William Cheney's stone was discovered partially buried in mud in March 2008. It is not documented in Duane Lester's, "Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume II, Bethel-Industry." The age of the deceased was not discerned due to the condition of the stone.
He married Malissa Wilson, daughter of John & Jane Wilson who are buried in this cemetery, on 12/29/1832 (source pending verification: http://www.geocities.com/mccumsey/).
Illinois land purchase records show that a William Cheney purchased two parcels of land in McDonough County in 1837. Both parcels lying in Township 05N--not Bethel Township, I'm not certain which township that number identifies.
S.J. Clarke's published history of the county in 1878 index lists a William Cheney on page 403. He was an unsuccessful 1850 Whig party candidate for County Treasurer.
A search of relevant census records reveals that Malissa Wilson Cheney did not remarry. She lived with her sister Mary Ann Gibson and her spouse, J.W. Malissa continued as a housekeeper in her brother-in-law's residence after her sister's death and until at least 1870. By 1880 she and her sister, Margaret Lane, both resided with Margaret's son, Samuel, and his family in Tennessee Township in McDonough Co., Illinois.
Please feel free to provide any suggestions or additonal information so that this individual can be properly identified.
He married Malissa Wilson, daughter of John & Jane Wilson who are buried in this cemetery, on 12/29/1832 (source pending verification: http://www.geocities.com/mccumsey/).
Illinois land purchase records show that a William Cheney purchased two parcels of land in McDonough County in 1837. Both parcels lying in Township 05N--not Bethel Township, I'm not certain which township that number identifies.
S.J. Clarke's published history of the county in 1878 index lists a William Cheney on page 403. He was an unsuccessful 1850 Whig party candidate for County Treasurer.
A search of relevant census records reveals that Malissa Wilson Cheney did not remarry. She lived with her sister Mary Ann Gibson and her spouse, J.W. Malissa continued as a housekeeper in her brother-in-law's residence after her sister's death and until at least 1870. By 1880 she and her sister, Margaret Lane, both resided with Margaret's son, Samuel, and his family in Tennessee Township in McDonough Co., Illinois.
Please feel free to provide any suggestions or additonal information so that this individual can be properly identified.
William Cheney's stone was discovered partially buried in mud in March 2008. It is not documented in Duane Lester's, "Rural Cemeteries of McDonough County, Illinois, Volume II, Bethel-Industry." The age of the deceased was not discerned due to the condition of the stone.
He married Malissa Wilson, daughter of John & Jane Wilson who are buried in this cemetery, on 12/29/1832 (source pending verification: http://www.geocities.com/mccumsey/).
Illinois land purchase records show that a William Cheney purchased two parcels of land in McDonough County in 1837. Both parcels lying in Township 05N--not Bethel Township, I'm not certain which township that number identifies.
S.J. Clarke's published history of the county in 1878 index lists a William Cheney on page 403. He was an unsuccessful 1850 Whig party candidate for County Treasurer.
A search of relevant census records reveals that Malissa Wilson Cheney did not remarry. She lived with her sister Mary Ann Gibson and her spouse, J.W. Malissa continued as a housekeeper in her brother-in-law's residence after her sister's death and until at least 1870. By 1880 she and her sister, Margaret Lane, both resided with Margaret's son, Samuel, and his family in Tennessee Township in McDonough Co., Illinois.
Please feel free to provide any suggestions or additonal information so that this individual can be properly identified.
He married Malissa Wilson, daughter of John & Jane Wilson who are buried in this cemetery, on 12/29/1832 (source pending verification: http://www.geocities.com/mccumsey/).
Illinois land purchase records show that a William Cheney purchased two parcels of land in McDonough County in 1837. Both parcels lying in Township 05N--not Bethel Township, I'm not certain which township that number identifies.
S.J. Clarke's published history of the county in 1878 index lists a William Cheney on page 403. He was an unsuccessful 1850 Whig party candidate for County Treasurer.
A search of relevant census records reveals that Malissa Wilson Cheney did not remarry. She lived with her sister Mary Ann Gibson and her spouse, J.W. Malissa continued as a housekeeper in her brother-in-law's residence after her sister's death and until at least 1870. By 1880 she and her sister, Margaret Lane, both resided with Margaret's son, Samuel, and his family in Tennessee Township in McDonough Co., Illinois.
Please feel free to provide any suggestions or additonal information so that this individual can be properly identified.
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