Belinda Matilda (Grant) Cheuvront (1811-1878)

Belinda Matilda Cheuvront formerly Grant

Born 12 Jul 1811 in Lewis, Virginia, United States

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Ancestors

Daughter of Chapman Grant and Mary (Jett) Grant

Sister of Mariah (Jett) Swisher [half], Washington Jett [half], Sarah (Jett) Dobson [half], Mary (Grant) Smith, Mary Ann (Grant) Shurtliff, Susan (Grant) Patten, Chapman George Grant, Edward Francis Grant, Minerva Sophia (Grant) Bond, Elizabeth Ann (Grant) Bond and William Laurence Grant

Wife of Thomas Stanley Cheuvront — married 28 Oct 1827 in Harrison County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Mother of Rufas Allen Cheuvront and Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront

Died 4 Oct 1878 at age 67 in Churchville, Lewis, Virginia, United States

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Death Record
- 1.2 Outline of the Cheuvront Family in America
2 Sources
- 2.1 Acknowledgments

Biography

Belinda Grant was born in July 1810 in Virginia, USA. She died on 1 October 1878 at the age of 68 in Lewis, West Virginia, USA.

Belinda, daughter of Chapman Grant and Polly Jett.^[1]

NOTE: This is quite probably the sister of Matilda Grant Cheuvront. Additional research is needed.

Spouse: Thomas Cheuvront. Children were: Rufus A. Cheuvront, Chapman Cheuvront, James Cheuvront, Edward F. Oscar Cheuvront, Sarah E. Cheuvront, Thomas M. Cheuvront, Prisilla A. Cheuvront, Mary E. Cheuvront, Thomas A. Cheuvront.^[2]

Death Record

NOTE: This record is transcribed, indicates first initial M, and DOD October 1 1878. R.A. Cheuvron, son, is listed as informer T Cheurvron as spouse Parents: C & -- Grant To view the image click HERE.

Name: M. Cheavront

Event Date: 01 Oct 1878 Event Place: Lewis Co., West Virginia

Gender: Female Age (Expanded): 68 years 3 months

Birth Date: 1810 Birthplace: Va.

Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: T. Cheavron

Father's Name: C Grant

Affiliate Repository Type: County Records ^[3]

Outline of the Cheuvront Family in America

by: Wesley L. Cheuvront

from A Brief History of the Cheuvront Family In America Record of the Second Family of Joseph Cheuvront After the death of his first wife [Elizabeth Elsworth, Aug. 18, 1800], he accepted work in Ohio, joining on trial the Baltimore Conference at the session held in Pipe Creek, May 1st, 1801. He was assigned to the Muskingum and Hockhockin Circuit, with some 30 preaching places. He met Sarah Bollen at Painesville, Ohio, and the two were married January 26th, 1802. Sarah Bollen Cheuvront was born in Pennsylvania on June 22nd, 1780, and was 23 years younger than her husband. Thomas, born 25th of March, 1803 Enoch, born 5th of June, 1806 Cassandra, born 28th of December, 1812 Daniel Hitt, born 20th of January, 1821

