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Dr Jonathan Morrison Cheney

Birth	:	16 Dec 1863 Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	4 Mar 1918 Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Green Grove Cemetery, Ashland, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.6975400, -71.6401500
Plot	:	Lot 43
Inscription	:	Jonathan M. Cheney, M.D. \| Dec. 15, 1863 – Mar. 4, 1918 Footstone: J. M. C
Description	:	Bio by BL Hughes: Dr. Jonathan Morrison Cheney and Lucy Ashland Hughes were married December 24, 1887 in Ashland, Grafton county, New Hampshire. Dr. Cheney is buried in the Cheney lot and Lucy is buried in the Hughes lot. Their baby daughter, Lucy is buried in the Cheney lot. Jonathan Cheney was a prominent physician in Ashland. Dr. Cheney was also a member of the General Assembly in 1909 and a member of the State Senate in 1911. I have a marriage date of November 24, 1887 but the family bible says December 25,... Read More	Bio by BL Hughes: Dr. Jonathan Morrison Cheney and Lucy Ashland Hughes were married December 24, 1887 in Ashland, Grafton county, New Hampshire. Dr. Cheney is buried in the Cheney lot and Lucy is buried in the Hughes lot. Their baby daughter, Lucy is buried in the Cheney lot. Jonathan Cheney was a prominent physician in Ashland. Dr. Cheney was also a member of the General Assembly in 1909 and a member of the State Senate in 1911. I have a marriage date of November 24, 1887 but the family bible says December 25, 1887. [The correct date is Dec. 24, 1887.] B.L.H. From an advertisement: Dr. J.M. Cheney, Ashland, N.H., Office hours, 1 to 2 and 6 to 8 p.m., Telephone connection. The Ashland Item, Saturday, October 30, 1870. Ashland Loses Good Citizen. Dr. Jonathan M. Cheney Prominent in Profession and in Town Affairs. Dr. Jonathan M. Cheney, one of the best known residents of Ashland, and one of the most prominent physicians in this region, died at the Cheney home Monday morning after a brief illness. Dr. Cheney was the son of Col. Thomas P. Cheney, for many years a leader in politics in the state. He was born in Holderness, now Ashland, December 15, 1863. He was graduated from the local Grammar School, the New Hampton Literary Institution, and Vermont Medical Academy. He spent a year in Germany studying surgery. He also attended medical schools in Boston and New York. Dr. Cheney was elected a representative from the town of Ashland in 1909, and was a state senator in 1911. He was an influential Republican. At the time of Dr. Cheney's death he was one of the members of the Grafton County Medical Advisory Board. He was a leading member of the Ashland Board of Trade and for some time was president of that board. He was prominent in Masonry and was also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Richard V. Chase of Lakeport, and one son, Thomas P. Cheney, who is a lieutenant in the service of the government and is stationed at Springfield, Mass. He is also survived by one brother, Dr. Harry Cheney of Campton, and three sisters. Mr. Ora Brown of Ashland, Mr. Albion Kahler of Ashland and Mr. J.W. Gilman of Portland Oregon. Masonic funeral services were held at the Cheney home, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were in charge of Rev. Mr. Manter and Rev. Mr. Tyng. The local Masonic order had charge of the services at the grave. A Tribute. For the first time in more than one hundred years, there was no one living in Ashland bearing the name of Cheney. And for a large part of that time the State of New Hampshire more often thought of Ashland as being the place where a Cheney lived, than in connection with any other fact. The loyalty of the Cheney's to the town has been one of the marked traits of the family and has been no small part in the prosperity and contentment. Loyalty was no less a pronounced trait of Jonathan M. Cheney than it was of his father before him, loyalty to his friends, his town, his state. Dr Cheney was that ideal physician who was a doctor and family friend and counselor, who helped the sick and discouraged mind as well as the ailing body. Now and then some city medical authority surprises the public by saying that the best all round doctor, the man of widest experience and greatest readiness of mind is developed in the country. Dr. Cheney was a scientist and analytical reasoner. He had acquired medical knowledge at several of the greatest schools in the world. But nature had done more for him than any schools can do. He had a fine common sense, a quick judgment, that understanding of human nature and all its phases that is the gift of the heart rather than the head. Sympathy and cheeriness, so much more potent than medicines, he had in abundant store. He was a keen student of the world's events, but his head never got in the clouds where he could not see his own community. Interested in national and international affairs though he was, he was nonetheless interested in everything in Ashland. He believed first in being an interested, active, well informed citizen of his own town. So he was always prominent in the social, political, and business affairs of the place. Sometimes we do not reflect upon the debt of a community, especially a small community, to the men whose brains and energy make business, give employment, arrange things so we can prosper and be happy. Nobody really counts in a great city, where business goes on anyway, made by forces almost outside human control and direction. But a small town, our town, goes up and down very largely through the energy, industry, honesty, and public spirit of a few men. Dr. Cheney was one of the number who have advanced Ashland, who has kept its industries going, made it a place where we can get a living and children can grow up. His activities reached all about this vicinity and he was always among those who kept money circulating throughout this vicinity. He was proud of his town. We are a small community. There are always those who will speak patronizingly of a small place. But Dr. Cheney did not allow anybody to place an implication of inferiority upon Ashland. It was the best place in the world, set in the most beautiful scenery of the world. This was the place to live. He loved the lakes and mountains. He knew every stone in every road for miles around, knew every family and every house, and their history back for generations. Somehow it seems as if the lakes and mountains will miss the man who loved them so much. In a degree, his death is one of the deaths that are due to the enemy beyond the seas, no less than if a bullet of its soldiery had actually struck him. This is a time of universal sadness and depression. Everyone broods over the war. Tens of thousands of Americans meet disease with a vitality lowered through melancholy caused by the assault upon the world of a nation of criminal maniacs. Dr. Cheney was depressed by the war. Last summer he took the examination for the Army Medical Corps. His physical condition was deficient. Last fall he applied to the Canadian Army, but was not examined, as fifty was their age limit. They suggested hr enter the Polish national army being recruited in this country and Canada, its training camp in Toronto. So it happened that this Yankee of long descent he was arranging to go to Europe wearing the uniform of a nation which has not yet forced its oppressors to recognize it as a nation, Poland. He was singularly resigned at the thought of death and in the last few weeks had talked with friends about it almost as if he had a premonition. But he surely regrets that he could not have carried out his eager wish and made his death count in the struggle for country, civilization, and humanity. An hospitable door has closed, a good, true friend gone. The Ashland Citizen, March 9, 1918. The funeral of Dr. J.M. Cheney was held last week Thursday afternoon at the Cheney home on Highland Street with Rev. Mr. Manter and Rev. Mr. Tyng as officiating clergymen. There was a large attendance and all of the business places were closed during the services. The funeral was in charge of the local Mt. Prospect Lodge of Masons, whose officers performed their services at the home and at the grave. The floral offerings were the most beautiful seen in this place for many years, showing that Mr. Cheney was held in high esteem by his wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Interment was in the family lot in Green Grove Cemetery. The honorary bearers were H.M. Porter, W.B. Brown, W.F. Hardy, E.A. Stowell, Frank Chick and H.R. Spaulding. The carriers were G.S. Campbell, D.W. Carey, J.R. Morrison, L.M. Goddard, Bert Chilcott and Leon Cooley. The funeral was in charge of E.G. Gammons, undertaker. The Ashland Citizen, March 16, 1917.

