John Cheney family genealogy

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Identifier: ACCN 0071

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Scope and Contents

The information in this genealogical document was obtained at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916 by Martin Franklin Sanders, son of Moses Martin Sanders, Jr., and Elizabeth Ellen Cheney, and is a carbon-copy typescript. The family record begins with John Cheney (n.d.-1666) who was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio. Their son, Elam Cheney (1825-1912), was born in Freedom, New York. He studied medicine and surgery, was a cooper by trade, and worked as a carpenter on the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. He married English-born Hannah Compton at Nauvoo in 1846. They migrated from Far West, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, May 16 to October 6, 1847. Elam married four more wives in polygamy: Margaret Wimmer Johnson, in Quincy, Illinois, in 1851; Talitha Avery Garlick, in Springville, Utah; Martha Taylor Cheney (1828-1908; and Harriet Hedgehill, in Salt Lake City in 1866. Numerous descendants of Elam and his wives lived throughout the West--in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and Mexico. Appended to the genealogical material is a map, "United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management--Region 1 Portland, Oregon." The map is to accompany bids for planning and reseeding government-owned lands west of Rogerson, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Antelope Springs Reseeding Project. Bid No. 410. Date: September 15, 1952.

Dates

circa 1916

Creator

Sanders, Martin Franklin (Person)

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Biographical Sketch

John Cheney (n.d.-1666) was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio. Their son, Elam Cheney (1825-1912), was born in Freedom, New York. He studied medicine and surgery, was a cooper by trade, and worked as a carpenter on the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. He married English-born Hannah Compton at Nauvoo in 1846. They migrated from Far West, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, May 16 to October 6, 1847. Elam married four more wives in polygamy: Margaret Wimmer Johnson, in Quincy, Illinois, in 1851; Talitha Avery Garlick, in Springville, Utah; Martha Taylor Cheney (1828-1908; and Harriet Hedgehill, in Salt Lake City in 1866. Numerous descendants of Elam and his wives lived throughout the West--in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and Mexico. Appended to the genealogical material is a map, "United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management--Region 1 Portland, Oregon." The map is to accompany bids for planning and reseeding government-owned lands west of Rogerson, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Antelope Springs Reseeding Project. Bid No. 410. Date: September 15, 1952.