1: THOMAS STANLEY Cheuvront [(son of Joseph Cheuvront and 2nd wife Sarah Bollen), born March 25, 1803, Good Hope, Harrison Co., VA, d. Oct. 8, 1867, Lebanon Twsp, Meigs Co., OH. Married Oct 28, 1827, Harrison Co., WVA, BeLinda Grant, b. July 12 1811, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Oct 4, 1878, Churchville, VA].[It was said that BeLinda Grant was] a cousin of General (later President) Grant, and settled at Churchville, Lewis Co. [This family is listed on the 1850 Lewis Co., WVA, Federal census] They had four sons, [1850 census lists 6 sons & 3 daughters] Chapman, Rufus, Oscar, and Marshall. Chapman went to Jackson Co., nearly all of Rufus and Oscar's families went west, settling at Topeka and Dover, Kansas, where Cora and Frona are still living. [assuming 1950] The boys were: Will, Henry, and Pete, who returned to West Virginia and died at Glenville. Rufus had [one son in his first marriage, Albert Cheuvront, who went to Chicago and changed his name to Shepherd. He also had] three sons and one daughter by his second marriage. The children were: Homer, Leeman, Jessee, and Priscilla, who married a Mr. Rominee. Rufus Allen (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. Dec. 18, 1826, Good Hope, Harrison Co., WVA, d. Aug. 20, 1892, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS. Married Dec. 22, 1848, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS, Mary Ann Robinson. Child by 1st marriage, Thomas Albert Cheuvront, b. 1849 - d. bef. 1860. Rufus married 2nd, Jul 11, 1853, Churchville, Lewis Co., VA, Lydia Woofter, b. Aug. 23, 1838, WVA, and had three sons and one daughter by his second marriage. They were: Homer, Leeman, Jessee and Priscilla, who married Mr. Romine. Albert Cheuvront went to Chicago and changed his name to Shepherd was a son of Rufus's first marriage. Children of 2nd marriage: Robert Alonzo, b. 1855 - d. 1859; Alice, b. 1856 - d. 1858; William Grandison, b. 1858 - d. 1869; Mary Louisa, b. 1860 - d. bef. 1890, m. George W. Kemper; Emma Etta, b. 1863 - d. 1923, m. Alexander Willis Priest; Armanda, b. 1865 ; Leman, b. 1868 - d. 1950, m. 1st Lucy Wilaon, m. 2nd Clara Bell Romine, m. 3rd Lilly Bush; Joseph, b. 1870; Josephine, b. 1871; Homer, b. 1874 - d. 1941, m. 1st, Lydia Rexroad, m. 2nd, Nell Scott; Priscilla Ann, b. 1876 - d. 1942, m. Alstopheous Orr Romine; Carrie Belle, b. 1878, d. 1958, m. John Noah Snyder; Jesse Allen, b. 1881, d. 1950.

[Rufus' Children as listed in Lewis Co. Birth Records: William, b. Jun 25, 1865 Lewis Co., WV; Henry, b. Jun 17, 1867, WV; Sophronia b. Jul 19, 1871, Sand Fork, WV; Peter T., b. Jun 1, 1873, Finks Creek, WV; Cora E. b. Feb 11, 1905 Sheridan Dist, WV. Children: (marriage 1: Mary Ann Robinson) Thomas Albert Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Mary Ann Robinson), b. Oct 23, 1849, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. bef. 1860, Harrison Co., WVA. (marriage 2: Lydia Woofter) Robert Alonzo Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Feb. 23, 1855, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. 1859, Harrison Co., WVA. Alice Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Nov. 3, 1856, Harrison Co., WVA, d. Mar 11, 1858, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA. William Grandison Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Sept 29, 1858, Harrison Co., WVA, d. 1869, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA. Mary Louisa Cheuvront (d/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Dec. 15, 1860, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. bef. 1890, Harrison Co., WVA, m. May 16, 1880, Harrison Co., WVA, George W. Kemper. Chiildren: Willis Kemper; Unknown Kemper; Clay Kemper; Willie Nay Kemper. Emma Etta Cheuvront (d/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Mar 28, 1863, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Mar 25, 1923, m. Alexander Willis Priest. Armanda Cheuvront (d/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Oct 15, 1865, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA. Leman Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Nov. 19, 1868, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA., d. Apr 24, 1950, Swickly, Allegheny Co., PA, **m. 1st, Clara Bell Romine [b. Oct 7, 1878, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Nov. 4, 1906, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA], Children: 3 daughters and 1 son, Ethel Reva Cheuvront, b. May 31, 1899, churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, m. John M. "Pete" Casey; Forrest Bryan Cheuvront, b. May 8, 1902, Parkersburg, Wood, Co., WVA, d. Jul 1982, Parkersburg, Wood Co., WVA, m. Myrtle Ulan Ayers; Thelma Edythe Cheuvront, b. Apr 6, 1904, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, m. Joseph Brooks Means; Genevieve Cheuvront, b. Oct 25, 1906, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Aug 30, 1972, Weston, Lewis WVA, m. 1st, Russell Collins, m. 2nd James Russell Bush. M. 2nd, Lilly Bush [c1915], children: Hugh Bush Cheuvront (perhaps adopted), b. June 19, 1916, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Feb. 5, 1919, of burns, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA M. 3rd Lucy Wilson [b. Oct 25, 1878, d. Mar. 13, 1950, m. 2nd, Sept. 22, 1897, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA], no children. (**info in yellow type via Charlotte Hope Cheuvront Dye) Joseph Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Oct. 20, 1870, Harrison Co., WVA. Josephine Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), Sept 29, 1871, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA. Homer Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Mar. 8, 1874, Churchville Lewis Co., WVA, d. June 30, 1941, m. 1st, Lydia Rexroda, m. 2nd, Nell Scott. Children: Opal Cheuvront; Edward Allen Cheuvront; Loxie Cheuvront; Ermaline Virginia Cheuvront; son (twin) Cheuvront. Priscilla Ann Cheuvront (d/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Sept 10, 1876, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 12, 1942, WVA, m. Jan 1, 1901, Alstopheous Orr Romine, b. Oct 1875, WVA. Carrie Belle Cheuvront (d/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Aug. 1, 1878, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. May 5, 1958, WVA, m. Jul 4, 1900, John Noah Snyder. Jesse Allen Cheuvront (s/o Rufus Allen Cheuvront and Lydia Woofter), b. Sept 6, 1881, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Jan. 19, 1950.

