Information from the files of Wilson R. Stone, April 16, 2001

1. Richard¹ Cheney was born 1565 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1625. He married (1) Alice Offley. He married (2) Elizabeth Offley Feb 15, 1590/91 in St. Mary's, daughter of Richard Offley and unknown.

Notes for Richard Cheney:

or Cheyne or Chaney

one source says birth Jan 23 1566/1567

one source says death 1591/1592

Notes for Alice Offley:

first wife of Cheney

Notes for Elizabeth Offley:

thought to be the sister of Cheney's first wife, Alice

Children of Richard Cheney and Elizabeth Offley are:

2. Richard² Cheney (Richard¹) was born Jan 25, 1594/95, and died 1633 in London, England. He married Ann Ellinor Jun 3, 1622 in St Mary's Church, Woolwich, London, England, daughter of Bartholemew Ellinor and Alice Effermont.

Child of Richard Cheney and Ann Ellinor is:

3. Richard³ Chaney (Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born 1630 in Kent County (or Woolwich, London) England, and died 1688 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He married (1) Mary Charity Wood. He married (2) Eleanor Pindell 1669.

Notes for Richard Chaney:

4 children by 1st wife, Charity.

Charles was 2nd of 7 children by 2nd wife, Eleanor.

said to have come to America in 1649

Notes for Eleanor Pindell:

or Elinor

Child of Richard Chaney and Mary Wood is:

Child of Richard Chaney and Eleanor Pindell is:

4. Charles⁴ Chaney (Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born Jun 6, 1673 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland, and died 1745. He married Anne Jones Jul 15, 1701.

Notes for Charles Chaney:

Isaiah was 5th of 10 children.

Children of Charles Chaney and Anne Jones are:

5. Isaiah⁵ Chaney (Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born 1720 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He married (1) Rachel unknown. He married (2) Sarah unknown.

Notes for Isaiah Chaney:

5 children by Sarah; Richard Jacob was 4th.

1 child by Rachel.

Child of Isaiah Chaney and Sarah unknown is:

6. Richard⁶ Chaney, Jr. (Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He married Susanna unknown.

Children of Richard Chaney and Susanna unknown are:

Notes for Hezekiah Chaney, Sr.:

One source says born 1742

Came to the Cripple Creek area, Grayson Co (or Wythe Co) Virginia, about 1775, and lived on a tract of land containing 393 acres, located on McCendleys (McKinleys) Run. The small branch is designated today as Chaney Branch on the topographic maps of the area. The land lies south of Lick Mountain in the vicinity of Rowes Crossroads, and the run joins the main branch of the creek northeast of the town of Speedwell.

The name Chaney was written with several variations in the local records, perhaps because Hezekiah could not write, and adopted an unusual seal to serve as his signature. The name was written Chiney, Cheyne, and Chinia, as well as China. This was the only family of the name in the early records of Wythe County, and by 1830 there were no families of that name living in the area.

Hezekiah Chaney owned several tracts of land adjoining his original selection, finally acquiring a total of 2,100 acres in the vicinity of his home place. Only 200 acres of the land were cleared during his lifetime. In addition to his house and outbuildings Chaney owned and operated a mill located at the gap below his house.

"Lived in Wythe Co., VA" Doris Perkins

The following from www.angelfire.com/la2/gen/hezekiah.html 4/15/01

The spelling change of Cheney to Chaney started with Hezekiah in this line. Other branches 0f the Cheney tree adopted different spellings. Hezekiah went to the Cripple Creek area in Mongtomery Co. (Wythe) VA about 1775. 1782 Montgomery Co VA pers prop tax lists: Cheyne, Hezekiah, 2 1 12 26

Hezekiah lived on a tract of land containing 393 acres, located on Mccendleys (McKinleys) run. The run, or branch is designated as Vhaney Branch on topographic maps. The land lies south of Lick Mountain in the area of Rowes Crossroads. He acquired several tracts of land, about 2100 acres, adjoining his original property. In addition to the out buildings, he owned a mill located at the gap below his house, orchards, and sold timber to the charcoal furnace. Hezekiah's family was the only Chaney family in the early records of Wythe Co VA. By 1830 there were none. All had moved on.

Notes for Jane unknown:

or Jean

Child of Hezekiah Chaney and Eleanor unknown is:

Children of Hezekiah Chaney and Jane unknown are:

8. Mary C.⁸ Chaney (Hezekiah⁷, Richard⁶, Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born Abt. 1777 in Grayson County, Virginia, and died Nov 23, 1863 in near New Boston, Linn County, Missouri. She married Stephen Stone 1819, son of Jeremiah Stone and Susannah Comer.

Notes for Mary C. Chaney:

Nickname Polly.

One source said birth 1794, but this is unlikely. In a note written by Leland Rogers Stone (see notes for Stephen Stone) her gravestone (missing by 1939) was said to have been marked 1777-1863.

"Buried in private cemetery on the family farm."

The 1860 Linn County Census lists her in G. H. Stone household.

Notes for Stephen Stone:

Lived in Grayson County VA, then Howard County MO for 8 years, (possibly then Barry County MO), and to Linn County MO, in 1842.

"Buried in unmarked grave on the family farm in Linn County, MO."

"Stephen Stone was Irish from Wythe County, Virginia" (from an old Stone family Bible)

"A planter who owned a large number of slaves."

