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Cletus Theadore Cheney (1874 - 1935)

Cletus Theadore Cheney
Born in Pope, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 3 Jan 1897 (to about 1915) in Pope, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Died at age 60 in Prescott, Nevada, Arkansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Cletus Theodore Cheney was born in Pope County, Illinois on 24 Dec 1874.[1] He lived and worked on his parents farm until his marriage to Mamie Keef on 3 Jan 1897.[2]

They took up residence in Metropolis City, Massac, Illinois, where he was a day laborer.[3]

In the interveneing years, they moved to a farm in Watensaw, Prairie, Arkansas.[4] Some time after 1910, Theodore divorced her as reported by her in the 1920 Census.[5] In 1917 he married Lucy Chloe Emmons and they took up residence in Hazen,[6]

He registered for the World War I draft on 12 Sep 1918.[7] He was living and working on a farm, but by 1920 he had moved to a house in town and working in a meat and graocery store.[8]

By 1930 he and Lucy had moved to Gurdon, Arkansas where he was working as a manager of a general store.[9]

At the age of 60, Cletus passed away[10] and was buried at the De Ann Cemetery in Nevada County, Arkansas.[11]


Research Notes

Cletus was found on FamilySearch as 9NRX-7B8.


AMTID 250129852452:1030:114366767.


Sources

  1. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Cletus Theodore Cheney, B. 24 Dec 1874, add RFD #2, Prairie, Arkansas, USA
  2. ↑ Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Vol A-1, page no. 226, Certificate No. 2131, Pope County, Cheney, Cletus T & Keef, Mamie.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S7S-F8T?cc=1325221&wc=9B7R-ZJ5%3A1030552601%2C1035908501%2C1035911801 : 5 August 2014),
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVL-BX7?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-1QZ%3A133642401%2C140003201%2C140023901%2C1589088875 : 24 June 2017), Arkansas > Prairie > Watensaw > ED 111 > image 39 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6D-4LP?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-897%3A1036470101%2C1037233001%2C1036471103%2C1589333291 : 6 September 2019), Arkansas > Prairie > Hazen > ED 108 > image 12 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. ↑ C T Cheney and Lucy Chloe Emmons, (1917), Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957: Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Cletus Theodore Cheney, B. 24 Dec 1874, add RFD #2, Prairie, Arkansas, USA
  8. ↑ 1920 U S Census, Prairie, Arkansas, population, Hazen Town, Enumeration District (ED) ED 108, Sheet No. 6A, image 11 of 54, dwelling 114/household 125, Cletus J and Lucy Cheney; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll no 77 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch
  9. ↑ 1930 U S Census, Clark, Arkansas, population, Gurdon Town, Enumeration District (ED) ED 10-23, Sheet No. 6A,l image 12 of 44, dwelling 95/household 148, Cletis T and Lucy C Cheney; NARA microfilm publication T626, roll no. 67 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch
  10. ↑ "C. T. Cheney," Obituary, Arkansas Gazette, 2 September 1935; on line images, genealogybank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1123C1CC6D31C748%40GB3NEWS-15A9E955582E544C%402428048-15A99C376A94368F%409-15A99C376A94368F%40?h=2&fname=C%20T&lname=Cheney&fullname=&kwinc=&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1934&rgtoDate=1936&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range : accessed 8 September 2019); Genealoybank.com.
  11. ↑ Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21640265/cletus-theodore-cheney 12 December 2018), Cletus Theodore Cheney.




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