Joseph Chapman "Chap" Cheuvront (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. Sept. 1830, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Aug. 13, 1866, Jackson Co., WVA, m. 1st Nov. 17, 1851, Sarah A.B. Powers, (Child of Priscilla Cheuvront and John Powers), b. 1819, Harrison Co., VA,. Children: Viola C., b. 1852, m. James H. Plummer Sr.; Levi, b. 1853. Married 2nd, Feb. 4, 1857, Jackson Co., VA, Margaret Cheuvront, (d/o Isaac Cheuvront and Chtherine Childers), b. c1835. Children: Jamie; Charles A.M.C., b. 1858; Emma, b. 1860; Thomas J. b. 1866; Mary A., b. 1863.

James Marshall Cheuvront (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. 1832, Lewis Co., WVA, married Dec. 25, 1849, Lewis Co., WVA, Mary C. Parr.

Edward Francis Oscar Cheurvont (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. 1836, Lewis Co., WVA, d. 1910, Harrison Co., WVA. Married 1st, Mary Louisa Woofter, b. 1844, Lewis Co., WVA, married 2nd, May 24, 1857, Angeline Law, b. 1839, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 26, 1874, Lewis Co., WVA. Children: Alvin, b. 1858 - d. 1945; Emma, b. 1859, m. William Moxley Griggs; Susan E., b. 1861 - d. 1937, m. 1st, Bonepart Woofter, m. 2nd, Monroe Jackson Gough, m. 3rd, Charles B. Lightner; Mary A., b. 1863 - d. 1945, m. Jesse Moneypenny; William Edward "Willie", b. 1865, m. Esther "Mettie" Lodge; Henry Judson, b. 1867 - d. 1932, m. Martha Annette "Mattie" Prescott; Cora Elizabeth, b. 1869, m. Charles Todd; Harriett Sophrona "Frona", b. 1871, m. John Corkill; Peter Thomas, b. 1873 - d. 1947, m. Maud _____; Birdie; Maude. Children:

