THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Edward Stansberry
           Born: 1798 in Greene County, Tennessee (1)
        Married: 26 MAR 1818 in Washington County, Tennessee (9)
           Died: 02 OCT 1852 in Cheney's Grove, McLean Co Illinois (2)
         Father: Ezekiel Stanborough
         Mother: Esther Neil
        Spouses: 
     Occupation: Farmer (3)
       Religion: Methodist
      Residence: Washington Co TN to 1833 when he removed (4)
      Residence: to Cheney's Grove (5)
           Wife: Polly Ann Graham
           Born: 14 OCT 1797 in Tennessee
           Died: 27 AUG 1854 in Illinois
         Buried: in Old Township Cemetery, Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois (6)
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): William Kendrick "W.K." Stansberry
           Born: 29 AUG 1820 in Washington County, East Tennessee (7)
           Died: 30 JAN 1882 in Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois (8)
        Spouses: Sarah Jane Yazel

Additional Information

Edward Stansberry:

Notes:
Edward moved to Cheney's Grove in 1833. With neighbors' help, he fixed up a little cabin before winter set in. The cabin was not totally weather-proof as Edward came down with ague.

He entered the land he had a claim on in 1835, in section 20. Edward sold that property and bought another.

Edward was living in the Township of Cheney's Grove, according to the 1859-1860 Cheney's Grove Directory. (From "Gleanings from the Heart of the Cornbelt", The McLean County Genealogical Society. Winter 2000, Vol 34, No 4, page 149.)

Edward was a small man in stature. (From "The History of McLean County, Ill, Wm. Le Baron, Jr & Co, 1879; page 541)

Polly Ann Graham:

Notes:
Polly lived to be one hundred and ten years old. (From page 110 of "The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois" by Dr E. Duis, 1874)

Footnotes

  1. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #5692, Date of Import: Apr 12, 1997.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. George Alford, Ten Generations of Myers in America (1996: Family History Publishers, 845 S. Main St, Bountiful, Utah 84040), 514.
  7. Dr E. Duis, Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois (Reprinted by Heritage Books, 1992), 410.
  8. The McLean County Genealogical Society, Gleanings from the Heart of the Cornbelt (Fall 2000, Vol 34 No 3), 113.
    From "The Daily Pantagraph": W.K. Stsbury died of dropsy of the heart.
  9. George Alford, Ten Generations of Myers in America (1996: Family History Publishers, 845 S. Main St, Bountiful, Utah 84040), 514.

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