Thomas Herbert Cheney (1869 - 1947)

Born 10 Apr 1869 in Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio

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Died 29 Mar 1947 at age 77 in Sumner, Dawson County, Nebraska

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Biography

Thomas was born 1869 in Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio.^[1][2][3] The family lived in Nobel through the census of 1880 census^[4][5] and then migrated to Nebraska, found in Elm Creek, Buffalo, Nebraska for the state census in 1885.^[6] He first married Lilian Beyers there June 30, 1893.^[7] During 1900 they, with their 5 year old daughter, Mildred are found living in Wood River Precinct, Sumner village of Dawson County.^[8] They are still in the same location for the next census.^[9] Lilian died later that year (1910) and in 1914 he married Margaret Ellen Tyler.^[10]

He and Margaret continued to live in the village of Sumner, Woodriver, found there with 4 year old son Richard H during the 1920 census.^[11] They only had the one son and took in two female roomers, shown in the 1930 census.^[12] By 1940, Richard had grown and they took in another lodger.^[13] On october 16 of that year, son Richard registered for the WWII Draft and we learn that blue eyes were persistant in the Cheney line.^[14]

Thomas Herbert Cheney died in Sumner in 1947 and is buried in the family plot at Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska.^[15]

Sources

• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-B98S : 8 June 2021), Thomas H. Cheney in entry for Elmer A. Ericson, 1917.

• WikiTree profile Cheney-745 created through the import of Cheney 21 Feb 2012.ged on Feb 21, 2012 by Deborah Mayes. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Deborah and others.

• Source: Abbreviation: Chub, Methiable (David Cheney, Columbus) Title: Chub, Methiable (David Cheney, Columbus) Publication: David E. Cheney, Columbus, Ohio, descendant of Ebenezer Cheney and Sarah Jones. Paranthetical: Y
• Source: Abbreviation: Descendants of Anthony & Susannah Colby & related people, Alice Volkert, Ancestry World Trees Title: Descendants of Anthony & Susannah Colby & related people, Alice Volkert, Ancestry World Trees Text: Descendants of Anthony & Susannah Colby & related people, Alice Volkert. Ancestry World Trees, ancestry.com, accessed Febrauary 3, 2007 Paranthetical: Y

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q236-6K6J : 8 March 2021), Herbert Cheney, 1869.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDRW-BQ8 : 8 March 2021), Herbert Cheney, 1869.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X69B-6JL : 8 March 2021), Herbert Cheney, 1869.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KT-DFB : 29 May 2021), Herbert Cheney in entry for Samuel F Cheney, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8M7-5KD : 14 January 2022), Herbert Cheney in household of Samuel Cheney, Defiance Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3XF-W77 : 2 March 2021), Herbert Cheney in entry for S F Cheney, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,532.
7. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-T67B : 8 June 2021), T Herbert Cheney, 1893.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YL-25J : 11 March 2022), Thomas H Cheney, 1900.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML49-RP9 : accessed 22 June 2022), Thomas H Cheney, Wood River, Dawson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 2B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 842; FHL microfilm 1,374,855.
10. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Z2-Y8N : 8 June 2021), Thomas Herbert Cheney, 1914.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVV-1NG : 2 February 2021), Thomas H Cheney, 1920.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQK3-YGH : accessed 22 June 2022), Thomas H Cheney, Sumner, Dawson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 3B, line 56, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1270; FHL microfilm 2,341,005.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1R-RTB : 6 January 2021), T Herbert Cheney, Wood River Election Precinct, Dawson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-30, sheet 1B, line 62, family 24, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2243.
14. ↑ "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFQ-3NCK : 3 March 2020), A H Cheney in entry for Richard Herbert Cheney, 16 Oct 1940; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Lincoln, , Nebraska, United States, "Draft Registration Cards for Nebraska,10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," various NAID. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32912917