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Birth |
21 Apr 1824 |
Naseby, , England [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
26 Apr 1888 |
Bethel Twp,, Michigan [1] |
Buried |
Lockwood Cemetery, Ovid Twp., Branch, Michigan [2] |
Person ID |
I53044 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 |
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Father |
John CHENEY, b. 1 Jan 1787, Naseby, Northamptonshire, England |
Mother |
Frances ADNITT, b. 6 Oct 1791, Naseby, Northamptonshire, England |
Documents |
| Cheney, John and Adnitt, Frances This is FHL #6128131, the marriage record of John Cheney b. 1787 and Frances Adnitt. |
Family ID |
F23019 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 1 |
Martha LOVEJOY, b. 15 Sep 1828, Steuben,, New York |
Married |
16 Dec 1854 |
Coldwater, Branch, Michigan [2] |
Children |
> | 1. Frances Ann CHENEY, b. 6 Dec 1857, Ovid,, Michigan |
| 2. Carrie (Clara) E. CHENEY, b. 1860, Ovid,, Michigan |
| 3. Martha L. CHENEY, b. 26 Jun 1861, Ovid,, Michigan |
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Documents |
| Cheney, Reuben and Martha Lovejoy - Marriage Certificate
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Family ID |
F23014 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 2 |
Elizabeth Ann BLANCHETT, b. 20 Oct 1830, Portsmouth, England |
Married |
2 Dec 1862 |
Avon, Lorain County, Oh [2] |
Children |
> | 1. Charles Edward CHENEY, [twin], b. 10 Mar 1865, Ovid, Clinton, Michigan |
> | 2. Estella Lorette CHENEY, b. 12 Sep 1863, Avon Twp, Lorain, Ohio |
> | 3. Ida Blanch CHENEY, [twin], b. 10 Mar 1865, Bethel, Mi |
> | 4. Alice Elizabeth CHENEY, [twin], b. 2 Jun 1867, Bethel, Mi |
| 5. Bernice Ann CHENEY, [twin], b. 2 Jun 1867, Bethel, Mi |
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Family ID |
F23015 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 3 |
Matilda CHESTER, c. 4 Mar 1821, Naseby, England |
Married |
6 Oct 1867 |
Elyria, Oh [2] |
Family ID |
F23016 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 4 |
Emily WILSON, b. Abt 1843, New York |
Married |
17 Jul 1875 |
Bronson, Branch, Michigan [2] |
Family ID |
F23017 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 5 |
Maria S Vannuys RAPPALYE, b. 16 Apr 1831, New York |
Married |
1880 [2] |
Family ID |
F23018 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- MARRIAGE: Divorced from one of his wives in 1875.
[JohnCheney.FTW]
Reuben Charles Cheney (middle name added by himself) came to America in 1845 stopping in Poughkeepsie NY where he worked for a Mr. Hunter. Later he traveled to Avon, Lorain Co., OH and bought a 75 acre farm with his brother Luke on Bradley Rd., Dover Twp., Cuyahoga Co., 1/4 mile south of the New York Central and St Louis Railroad, known as the Kidney farm. He eventually moved to Branch Co., MI in the 1850's where he bought a farm with his brother John near Ovid Center. About 1856 he married Martha Lovejoy at Stueben Co., NY. He took his bride back to Michigan. (From the notes of Ralph H. Cheney)
When Martha died in 1861 after giving birth to a daughter, Reuben had gone back to Ohio and there married Elizabeth Ann Blanchett in Avon, Lorain Co., OH. Reuben and Elizabeth settled on a farm near Ovid, MI. Elizabeth died in 1867 11 days after giving birth to twin daughters.
Reuben remarried 3 more times but had no more children.
Notes from Virginia Stickan - December 2001:
My local source says that Reuben was born 14 Apr 1824. Baptism record says he was born 11 Aug 1824, England, Film 597075, item 4: Wesleyan Church of Market-Harborough England, Births and Baptisms, 1814-1837. His middle name was added by himself.
He came to America in 1845 stopping in Poughkeepsie, NY. He worked for a Mr. Hunter, later coming to Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio. He bought a 75 acre farm (known as the Kidney Farm) with his brother Luke on Bradley Rd., Dover Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH. Ralph Cheney's Biographical Sketch Note states that Eli Cheney proceeded directly to Lorain County, Ohio where, in company with his brother Reuben, he bought a farm on which he lived nearly six years. Subsequently Reuben went to Branch Co., MI in the 1850's and bought a farm with his brother John near Ovid Center.
After Reuben's first wife, Martha Lovejoy, died, he brought his second wife, Elizabeth Ann Blanchett from Ohio to Michigan settling on a farm in Bethel Twp., Branch Co., MI. Reuben's third wife, Matilda Blanchett, nee Chester, also came to Michigan from Ohio. Matilda was the widow of Charles Blanchett and sister of Reuben and William Chester. This third marriage ended in divorce about 1870.
His fourth marriage was to Emily Wilson of Ovid Twp., Branch Co., MI in 1875. She died a few months later. He then married Mrs. Maria Rappalye, nee Van Nice (Vannuys). She outlived him and later married Rev. Norton. Maria Rappalye had the following children with her former husband: Lucretia, Ella, George, Jenny, Frank, Amanda and May
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Divorce of
Reuben Cheney
Vs
Matilda Cheney
State of Michigan
Reuben Cheney
Complainant
Vs
Matilda Cheney
Defendant
The Circuit Court for the County of Branch in Chancery in a session of said Court held at the Court House in the City of Coldwater in said County on the fifth day of May AD 1871.
Present Hon. Charles Upson Circuit Judge
This case having been brought on to be heard upon the pleadings and proofs therein. And the counsel for the Complainant and Defendant respectively having been heard. And it satisfactorily appearing to this Court that the material facts charged in such bill of complaint are true. And that said Defendant is guilty of the act of desertion charged therein and did desert the Complainant for a term of two years and upward …….to the filing of his said bill of complaint.
Therefore on motion of ____________________of counsel for the Complainant it is ordered, adjudged and decreed and this Court by virtue of the authority therein vested and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided doth order _______and decree that the marriage between the said Complainant Reuben Cheney and the Defendant Matilda Cheney be dissolved and the same is hereby dissolved accordingly. And a divorce from the bonds of matrimony between both parties is also adjudged and decreed. And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said Complainant pay to the said Defendant the sum of Six Hundred Dollars…………Alimony to be paid in manner following viz One Hundred and Fifty dollars within ten days from the filing of this decree and the remainder in two equal installments with interest thereon from the date of this decree. And that the same be paid to the Register of this Court for the County of Branch, aforesaid.
Chas. Upson
Circuit Judge
The Circuit Court for the County of Branch
In Chancery
Reuben Cheney Complainant
Vs
Matilda Cheney Defendant
Decree
Shipman Lov……
Solicitor for Complainant
Filed May 5, 1871
S----- M. Bipell-Register
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- [S687] COLBYRCKassenttoMargaret8Nov2002.ftw.
Date of Import: May 14, 2003
- [S611] JohnCheney.FTW.
Date of Import: May 14, 2003
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