THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Thomas Polson
           Born: 02 AUG 1797 in Wheeling, Culpeper Co, West Virginia
        Married: 03 OCT 1842 in Harrison County, Indiana
           Died: 17 MAY 1876 in Marion County, Iowa
         Buried: in Wheeling Cemetery, Marion CO, Indiana
         Father: John Polson
         Mother: Martha Bryan
        Spouses: Zillah King; Nancy Thornburg
           Wife: Exvira "Hervina" Rankin
           Born: 1815
           Died: 1900 in Wilson County, Kansas
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Amos Polson
           Born: 28 JUN 1843 in Blue River Township, Harrison County, Indiana
           Died: 06 FEB 1926 in Altoona, Kansas
        Spouses: Eliza A. Jessee
02          (F): Lydia I. Polson
           Born: 07 FEB 1847 in BLUE RIVER TOWNSHIP, HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA
           Died: 11 OCT 1872 in MARION COUNTY, INDIANA
         Buried: in Wheeling Cemetery, Marion County, Iowa
        Spouses: 
03          (M): Harvey Leander Polson
           Born: about 1848 in SWAN TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, IOWA
           Died:
        Spouses: 
04          (F): Malinda Polson
           Born: about 1850 in SWAN TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, IOWA
           Died:
        Spouses: John Miller
05          (M): Henry Royster Polson
           Born: 06 MAY 1853 in Wheeling, Marion Co., IA
           Died: 12 FEB 1929 in Wilson County, Kansas
        Spouses: Margaret J. Maxedon; Neomi Reberta Jeffers
06          (M): Leander J. Polson
           Born: 1856 in Iowa, USA. (1)
           Died: 1925 in Wilson County, Kansas, USA. (2)
        Spouses: Eltha May O'Brien

Additional Information

Thomas Polson:

Notes:
Thomas was a lay preacher who traveled from town to town preaching the gospel.

The town of Wheeling, Iowa was laid out by Thomas and his son-in-law, John Rankin on July 5, 1851. Thomas was instrumental in founding the Methodist Church in Wheeling, Iowa. Thomas named a son after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church.


Footnotes

  1. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3834, Date of Import: Apr 12, 1997
    Gravestone at Farmington Cemetery, 1989.
  2. Ibid.

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