John Cheney family genealogy, circa 1916
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sanders, Martin Franklin
- Title
- John Cheney family genealogy
- Dates
- circa 1916 (inclusive)19001929
- Quantity
- 0.25 linear feet, (1 folder)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0071
- Summary
- The John Cheney family genealogy focuses on Elam Cheney, a Latter Day Saint pioneer, and his descendents in Utah.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
John Cheney (n.d.-1666) was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio. Their son, Elam Cheney (1825-1912), was born in Freedom, New York. He studied medicine and surgery, was a cooper by trade, and worked as a carpenter on the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. He married English-born Hannah Compton at Nauvoo in 1846. They migrated from Far West, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, May 16 to October 6, 1847. Elam married four more wives in polygamy: Margaret Wimmer Johnson, in Quincy, Illinois, in 1851; Talitha Avery Garlick, in Springville, Utah; Martha Taylor Cheney (1828-1908; and Harriet Hedgehill, in Salt Lake City in 1866. Numerous descendants of Elam and his wives lived throughout the West--in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and Mexico. Appended to the genealogical material is a map, "United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management--Region 1 Portland, Oregon." The map is to accompany bids for planning and reseeding government-owned lands west of Rogerson, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Antelope Springs Reseeding Project. Bid No. 410. Date: September 15, 1952.
Content Description
The information in this genealogical document was obtained at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916 by Martin Franklin Sanders, son of Moses Martin Sanders, Jr., and Elizabeth Ellen Cheney, and is a carbon-copy typescript. The family record begins with John Cheney (n.d.-1666) who was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio. Their son, Elam Cheney (1825-1912), was born in Freedom, New York. He studied medicine and surgery, was a cooper by trade, and worked as a carpenter on the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. He married English-born Hannah Compton at Nauvoo in 1846. They migrated from Far West, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, May 16 to October 6, 1847. Elam married four more wives in polygamy: Margaret Wimmer Johnson, in Quincy, Illinois, in 1851; Talitha Avery Garlick, in Springville, Utah; Martha Taylor Cheney (1828-1908; and Harriet Hedgehill, in Salt Lake City in 1866. Numerous descendants of Elam and his wives lived throughout the West--in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and Mexico. Appended to the genealogical material is a map, "United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management--Region 1 Portland, Oregon." The map is to accompany bids for planning and reseeding government-owned lands west of Rogerson, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Antelope Springs Reseeding Project. Bid No. 410. Date: September 15, 1952.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
