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John Wesley Cheatham 1836 – 1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Mar 1836

Birth Location: Georgia, United States

Death Date: 17 Aug 1904

Death Location: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States

Father: Arthur Cheatham

Mother: Asenath Whitaker

Spouse(s): Naomi Miller, John Cheatham

Children(s): Alice Cheatham, John Cheatham, Lewis Cheatham, Louis Cheatham, Ruth Cheatham, Russell Cheatham, Annie Cheatham, Thomas Cheatham

John Wesley Cheatham Captain was born in 1836 in Georgia, United States, the child of Arthur Rudd Cheatham and Asenath Ann Whitaker. In 1850, John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided in District 48, Jefferson, Georgia. In 1860, John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided in District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States. John Wesley Cheatham Captain married Naomi Mississippi CHEATHAM Miller, John Arthur Cheatham, and had children including Alice Asenath JAMES Cheatham, John Arthur Cheatham, Lewis Whitaker Cheatham, Louis Cheatham, Ruth Cheatham, Russell Carr Cheatham, Annie Marvin Cheatham, Thomas Mallory Cheatham. John Wesley Cheatham Captain passed away in 1904 in Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States.

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Biography

  • John Wesley Cheatham Captain was born in 1836 in Georgia, United States, the child of Arthur Rudd Cheatham and Asenath Ann Whitaker.
  • In 1850, John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided in District 48, Jefferson, Georgia.
  • In 1860, John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided in District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States.
  • John Wesley Cheatham Captain married Naomi Mississippi CHEATHAM Miller, John Arthur Cheatham, and had children including Alice Asenath JAMES Cheatham, John Arthur Cheatham, Lewis Whitaker Cheatham, Louis Cheatham, Ruth Cheatham, Russell Carr Cheatham, Annie Marvin Cheatham, Thomas Mallory Cheatham.
  • John Wesley Cheatham Captain passed away in 1904 in Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arthur Cheatham
1799 – 1864
Birth Location: Jefferson, Georgia, United States
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Asenath Whitaker
1805 – 1883
Birth Location: Jefferson, Georgia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Naomi Miller
1839 – 1917
Birth Location: Georgia
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John Cheatham
1866 – 1946
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Children(s)

Alice Cheatham
1861 – 1945
Birth Location: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
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John Cheatham
1866 – 1946
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Lewis Cheatham
1869 – 1926
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Louis Cheatham
1869 –
Birth Location: Georgia
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Ruth Cheatham
1872 – 1948
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Russell Cheatham
1873 – 1957
Birth Location: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
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Annie Cheatham
1875 – 1919
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Thomas Cheatham
1877 – 1937
Birth Location: Jefferson, Georgia, United States
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John Cheatham's Ancestors

Self
John Cheatham
1836 – 1904
Birth Place: Georgia, United States
Parents
Arthur Rudd Cheatham
1799 – 1864
Jefferson, Georgia, United States
Asenath (Ann) Whitaker
1805 – 1883
Jefferson, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
James (Arthur) Cheatham
1773 – 1818
Dale Parish, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Nancy (Ann) Hancock
1773 – 1839
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Cheatham
1754 – 1776
Margaret Rudd
1753 – 1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cheatham
1711 – 1770
Ann Pride
1712 – 1770