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Dr Jonathan Morrison Cheney's memorial is located at: Green Grove Cemetery, Ashland, Grafton County, USA.
When did Dr Jonathan Morrison Cheney death?
Dr Jonathan Morrison Cheney death on 4 Mar 1918 in Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 43.6975400
Longitude: -71.6401500

Family Members:

Parent

Col Thomas Perkins Cheney

(1833 - 1916)

Mary Elizabeth Keyes Cheney

(1834 - 1907)

Spouse

Lucy Ashland Hughes Cheney

(1868 - 1946)

Siblings

Olney Sherwood Cheney

(1856 - 1860)

Rodney Woods Cheney

(1860 - 1907)

Harry Applebee Cheney

(1870 - 1947)

Sarah Addie Cheney Brown

(1872 - 1936)

George Bangs Cheney

(1873 - 1879)

Anne Cheney Kahler

(1876 - 1956)

Children

Thomas P Cheney

(1891 - 1942)

Lucy Maud Cheney

(1893 - 1893)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Green Grove Cemetery
Ashland, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6975400, -71.6401500

2. Ashland Episcopal Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.6963650, -71.6315670

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4. Mooney Cemetery
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6. Kenfield Cemetery
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7. Clark Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7133330, -71.6113890

8. Howe-Clark Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7133330, -71.6113890

9. Webster-Cross Cemetery
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10. Chandler Cemetery
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11. Union Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7093500, -71.6763500

12. Ephraim Smith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.6708670, -71.6242670

13. Hicks Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7277780, -71.6313890

14. Nathaniel Robinson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.6658734, -71.6438178

15. Mitchell Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7052780, -71.6838890

16. Owl Brook Cemetery
Ashland, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7333200, -71.6300100

17. Young Cemetery
New Hampton, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6650000, -71.6155560

18. Jackson Cemetery
New Hampton, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6787830, -71.5935670

19. McCutcheon Cemetery
Bridgewater, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6636110, -71.6702780

20. Lower Intervale Cemetery
Plymouth, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7316100, -71.6733800

21. James Huckins Cemetery
New Hampton, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6638650, -71.6055770

22. Fogg Cemetery
New Hampton, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6908330, -71.5827780

23. Old Home Cemetery
Bridgewater, Grafton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6769440, -71.6933330

24. Plaisted Cemetery
New Hampton, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6889000, -71.5794000