Maria A. (Bishop) Cheely (1837 - 1919)

Born 1837 in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States

Wife of Robert Lenoir Cheely Jr. — married 27 May 1852 in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1919 at about age 82 in Kress, Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Biography

Native Virginian (born, married, and died in Brunswick County)

Maria was born in 1837, daughter of Armistead and Ann Bishop.^[1]

She and Robert Cheely, Jr., married on May 27, 1852, in Brunswick County, Virginia.^[2]

The 1880 US Census documents the family living in Red Oak, Brunswick, Virginia.^[3] The household at the time of that census included:

Household-Role-Sex-Age-Birthplace

Robt L Cheely, Self, Male, 54, Virginia, United States

Maria A Cheely, Wife, Female, 42, Virginia, United States

Anna Lee Cheely, Daughter, Female, 28, Virginia, United States

Ann B Cheely, Daughter, Female, 22, Virginia, United States

Thomas J Cheely, Son, Male, 17, Virginia, United States

James A Cheely, Son, Male, 14, Virginia, United States

Alilia A Cheely, Daughter, Female, 12, Virginia, United States

Julia H Cheely, Daughter, Female, 10, Virginia, United States

Mattie D Cheely, Daughter, Female, 9, Virginia, United States

Walter L Cheely, Son, Male, 8, Virginia, United States

Robt N Cheely, Son, Male, 5, Virginia, United States

Charles C Cheely, Son, Male, 2, Virginia, United States

Wm Thomas, Other, Male, 16, Virginia, United States

Rosa Jones, Other, Female, 60, Virginia, United States

Mrs Maria A. Bishop

Her obituary published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 2, 1919, read: "Mrs. Maria A Cheely, widow of Robert L Cheely, one of the best known and best-beloved residents of Brunswick County died Monday at her home near Rawlings aged eighty-three years. Her funeral took place on Tuesday with burial in the family cemetery. Sorrowing her are nine children, thirty-seven grandchildren and thirty-eight great-grandchildren."

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88R-YDD : 12 April 2016), Maria Bishop in household of Armstead Bishop, Brunswick county, Brunswick, Virginia, United States; citing family 407, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQN-226 : 11 February 2018), Robert S. Cheely and Maria A. Bishop, 27 May 1852; citing Brunswick, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 30,659.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP2-C3V : 15 July 2017), Maria A Cheely in household of Robt L Cheely, Red Oak, Brunswick, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet 161B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1357; FHL microfilm 1,255,357.
4. ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Publisher, Ancestry.com. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.co m Operations, Inc., 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2018, from https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9278&h=756368&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Uzd6306&_phstart=successSource

See also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2018), memorial page for Mariah A Bishop Cheely (1837–29 Sep 1919), [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175969986/mariah-a-cheelyFind A Grave Memorial no. 175969986}, citing Cheely Family Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Amanda Bishop Burns (contributor 46939879) .