Columbia Francis Cheek (1848 - 1933)

Born 10 Sep 1848 in Franklin, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hiram Nixon Rainey — married 22 Nov 1863 (to before 24 Aug 1870) in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Died 14 Dec 1933 at age 85 in Mangum, Greer, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Columbia Francis Cheek was born on September 10, 1848, in Franklin County, Georgia, to Martha Ann Bruce, age 24, and Samuel Perryman Cheek, age 30. She married Hiram Nixon Rainey on November 22, 1863, in Jackson, Georgia. Columbia was 15. Hiram was 18. The marriage did not last long. She never remarried.

In the 1860 census Columbia and her brother JoBerry are transcribed as being named Moore. They are listed under their sister, Susan Moore. The census taker used ditto marks for them instead of list them as Cheeks.

In the 1900 census she is living alone near her brother Joberry, in Dunwoody GA. In 1906 she was appointed Postmaster in Dunwoody, GA. In the 1910 and 1920 censuses, she is again living alone near her brother Joberry, in Shallowford, GA. Her occupation is Postmistress.

Sometime before 1930 she moved from Georgia to live with her brother, Robert Bruce Cheek, in Mangum, OK. She died on December 14, 1933, in Mangum, Oklahoma, at the age of 85 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

Sources

• CHEEK FAMILY BIBLE A Family Bible given to Columbia Cheek by her mother, Martha Anna Bruce Cheek

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZYG-6Q5 : Mon Mar 20 17:33:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Columbia F Cheek and S L Cheek, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMK-HN2 : 18 February 2021), Columbia Moore in entry for Samuel P Check, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSY-2PD : 12 April 2016), Columbia F Cheek in household of Samuel P Cheek, Georgia, United States; citing p. 23, family 171, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,646.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LG-HBX : 11 August 2017), Columbia Cheek in household of Samuel Cheek, Shallow Ford and Cross Keys, De Kalb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 316D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0143; FHL microfilm 1,254,143.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63TX-RC : 5 August 2014), Georgia > DeKalb > ED 12 Militia Districts 524, 686, Shallow Ford, Cross Keys > image 5 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 23.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKF-1VJ : accessed 17 April 2023), Columbia Cheek, Shallowford, Dekalb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 9A, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 184; FHL microfilm 1,374,197.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD4-T8Y : 1 February 2021), Columbia F Cheek, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC72-1VG : accessed 10 December 2017), Columbia Cheek in household of Robert Cheek, Mangum, Greer, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 4B, line 69, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1905; FHL microfilm 2,341,639.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15055528/columbia-francis-cheek: accessed 16 April 2023), memorial page for Columbia Francis Cheek (10 Sep 1848–14 Dec 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15055528, citing Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Richard Cheek (contributor 46824568).

• Riverside Cemetary, (Mangum, Oklahoma) Columbia Cheek gravestone. Personally photographed by Richard Cheek 1975.