Robert and Thomas Chinery, Mercer County
Robert C. Chinery was sent West in 1869, at the age of 13. He wrote a comprehensive history of his life in 1892 and sent it to the Asylum. Robert first lived with Gilbert Ives, a farmer near New Boston, Mercer County. He recalled that he had become impatient with his indenture and that Mr. Ives released him from the indenture and hired him for wages. Robert stayed for five years working for wages with Mr. Ives and then took his savings West to try his luck. He admitted spent
