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Aaron Wesley Cheek (abt. 1831 - 1891)

Aaron Wesley (Wesley) Cheek
Born about in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USAmap
Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married about 1850 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 30 Nov 1884 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died at about age 60 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

Son of Henderson & Julia (Bagby/Bagle) Cheek of Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Family and Children

Children with Lucinda Byrd

Aaron Wesley Cheek was married twice. His first marriage to Sarah "Lucinda" Byrd ended in divorce. The children of Aaron Wesley and his first wife Lucinda are[1]:

  1. Matilda Cheek (c.1852)
  2. Edwin Cheek (c.1854)
  3. Enoch Cheek (c.1855)
  4. Aaron A. Cheek (c.1858)
  5. Martin Cheek (1860)
  6. Martha Cheek (c.1863)
  7. Grant Cheek (c.1868)
  8. Sherman Cheek (c.1868)
  9. Clingman Lafayette Cheek (1870)

Children with Jane Spicer

Aaron Wesley Cheek married as his second wife Nancy Jane Spicer November 30, 1884[2] and together they had children:
  1. James Wesley "Wes" Cheek; born February 27, 1886[1]
  2. Eva Cheek; born in Wilkes County, September 1888 [1]; married Joseph W. Poplin April 30, 1905[3]
  3. Aaron Dewitt Cheek; born September 1890; [1]
Aaron Wesley Cheek died in 1891. In the 1900 census, Eva Cheek (age 12) [4] appeared as a ward in the household of Enos & Ella Settle [Edwards, sheet 16A] and Aaron D Cheek (age 10)[5] appeared as a ward in the household of Solomon Benge [Edwards, sheet 4B]. Solomon Benge married Hendrson's widow, Nancy Jane in 1893.

Children with Jenny Burchett

The divorce papers filed by Lucinda documented his "open and notorious" relationship with Jenny Burchett (later Brooks) on whom Aaron Wesley Cheek had fathered four children out of wedlock. Jenny eventually left the relationship and married elsewhere, changing the children's last name to "Cheeks". The children of of Jenny and Aaron Wesley are:
  1. Martha Alice Cheeks; married John Null
  2. Floyd Wesley Cheeks; born June 21, 1870; married "Fannie" Lester
  3. John Wilbur Cheeks; born June 10, 1882; married (1) Winnie Wymer, (2) Minnie Gertrude Beasley
  4. Noah Oliver Cheeks; born October 12, 1887; married Cora Rupard


Census Records

1850 US Census Wilkes County, North Carolina[6]
  • Henderson Cheeks, age 4, born in North Carolina
  • Julia A Cheek, age 40, born in North Carolina
  • Aron Cheeks, age 19, born in North Carolina
  • Julia Cheeks, age 15, born in North Carolina
  • Sarah Cheeks, age 12, born in North Carolina
  • Matilda Cheeks , age 10, born in North Carolina
  • Eli Cheeks, age 6, born in North Carolina
  • Jiney Cheeks, age 8/12, born in North Carolina
1860 U.S. Census Hay Meadow Township, Wilkes County, North Carolina[7]
Aaron W. Cheek and Lucinda (Byrd) - Family #93, Haymeadow Township, Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilkes County Head of Household Project
  • Aaron W Cheeks, age 29
  • Lucinda Cheek, age 30
  • Matilda Cheeks. age 8
  • Edwin Cheeks. age 6
  • Enoch Cheek, age 5
  • Aaron Cheek, age 2
  • Martin Cheeks. age 1/12
  • Sarah J Blackburn, age 17
1870 US Census Edwards, Wilkes County, North Carolina[8]
  • Wesley Cheek, age 40, born in North Carolina[9]
  • Lucinda Cheek, age 42, born in North Carolina
  • Matilda Cheek, age 18, born in North Carolina
  • Edwin Cheek , age 15, born in North Carolina
  • Enoch Cheek, age 14, born in North Carolina
  • Aaron Cheek, age 12, born in North Carolina
  • Martin L Cheek, age 9, born in North Carolina
  • Martha A Cheek, age 7, born in North Carolina
  • Grant Cheek, age 2, born in North Carolina[10]
  • Sherman Cheek, age 2, born in North Carolina
1880 US Census Edwards, Wilkes County, North Carolina[11]
  • Wesley Cheek, age 53 born in North Carolina
  • L A Cheek Wife, age 57, born in North Carolina
  • Aaron Cheek, Son, age 23, born in North Carolina
  • M L Cheek, Son, age 20, born in North Carolina
  • Grant Cheek, Son, age 12, born in North Carolina
  • Sherman Cheek, Son, age 12, born in North Carolina
  • C Cheek, Son, age 10, born in North Carolina

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Sources

  • Research by Andrea Powell, please contact me if you would like to trade information on this family.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Williams, Jeffrey Lewis. "The Cheek Family Chronicles of American, England and Australia". Pilgrim Press, Plymouth, Michigan (2004). (Family Search catalog record])
  2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-M6LQ : 8 July 2016), Aaron W Cheek and Nancy J Spicer, 30 Nov 1884; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. 19, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 393,940.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-97D5 : 8 July 2016), Joseph W Poplin and Eva Cheek, 30 Apr 1905; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 393,940.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBT-46Q : accessed 22 November 2016), Evan Cheek in household of Enos Settle, Edwards Township (northeast part), Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 16A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,224. Ancestry.com index lists "Evan Cheek"
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBR-RCT : accessed 22 November 2016), Aaron D Cheek in household of Solomon Benge, Edwards Township (northeast part), Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 4B, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,224.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-Z5W : 9 November 2014), Henderson Cheeks, Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1253, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD63-7S1 : 30 December 2015), Aaron W Cheeks household, 1860.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD4-ND7 : 17 October 2014), Wesley Cheek household, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 15, family 112, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,664.
  9. ↑ Ancestry.com index lists "Wesly Cheek"
  10. ↑ Ancestry.com index lists "Brant Cheek"
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCF9-4TQ : 11 August 2016), Wesley Cheek, Edwards, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 204, sheet 2C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0987; FHL microfilm 1,254,987.

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