Alvin Cheuvront (s/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. Jul 9, 1858, Lewis Co., WVA, d. May 26, 1945. Emma Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. Nov. 29, 1859, Lewis Co., WVA, m. William Moxley Griggs. Susan E. Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. Mar 4, 1861, Jackson Co., WVA, d. Sept 12, 1937, m. 1st, Bonepart Woofter, m. 2nd 1881, Roane Co., WVA, Monroe Jackson Gough, b. Dec. 1854, m. 3rd, Feb. 6, 1909, WVA, Charles B. Lightner, b. 1866, Tyler Co., WVA. Children: Bertha M. Gough, b. 1882; Marietta Gough, b. Apr. 1884, WVA; Marshall E. Gough, b. 1887, d. Sept 19, 1962, Wood Co., WVA, m. Marian "Lillie" Brown; Thomas A. Gough, b. 1890; Monroe Jackson Gough Jr., b. 1893, d. WWI; Dempsy L. Gough, b. 1895; Marvin P. Gough, b. 1899; Delbert Ray Gough, b. 1905, d. Jan 1, 1970, Toledo, Lucus Co., OH. Mary A. Cheuvront (s/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. 1863, Lewis Co., WVA, d. May 25, 1945, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS, m. Jul 26, 1883, Lewis Co., WVA, Jesse Moneypenny, b. June 28, 1862, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 10, 1959, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS. Children: Orah Moneypenny, b. Jun 14, 1884, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 5, 1969, FL; Jane Angeline Moneypenny, b. Jan 7, 1886, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Sept 8, 1972, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, m. Roland Just West; Paul C. Moneypenny, b. Feb. 14, 1891, Lewis Co., WVA, d. May 14, 1968, Dunedin, Pelas Co., FL, m. Emma K. Koerber; Kent Books Moneypenny, b. Mar 23, 1893, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Jun 26, 1968, Duned, Pinelas Co., FL, m. Wilma Polk. William Edward "Willie" Cheuvront (s/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. June 25, 1865, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, m. Esther "Mettie" Lodge. Henry Judson Cheuvront (s/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. Jun 15, 1867, Churchville, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 16. 1932, Jones, OK, m. Oct. 21, 1892, Sedwick Co., KS, Martha Annett "Mattie" Prescott, b. Jun 6, 1864, Mulvane, KS, d. Mar 11, 1946. Children: Bessie Irene Cheuvront b. Dec 3, 1893, Mulvane, KS, m. Roy Beeson; Winifred Eloise Cheuvront, b. Oct 23, 1895, Mulvane, KS, d. Mar 5, 1968, OK; Harlan Cheuvront, b. Aug. 19, 1897, Mulvane, KS, d. Mar 4, 1961, m. Grace Allen; Ralph Edward Cheuvront, b. Dec. 16, 1999, Mulvane, KS, d. Feb. 22, 1951, m. Grace Bright; Charles Grant Cheuvront, b. Sept 20, 1901, Rosalia Butler, KS, d. May 26, 1973, m. Mildred Carson; Emma Luella Cheuvront, b. Feb. 20, 1905, Rosalia Butler, KS, m. James Foster Blevins; Clarence Prescott Cheuvront, b. Dec. 27, 1910, Jones OK, d. 1978, m. Cathrine Curry; Francis Albert Cheuvront, b. Oct 4, 1913, Jones, OK, d. May 27, 1983, m. Clydia Simpson. Cora Elizabeth Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. May 14, 1869, Lewis Co., WVA, m. Charles Todd. Harriett Sophrona "Frona" Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), b. Jun 19, 1871, Lewis Co., WVA, m. John Corkill. Peter Thomas Cheuvront (s/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law), Jun 1, 1873, Lewis Co., WVA, d. May 24, 1947, Glenville, Harrison Co., WVA, m. Maud _____. Birdie Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law) Maude Cheuvront (d/o Edward Francis Oscar Cheuvront and Angeline Law) Sarah E. Cheuvront (d/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. 1839, Good Hope, Harrison Co., VA. Thomas M. Cheuvront, (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. 1842, Good Hope, Harrison Co., VA. Priscilla A. Cheuvront (d/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. 1844, Good Hope, Harrison Co., VA, m. _____ Findling.

Mary Elizabeth Cheuvront (d/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. Aug. 27, 1845, Good Hope, Harrison Co., VA, d. Jan 19, 1927, Burnt House, Ritchie Co., WVA. Married first, Jul 10, 1863, Gallia, OH, George Swisher, b. May 28, 1818, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co., WVA, d. Dec. 20, 1888, Buckhannon Run, Lewis Co., WVA. Children: Belinda L. Swisher, b. 1865, d. 1866; Alwilda Victoria Swisher, b. 1867 - d. 1936, m. William Alexander Gragg. Mary Elizabeth Cheuvront married 2nd, Aug. 29, 1872, WVA, George Hoover, b. Apr 5, 1833, Pendleton Co., WVA, d. Mar 26, 1908, Ritchie Co., WVA. Children: Jensie B. Hoover, b. 1873 - d. 1911, m. Lloyd Gragg; Herve Fred Hoover, b. 1875 - d. 1953, m. Ocea Conrad; John Alfred Hoover, b. 1876, m. Koa Waggoner; Sarah Vista Elizabeth hoover, b. 1877 - d. 1950, m. John C. Wright; Daisy Jane Hoover, b. 1884 - d. 1960, m. William Penn Wright; Lilia Hoover, b. 1885 - d. 1938, m. Alvin Elder; Amos Carl Hoover, b. 1891 - d. 1967, m. Willie Wycuff.

Thomas A. Cheuvront (s/o Thomas Stanley Cheuvront and BeLinda Grant), b. Apr. 1850, Lewis Co., WVA.]^[4]

Sources

↑ Genealogical and personal history of the upper Monongahela valley, West Virginia, under the editorial supervision of Bernard L. Butcher, James Morton Callahan, Lewis Historical Publishing co., 1912, page
↑ http://www.genes2.com/flesher/b371.html#P16137
↑ GS Film number: 825106 , Digital Folder Number: 4130795 , Image Number: 325 , Reference ID: v 1 p 103 "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMXV-PVT : accessed 26 Aug 2014), C Grant in entry for M. Cheavront, 01 Oct 1878; citing v 1 p 103, Lewis Co., West Virginia; FHL microfilm 825106.
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