Cheney, Thomas P. (1833-1916)
- Name:
- Cheney, Thomas P. (1833-1916)
- Title:
- Deputy Sheriff, Grafton County, 1859-61
Lieutenant, Co. A, 6th NH Regiment, 1861-63
Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. House of Representatives, 1864-69
Superintendant of railway mail service in New England, 1869-84
U.S. pension agent for VT and NH, 1884-86
Ashland town clerk
NH State Representative, 1865-66
NH State Senator, 1889-90
Colonel on staff of Gov. John B. Smith, 1894 - Other Names:
- Cheney, Thomas Perkins
- Born:
- 02/24/1833
- Birthplace:
- Holderness (Ashland), NH
- Died:
- 1916
- Residence:
- Ashland, NH
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Businessman
Politician - Father:
- Cheney, Person
- Mother:
- Morrison, Annie Wadleigh
- Relations:
- Member of GAR, F&AM, Knights Templar, Grange, and Free Will Baptist Church
- Spouse:
- Keyes, Mary Elizabeth
- Notes:
- William W. Hayward, The History of Hancock, New Hampshire. 1764-1889. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Vox Populi Press, 1889), 690; Charles H. Pope, Compiler. The Cheney Genealogy. (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1897), 534; The Ashland Citizen, March 1, 1913, 2; "Thomas P. Cheney Dies," Boston Journal, Boston, MA, December 22, 1916, 10; Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives; Green Grove Cemetery, Ashland, New Hampshire.
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