Brief Life History of William Wyatt
When William Wyatt Cheatham was born on 18 January 1869, in Arkansas, United States, his father, George Washington Cheatham, was 31 and his mother, Jane Merriman, was 22. He married Mary Magdalene Prescott on 23 January 1898, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Star Hill, Kent, Delaware, United States in 1900 and Starr Hill Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1910. He died on 17 March 1911, at the age of 42, and was buried in Lincoln, Washington, Arkansas, United States.
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- Wm N Cheatham in household of G M Cheatham, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wm Cheatham, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William Wyatt Cheatham, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire called Cheetham, apparently named with Celtic cēd ‘wood’ + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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