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 Moses Ryder Cheever

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Moses Ryder Cheever Veteran

Birth
Death
25 Jan 1900 (aged 58–59)
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial Site Unknown
Memorial ID
18473137 View Source

Moses R. Cheever

Residence Cabot VT;
Enlisted on 9/3/1861 as a Private.
On 9/21/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VT 4th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 12/15/1863
He was Mustered Out on 7/13/1865
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA
Paroled 2/28/1865 (place not stated)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
2/25/1865 from company G to company F

Additional Information:
Listed on 1880 Federal census as a cider maker living in San Francisco.

Granted an invalid pension in 1896 from Colorado (maybe California.)

Listed in the 1896 San Francisco directory as employed in mining. Possibly died 1/25/1900. Not listed in the California Death Index, as having died in Los Angeles County in 1900, nor in the San Francisco Death Record "Book O" (July 1, 1898 to March 16, 1900).
Not listed in the Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations 1862-1949.

Mary Pennie Cheever filed for a widow's pension 1/25/1900 from California. She is listed as a widow living in Los Angeles on 1900 Federal census. May be listed as Moses Ryder Cheener on pension records. Pension records reported lost in Veterans' Administration storage.

Sources:
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&374759
http://www.weldonrailroad.com/updates.html
Alt middle name: Riter. Birth year is approximate.

Moses R. Cheever

Residence Cabot VT;
Enlisted on 9/3/1861 as a Private.
On 9/21/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VT 4th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 12/15/1863
He was Mustered Out on 7/13/1865
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA
Paroled 2/28/1865 (place not stated)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
2/25/1865 from company G to company F

Additional Information:
Listed on 1880 Federal census as a cider maker living in San Francisco.

Granted an invalid pension in 1896 from Colorado (maybe California.)

Listed in the 1896 San Francisco directory as employed in mining. Possibly died 1/25/1900. Not listed in the California Death Index, as having died in Los Angeles County in 1900, nor in the San Francisco Death Record "Book O" (July 1, 1898 to March 16, 1900).
Not listed in the Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations 1862-1949.

Mary Pennie Cheever filed for a widow's pension 1/25/1900 from California. She is listed as a widow living in Los Angeles on 1900 Federal census. May be listed as Moses Ryder Cheener on pension records. Pension records reported lost in Veterans' Administration storage.

Sources:
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&374759
http://www.weldonrailroad.com/updates.html
Alt middle name: Riter. Birth year is approximate.

Gravesite Details

Not at CoC although included in Memorial Day list of interments at the California Columbarium (now Chapel of the Chimes), Oakland Tribune, May 29, 1921, pages 6A-7A. Possibly Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland.


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