Person:William Cheney (51)

William Wallace Cheney

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m. Bef 1804

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Name	William Wallace Cheney
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1 Oct 1830	Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

References

↑ New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900. (New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration).

Name William Wallace
Birth Date 01 Oct 1830
Birthplace Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Father's Name Stephen Cheney
Registration Place Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

"New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2P-BLT : accessed 26 August 2015), Stephen Cheney in entry for William Wallace, 01 Oct 1830; citing Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,377.
765, in Pope, Charles Henry. The Cheney Genealogy. (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1897)
p. 499.

William Wallace, b. at Derry N.H. Oct 1, 1830, m. Nov 5, 1856, Anna Augusta, dau. of Dea. Philo and Ann (Thompson) Carpenter of Chicago, Ill. b. at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Oct. 1 1838. Mr. Carpenter resided at Chicago when it was only known as Fort Dearborn; rode horseback to Washington, D.D. and obtained a grant of 160 acres in what is now the heart of Chicago. Organized the first Sunday School in that section. Mr. Cheney resided in Aurora, Ill.; Removed to Chicago where he now resides.