John Cheatham's Descendants

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John (Wesley) Cheatham (19 Mar 1836 – 17 Aug 1904) m. Naomi (Mississippi CHEATHAM) Miller (Jul 1839 – 1917) m. John (Arthur) Cheatham (4 May 1866 – 5 Sep 1946)
  1. 1. Alice (Asenath JAMES) Cheatham (3 Jun 1861 – 7 May 1945) m. Thomas (Jefferson) James (June 20, 1846 – 28 November 1911)
    1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) James (25 Nov 1882 – 28 Aug 1943) m. Inez (Edelweiss) Hauser (17 Nov 1882 – 25 Mar 1938)
      1. 1. Dorothy James (17 Oct 1905 – 02 July 1978) m. Henry (Russell) Tracy (15 Feb 1903 – 07 Dec 1959)
      2. 2. Thomas (Jefferson) James (28 May 1908 – 5 Dec 2005) m. Dorothy (B.) Davis (abt 1914 – )
        1. 1. Daniel James (abt 1938 – )
        2. 2. Nancy James (abt 1940 – ) m. Gary Howard (1940 – )
      3. 3. Carolyn (Hauser) James (21 Jan 1910 – 8 May 1991) m. Owen (1910 – )
        1. 1. James (Richard) Owen (23 Mar 1931 – )
      4. 4. William (Hauser) James (05 March 1911 – 27 July 2001) m. Blanche Pirog (abt 1912 – 15 Feb 1994)
        1. 1. William (Hauser) James (5 Jul 1933 – 7 Mar 1998) m. Mary (Louise "Mary Lou") Griffith (17 Sep 1932 – 20 Jul 2009)
        2. 2. Patricia (L) James (abt 1940 – )
        3. 3. Barbara (Lee) James (21 Oct 1941 – 14 July 2010) m. William (Bethel) Smith
      5. 5. Merle (Capps VOORHEES) James (22 Jun 1913 – 2 Jun 2002) m. Lewis ((Louis) Robert (Whitey, Bob, Uncle Bob)) Voorhees (22 Apr 1904 – 29 Mar 1975)
      6. 6. David (Emanuel) James (1 Sep 1916 – 1 May 1979) m. Lillian (Judith "Judy") Ashby (1917 – 1979)
        1. 1. David (Emanuel) James (15 July 1939 – 24 May 2008) m. Anne (L.) Stevenson (1940 – ) m. Barbara (Jean) Sigler (5 Oct 1943 – )
        2. 2. Jerry (Ashby) James (26 Mar 1942 – 16 Oct 2001)
        3. 3. Catherine (Elizabeth) James (13 OCT 1944 – )
        4. 4. Jonathan (Robert) James (22 JAN 1956 – ) m. Betty (J) Whitaker (abt 1959 – ) m. Kathleen (R) Coulter
      7. 7. Arthur (Hauser) James (abt 1919 – 28 May 1999) m. Ann Hamilton (1920 – )
        1. 1. Douglas (S.) James (1943 – ) m. Jo (Anne) McKinney (30 May 1940 – 20 Feb 1999)
        2. 2. Arthur (Hauser) James (1943 – )
        3. 3. Bruce (Hamilton) James (24 Oct 1957 – )
      8. 8. Margaret (Wilson) James (15 Jul 1922 – 8 Nov 2007) m. Edwin (Ramey) Donovan (27 Jan 1913 – 18 Jan 1992)
    2. 2. Alice (Naomi) James (14 AUG 1884 – 05 OCT 1918) m. Edward Ellison (7 Aug 1875 – 26 Oct 1938)
      1. 1. Adrienne (Jane) Ellison (15 Dec 1907 – 6 Jul 1989)
      2. 2. Edward Ellison (13 Oct 1910 – 30 Dec 1970) m. Edna Williams (11 MAR 1912 – 1 FEB 1973)
        1. 1. Robert (Clarence) Ellison (7 AUG 1930 – 4 APR 1931)
        2. 2. Edna (W) Ellison (abt 1933 – )
      3. 3. Alice (Mae) Ellison (21 Feb 1912 – 11 Feb 2011) m. Grady (B) Ellison (abt 1908 – ) m. Henry (Gray) Hicks (14 Jun 1909 – 22 Feb 1988)
        1. 1. Willie (E) Ellison (abt 1926 – )
        2. 2. Edward (Grey) Hicks (21 Dec 1938 – 2 May 2010)
        3. 3. Harry (Ellison) Hicks (30 Oct 1943 – 13 Oct 1996)
      4. 4. Robert (James) Ellison (2 Feb 1913 – 12 Sep 1929)
    3. 3. Arthur (Lemuel) James (27 Aug 1886 – 12 Apr 1888)
    4. 4. Frank (Cheatham) James (20 May 1888 – 21 Jul 1942) m. Mamie (Jo) Herrington (12 Aug 1889 – 19 Apr 1946)
      1. 1. Marjorie (Herrington) James (7 Jun 1916 – 7 Jan 1939) m. Robert (Cleveland) Lovett (14 Aug 1911 – 28 Jul 1969)
    5. 5. Albert (Harden) James (21 Dec 1891 – 11 Nov 1906)
    6. 6. Annie (May) James (19 Jan 1896 – 28 May 1989) m. Francis (Marion) Carson (4 Jan 1892 – 14 Jul 1961)
    7. 7. Edward Ellison (1876 – )
    8. 8. Annie (Mae) Carson (1896 – )
  2. 2. John (Arthur) Cheatham (4 May 1866 – 5 Sep 1946) m. Jessie (Elizabeth) Bethea (28 Oct 1869 – 23 Apr 1902) m. Cora (Eliza) Brown (14 Jan1879 – 17 Sep 1956) m. John (Wesley) Cheatham (19 Mar 1836 – 17 Aug 1904)
    1. 1. Martha ("Mattie") Cheatham (26 Aug 1892 – 14 Sep 1988)
    2. 2. Alice (Naomi) Cheatham (11 DEC 1894 – 11 MAR 1926)
    3. 3. Jessie (Lois) Cheatham (25 Nov 1900 – 24 Jan 1974)
    4. 4. Julia Cheatham (abt 1905 – UNKNOWN)
    5. 5. John (W) Cheatham (11 Jul 1906 – 27 Jul 1918)
    6. 6. Arthur (B) Cheatham (abt 1909 – 28 Oct 1929)
    7. 7. Pauline (W) Cheatham (abt 1910 – )
    8. 8. Cora (Dell) Cheatham (abt 1914 – )
    9. 9. Mississippi ("Sippi") Cheatham (abt 1918 – )
  3. 3. Lewis (Whitaker) Cheatham (1869 – 31 Mar 1926)
  4. 4. Louis Cheatham (May 1869 – )
  5. 5. Ruth Cheatham (1872 – 7 Dec 1948)
  6. 6. Russell (Carr) Cheatham (21 Aug 1873 – 3 Sep 1957)
  7. 7. Annie (Marvin) Cheatham (Jan 1875 – Jun 1919)
  8. 8. Thomas (Mallory) Cheatham (24 Jan 1877 – 31 Mar 1937)

