Lilburn Cheatham was born on May 6, 1846 in Callaway County, Missouri to David H. and Martha V. (Ratekin) Cheatham. He married Rebecca Fewell on December 6, 1870 in Callaway County, Missouri. They were the parents of Beulah (born 1872) and Lilburn Reid (1883–1967). He died on April 15, 1921, in Routt County, Colorado at the age of 74, and was buried in Steamboat Springs Cemetery in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Fact: Residence (1850) Callaway county, Callaway, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Jefferson Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Bourbon, Callaway, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Precincts 7-9, 12-13 La Junta town, Otero, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Precinct 10, Routt, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial Steamboat Springs, Routt, Colorado, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ3-122 : 12 April 2016), Lilburn L Cheatham in household of David H C Cheatham, Callaway county, Callaway, Missouri, United States; citing family 684, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ4-NC9 : 14 December 2017), Selbew L Cheatham in entry for D H C Cheatham, 1860. Jefferson Township, Johnson, Missouri, United States.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66J-6Y3 : 7 September 2017), L L Cheatham, Bourbon, Callaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 461C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,677.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMF-R5Z : accessed 28 September 2019), Lilburn L Cheatham, Precincts 7-9, 12-13 La Junta town, Otero, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 31B, family 669, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,127.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL8-B2G : accessed 28 September 2019), Lilburn L Cheatham, Precinct 10, Routt, Colorado, United States; citing ED 146, sheet 11A, line 11, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 171; FHL microfilm 1,820,171.
Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKY-358D : 13 December 2015), Lilburn L. Cheatham, ; Burial, Steamboat Springs, Routt, Colorado, United States of America, Steamboat Springs Cemetery; citing record ID 58120235, Find A Grave: Memorial #58120235.
Death:Death of L.L. Cheatham Steamboat Springs, Colorado: The Steamboat Pilot, April 20, 1921, page 1. Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org Accessed 25 October 2017.