THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Jonathan Henry "J.H." Cheney
           Born: 18 SEP 1833 in Saybrook, Illinois
        Married:
           Died: 04 APR 1920 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
         Father: Owen Cheney
         Mother: Maria Dawson
        Spouses: 
           Wife: Mary Burnett Anderson
           Born: 09 MAY 1842 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
           Died: 11 AUG 1935 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois (1)
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Frank Cheney
           Born: 1865 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
           Died: 25 OCT 1873 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois (2)
        Spouses: 
02          (F): Fannie Cheney
           Born: MAR 1870 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
           Died: 14 FEB 1890 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois (3)
        Spouses: 
03          (F): Grace Cheney
           Born: 25 MAY 1872 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
           Died: 11 SEP 1971 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois (4)
        Spouses: John Fletcher Wight

Additional Information

Jonathan Henry "J.H." Cheney:

Notes:
"....Hon. J.H. Cheney, now living in Bloomington, the Vice President and Treasurer of the L. M. & B. Railroad, owns a large farm in this township (Padua) and is largely engaged in cattle-feeding and trading. His annual sales of cattle and hogs are large and his business capacity is of the highest order." (From "The History of McLean County, Ill, Wm. Le Baron, Jr & Co, 1879)

(01) Frank Cheney:

Notes:
Frank diedc in an accident with a horse. (From Theo de Vrieze)

Footnotes

  1. EMAIL from Theo de Vrieze.
    19 April 2001.
  2. Ibid.
    3 May 2001.
  3. Ibid.
    3 May 2001.
  4. Ibid.
    3 May 2001.

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