Zacheus CHENEY & Mary Ann FISHER & Amanda Miller EVANS

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Zacheus CHENEY
Mary Ann FISHER
Amanda Miller EVANS

Husband: Zaccheus / Zacheus CHENEY
Birth: 22 Apr 1818, Sempronius, Cayuga Co., NY
Death: 7 Mar 1898, Centerville, Davis Co., UT
Disposition: buried Centerville City Cemetery, Davis Co., UT
Religion: 1834, baptized a Mormon
Father: Elijah CHENEY
Mother: Achsa THOMPSON

Zacchæus is the Greek form of the scriptural name, Zaccai.

Marriage-1: 11 Jul 1848

Wife-1: Mary Ann FISHER
Death: 1 Jan 1851
Disposition: buried near Mission San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA

Marriage-2: 10 Jan 1853, City & County of San Francisco, CA

Wife-2: Amanda Miller EVANS
Birth: 21 Oct 1833, Brandywine, Chester Co., PA
Death: 12 Oct 1917, Centerville, Davis Co., UT
Disposition: buried Centerville City Cemetery, Davis Co., UT
Father: William EVANS
Mother: Hannah BENNER

Child with Mary Ann FISHER:

1. (Daughter) CHENEY, b. 25 Dec 1850

Children with Amanda Miller EVANS:

1. Mary CHENEY, b. 1850/1, CA
2. Emma Rosalia CHENEY, b. 12 Nov 1853, City & County of San Francisco, CA

— born in Centerville, Davis Co., UT:
3. Frances Achsa CHENEY, b. 29 Nov 1857
4. Hannah Etta CHENEY, b. 12 Feb 1861
5. Zacheus CHENEY, Jr., b. 27 Feb 1863
6. William Evans CHENEY, b. 13 May 1866
7. Amanda Isabella CHENEY, b. 5 May 1870
8. Joseph Leroy CHENEY, b. 19 Aug 1877

Sources:

1. Marriage Records:

2. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): said to be in California, but I can't find him in the index.

3. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #10 of 12): Centerville P.O., Centerville, Davis Co., UT, Roll 1313 (Book 1), p. 366, PN 33, 225/205, enumerated 18 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Zachus Cheny 42 M Farmer 1500 1500 N Y

Amanda    " 26 F Penn

Mary      " 9 F Cal

Emma R    " 5 F "

Frances H " 2 F U T

Elijah    " 74 M Laborer Mass

Jno       " 36 M N Y

Frank Johnson 18 M Denmark

Elijah is Zacheus's father, and John is Zacheus's youngest brother.

4. 1870

5. 1880

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1900

8. 1910

9. Utah State Historical Society, compilers. 2000. Utah Cemetery Inventory. Utah State Hist. Soc., Salt Lake City, UT (online at Ancestry.com):

Name: Zacheus Cheney Amanda M. Evans Cheney

Gender: M F

Birth Date: 22 April 1818 21 October 1833

Birth Place: Semproneus (sic), Cayugo (sic) County, New York Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 7 March 1898 12 October 1917

Death Place: Centerville, Davis, Utah Centerville, Davis, Utah

Burial Date: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cemetery: Centerville City Cemetery Centerville City Cemetery

Source: Sexton Records / Grant Sexton Records / Grant

Grave Location: A-33-6-6 A-33-6-7

Relatives: Spouse Evans, Amanda M. Spouse Cheney, Zacheus

10. Orson F. Whitney. 1892-94. History of Utah. 4 vols. G.Q. Cannon & Sons, Salt Lake City, UT (online at Ancestry.com). Biographical sketch of Zacheus Cheney.

11. Andrew Jenson. 1901. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: a Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women inthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Andrew Jenson History Co., Salt Lake City, UT (online at Ancestry.com). Biographical sketch of Zaccheus Cheney.

12. Kate Carter. 1952. Treasures of Pioneer History. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, UT (online at Ancestry.com). Biographical sketch of Zacheus Cheney.

13. LDS. Ancestral File and IGI (online).

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