On November 30, 1904, he was married to Pearl Victoria Shannon at Howard.  Mrs. Templer was born at Howard, May 24, 1886, of Irish ancestry.  There are three children, C. Adrian, born December 23, 1905, who married Clara Wickstrom; W. Woodrow, born June 24, 1915; and C. Floyd, born December 22, 1921.

Mr. Templer is a member of the Kansas State Teachers Association, the Kansas State High School Principals Association and the Department of Secondary Principals of the National Education Association.  He is a member of the Red Cross, the Child Welfare Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Parent Teachers Association and the Methodist Episcopal Church.  His faternal organizations include the Masons, the Rebekah's and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  His favorite sports are horseshoes and checkers.  (Photograph in ALbum)

Residence:  Moline.

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Since this bio tells of a Templer marrying a Shannon, I do believe there is some connection between them and the store that used to be located at Fiat, that was called Templer and Shannon.  Don had a great aunt that married Tom Shannon, that was also connected in there some way. I may be mistaken, but I am thinking that Pearl Victoria Shannon was Tom Shannon's sister. 

For more information on the Templer family, please see pages 238-39 of the Elk County History Book.