Col. Chester B. Hinsdill, quartermaster at the Michigan State Soldiers’ Home, Grand Rapids, was born in Kalamazoo county, Mich., September 4, 1836, a son of Myron and Emily (Kellogg) Hinsdill. In 1861, being then a resident of Grand Rapids, he was appointed commissary of subsistence, with rank of captain, in the volunteer service, and was later promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, in the same department and brevet colonel, and served in the commissary department throughout the late Civil War.

In 1875, Col. Hinsdill was appointed clerk of the court of the western district of Michigan, and filled the position with commendable ability for several years, and in July, 1890, was appointed to his present position as commissary and quartermaster at the Soldiers’ Home, and this he has also filled in a most satisfactory manner, winning for himself a reputation for strict integrity and as a thoroughly competent business man.

Fraternally, the colonel is a member of Custer post, No. 5, G. A. R.

September 4, 1868, the colonel was united in marriage with Julia M. Matthews, the union resulting in the birth of one child: Cora M., wife of Charles Fox, lumber-man of Grand Rapids.

In politics the colonel is a republican.