Born
1806 in
Grainger County, Tennessee
Ancestors
Sister of
John Chaney [half] ,
James Nicholas Chaney [half] ,
Charles Chaney [half] ,
Charles Chaney [half] ,
William Chaney ,
James Nicholas Chaney [half] ,
Rosannah Chaney [half] ,
Tabitha (Chaney) Frank ,
Able A. Chaney [half] ,
Icy Elizabeth (Chaney) Hawn ,
Hezekiah Chaney ,
Elisha Chaney [half] ,
Emmaline (Chaney) Curry and
Andrew Jackson Chaney
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
31 Dec 1861
at about age 55
in
Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
Profile last modified 5 Mar 2024
| Created 9 May 2016
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in 1806. She was the daughter of William Chaney and Tabitha .
She died 31 Dec 1861 and was buried at Historic Morristown Cemetery in Morristown, Tennessee[1] .
Sources
Ancestry Profile : accessed October 1, 2023, profile for Elizabeth Betsy Chaney
Ancestry.com : accessed October 1, 2023, in the 1850 United States Federal Census for Elizabeth Riggs
Ancestry Record 1169 #6199118 : accessed October 1, 2023, in the Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 for Elizabeth Chaney and Samuel Riggs
Find A Grave: Memorial #117023763 : accessed October 1, 2023, memorial for Elilzabeth Chaney Riggs
"United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7K-3ZQ : Mon Sep 18 04:47:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth Chaney, 1880.
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117023763/elizabeth-riggs
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