John Cheatham's Timeline

8 Records

1836
19 Mar 1836
Birth of John Wesley Cheatham Captain in Georgia, United States
Georgia, United States
1850
1850
Age 14
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in District 48, Jefferson, Georgia
District 48, Jefferson, Georgia
1860
1860
Age 24
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
1867
19 Jul 1867
Age 31
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
1870
1870
Age 34
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
1880
1880
Age 44
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
1900
1900
Age 64
John Wesley Cheatham Captain resided here in Militia District 83, Wadley (excl. Wadley town), Jefferson, Georgia
Militia District 83, Wadley (excl. Wadley town), Jefferson, Georgia
1904
17 Aug 1904
Age 68
Death of John Wesley Cheatham Captain in Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1836
    Event Place: Georgia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
    [2] Georgia, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1864
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: 154; Family History Film: 1254154; Page: 236C; Enumeration District: 065; Image: 0234.
    [4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: T623_207; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 28.
    [6] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: ; Page: 332; Image: 332.
    [7] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 48, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: M432_75; Page: 173B; Image: .
    [8] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 48, Jefferson, Georgia
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 48, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: M432_75; Page: 173B; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: ; Page: 332; Image: 332.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1867
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Georgia, Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 83, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: 154; Family History Film: 1254154; Page: 236C; Enumeration District: 065; Image: 0234.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Militia District 83, Wadley (excl. Wadley town), Jefferson, Georgia
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia; Roll: T623_207; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 28.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1904
    Event Place: Wadley, Jefferson, Georgia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wadley, Jefferson County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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