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Horace B. Cheney

Birth	:	24 Apr 1850 Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	19 Sep 1934 Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Hillside Cemetery, Auburn, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1972008, -71.8319016
Plot	:	Original Section #229
Inscription	:	FATHER
Description	:	Cheney, Horace B. Among the leading citizens of Emerson none are more deserving of representation in this volume than Horace B. Cheney, who for many years has been connected with the agricultural interests of Mills county, and who has, through his well-directed efforts, gained a handsome competence that numbers him among the most substantial men of his community. Keen discrimination, unflagging industry and resolute purpose are numbered among his salient characteristics, and thus he has won that prosperity which is the merited reward of honest effort. Mr. Cheney was born in Stephenson county, Illinois, in 1849, and... Read More	Cheney, Horace B. Among the leading citizens of Emerson none are more deserving of representation in this volume than Horace B. Cheney, who for many years has been connected with the agricultural interests of Mills county, and who has, through his well-directed efforts, gained a handsome competence that numbers him among the most substantial men of his community. Keen discrimination, unflagging industry and resolute purpose are numbered among his salient characteristics, and thus he has won that prosperity which is the merited reward of honest effort. Mr. Cheney was born in Stephenson county, Illinois, in 1849, and traces his ancestry back to his paternal great grandfather, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to this country in colonial days and served with distinction as a soldier throughout the Revolutionary war, from the beginning until the surrender at Yorktown. During the battle of Bunker Hill he fought the enemy hand to hand with a sword. He was a large and powerful man, of magnificent physique, exemplifying the plain, simple, hrdy life of the Scotchman, and these characteristics have descended to our subject, who is also a strong, large man of fine proportions. His paternal grandfather, Hurd Cheney, was born in Vermont and died in Wyoming, where he was conduction an overland freighting business with our subject's father, Milton Cheney. The latter was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, in 1825, and is still living at Ulysses, Butler county, Nebraska. He married Lucinda Osborne, also a native of the Empire state and a daughter of Gilbert and Patty (Giddings) Osborne. Her death occurred in Emerson, Iowa. A romantic feature in the ancestry of our subject and his wife is that his maternal great-grandfather, Rev. Harris Giddings, a Methodist minister, was also her paternal grandfather. One member of their family is the celebrated statesman, Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, famous as one of the first abolitionists, who died while a member of the United States senate. The general occupation of both Mr. and Mrs. Cheney's families has been farming. In 1851, at the age of two years, Mr. Cheney was brought by his parents to Iowa, and after spending one year in Pottawattamie county came to Mills county where he has since made his home. He was reared on a farm and principally educated in the public schools of Glenwood. In his native county he married Miss Julia A. Giddings, who was born not far from his birthplace, and is the daughter of Smith and Susan (Stilwell) Giddings, and a granddaughter of Rev. Harris and Mercy (Wright) Giddings. Her maternal grandfather was Vincent Stilwell. Her uncle, Calvin Giddings, now deceased, was a very wealthy sheep-raiser of Ohio, of almost national renown. He had sheep all over that state. Smith Giddings, Mrs. Cheney's brother, entered the Union army at the age of seventeen years, enlisting in Stephenson county, Illinois, in the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After his enlistment he was hurried direct to the siege of Vicksburg, and was in active service throughout the remainder of the war. He had many narrow escapes, having a hole shot through his hat and also the sole of his shoe and a part of his clothing shot away. He came out of the service unscathed, but, as fate would have it, accidentally shot and killed himself a short time after his return home from the war. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are the parents of three children, namely: Mrs. Eurana L. Patrick, who is a graduate of the Western Normal College, at Shenandoah, Iowa, and is now living on a farm in Mills county; Howard G., who resides on a farm south of Emerson: and Harold, at home with his parents. In his farming operations Mr. Cheney has been remarkably successful and is now the owner of nine hundred and sixty acres of valuable land, four hundred and sixty acres of which are in this county, the remainder in Nebraska. He has also given considerable attention to the raising of fine stock, and this branch of his business he has found very profitable. He now makes his home in Emerson, where he owns a fine modern residence, and from that place directs his farming operations. Mr. Cheney is an exceptionally strong man, both morally and physically, of high principles, and has much latent force and determination. One cannot help but be favorable impressed with his strength of character even at the first meeting, for he is a staunch, true and manly man. He affiliates with the Knights of Phythias and attends the Baptist church, of which his wife is an earnest member. Politically he is a Democrat and a staunch advocate of its principles, being a particular admirer of William J. Bryan. For six years he was one of the three composing the board of supervisors of Mills county, and was called upon numerous times to exercise his excellent business judgement in county affairs of great magnitude, including lawsuits where thousands of dollars were involved. He is a man of much prominence in his community and is very popular and influential.

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Horace B. Cheney's memorial is located at: Hillside Cemetery, Auburn, Worcester County, USA.
When did Horace B. Cheney death?
Horace B. Cheney death on 19 Sep 1934 in Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.1972008
Longitude: -71.8319016

Family Members:

Parent

Milton Cheney

(1825 - 1904)

Lucinda Osborne Cheney

(1827 - 1880)

Spouse

Julia Ann Giddings Cheney

(1849 - 1927)

Siblings

Susan M. Cheney Askwig

(1845 - 1872)

William Nelson Cheney

(1848 - 1922)

Elihu Cheney

(1852 - 1929)

Gilbert Cheney

(1854 - 1936)

Emerillis Cheney Douglas

(1856 - 1876)

Ella Viola Cheney Honeyman

(1858 - 1934)

Lizzie Nora Cheney Adams

(1881 - 1966)

Wilson David Cheney

(1887 - 1965)

Children

Eurana Lucille Cheney Patrick

(1871 - 1939)

Harry Cheney

(1878 - 1882)

Howard G. Cheney

(1880 - 1946)

Arlington Cheney

(1882 - 1887)

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Coordinate: 42.1972008, -71.8319016

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Coordinate: 42.1940575, -71.8367920

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Coordinate: 42.2268580, -71.7952640

13. Hope Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2374992, -71.8268967

14. Old Swedish Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2384400, -71.8328100

15. Clark-Cudworth Family Burial Ground
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Coordinate: 42.1697170, -71.8767640

16. Bnai Brith Lodge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2407900, -71.8246400

17. Saint John's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2416992, -71.8208008

18. College of the Holy Cross Cemetery
Worcester, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2390600, -71.8067000

19. Saint Brigid Cemetery
Millbury, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1951900, -71.7690100

20. Millbury Central Cemetery
Millbury, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1939621, -71.7682953

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Coordinate: 42.2401270, -71.8742700

22. Gore Cemetery
Oxford, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1866989, -71.9060974

23. Millbury Cemetery
Millbury, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1914940, -71.7515945

24. Batcheller Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.1434880, -71.7887510