"Stephen Stone (brother of William Stone, both sons of Jeremiah) entered land from gov. 1 sec, then, another and brought 40 slaves to Linn Co., MO, from VA. He built the farm house including slave cabins. Private cemetery across from the house. Stephen, wife, brother and 3 slaves buried there. 20 M NE of Brookfield, MO (around 1837-1840?)" Information from Nancy (Mrs. Ernest) Stone, Grayson County, VA, Oct, 1999. But she did not remember where this information came from.

"These people buried across the road from G. H. Stone home. Stephen Stone - 1769-1846, Mary Chaney Stone - 1777-1863, Richard F. Stone - 1868-, Lucinda Stone, Negro slaves. In 1907 - grave stones in place. On a visit - 8-4-39 with Cecil Stone - all grave stones were gone." From a note on card stock hand-written by Leland Rogers Stone. On the reverse side of the card he had drawn a small map showing a road (unnamed) heading North from highway 11, West of New Boston, passing the A. H. Stone place on left, the G. W. Stone place on right, then curving to the West, and heading back South, where it passed "slave cabins before 1865" on the right, the G. H. Stone place on the left, and then, just prior to the road turning West, "private cemetery, 20x20" is marked on the right. (Note the birth date for Mary Chaney Stone ??? And who was Lucinda?)

Marriage Notes for Mary Chaney and Stephen Stone:

date unconfirmed

one researcher mentions a previous wife, name unknown

Children of Mary Chaney and Stephen Stone are:

9. Elizabeth⁸ Chaney (Hezekiah⁷, Richard⁶, Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹). She married Jeremiah Stone, Jr. Bef. 1804, son of Jeremiah Stone and Susannah Comer.

Notes for Elizabeth Chaney:

"Betsey" or "Betsy"

Married Jeremiah Stone, Jr.

Notes for Jeremiah Stone, Jr.:

"To Kentucky and Missouri"

"Had land on a branch of Elk Creek, June 20, 1815.

Child of Elizabeth Chaney and Jeremiah Stone is:

10. Hezekiah⁸ Chaney, Jr. (Hezekiah⁷, Richard⁶, Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹). He married Alpha Nocles.

Notes for Alpha Nocles:

or Nuckolls

Child of Hezekiah Chaney and Alpha Nocles is:

11. Sarah A.⁹ Stone (Mary C.⁸ Chaney, Hezekiah⁷, Richard⁶, Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born Abt. 1797 in Virginia, and died Dec 22, 1863 in Atchison County. Missouri. She married James M. Golden May 11, 1811 in Grayson County, Virginia, son of unknown Golden.

Notes for Sarah A. Stone:

"Oldest daughter Sarah/Sally, had already left home at the 1830 census; was perhaps the Sally who married James Golden, Mar 1811, Grayson County, VA. A James and Sarah Golden are on the 1850 census of Linn County, MO, although the ages given, if correct, make them a little too young to have married in 1811." Anne C. Collins

"She appeared on the census of 1860 in Atchison Co MO with son John W."

"She was buried in Dec 1863 in Hunter Cemetery, Atchison Co., MO. She died on Dec 22 1863..... had postulated surname of Garrett" (??)

Notes for James M. Golden:

1820 census, Grayson Co, VA

1830 census, Grayson Co, VA

"To MO 1834-36"

1840 census, Howard Co, MO

"owned twp 59N range 18W in 1843 in Linn Co MO"

1850 census, Linn Co, MO

Children of Sarah Stone and James Golden are:

12. Granville Henderson⁹ Stone (Mary C.⁸ Chaney, Hezekiah⁷, Richard⁶, Isaiah⁵, Charles⁴, Richard³, Richard² Cheney, Richard¹) was born Nov 11, 1820 in Grayson County, Virginia, and died Dec 23, 1910 in (at home) near New Boston, Linn County, Missouri. He married Mary Catherine Bailey Sep 1, 1842 in Linn County, Missouri, daughter of Jacob Bailey and Catherine Maddox.

Notes for Granville Henderson Stone:

Granville Stone was undoubtedly named after Granville Henderson, a prominent citizen of Wythe County, VA, and probably known to both the Stone and Chaney families.

"A Democrat. He owned 900 acres of land in Linn County by the time of his death."

"Granville H. Stone came to Mo. in 1835 from West Virginia. Came to Linn Co. in 1842. Was married Sept 1 1842 to Miss Mary C. Bailey. A member of the Baptist Church. Surviving members of the family: Mrs. Mary C. Stone, wife; sons Albert H., Geo W., Walter J., Andrew J., John G; daughters Mrs Sarah C. Forrest, Annie E. Roberts, Martha J. Cable, Julia M. Mitchell, and Mary E. Little. Pall Bearers: (all grandsons) Robert L. Stone, Henry G. Stone, Albert Homer Stone, Charles C. Stone, William W. Stone, Lewis J. Imbler." (From hand written "A Record in Memorium", M. Y. Rusk funeral director, Brookfield) (Note: Lewis J. Imbler was not a grandson, but the husband of a granddaughter Alma Emma Stone.)

"One of the oldest and most respected settlers in Linn County is uncle Granville Stone, as everyone calls him. He came to Linn from Howard County in 1841and in 1850 settled on the farm where he now resides. His house, when first built, was one of the best and costliest in Linn Co. The weather boards, doors and finishing lumber are made of black walnut, now richly colored by age. The inside lumber is of soft native woods, heavy timber all hand hewed and all lumber hand planed and dressed.

"In this house ten children were raised and they are all living at this writing.

"He has a good memory and can tell many intresting incidents of the early settlers here.

"One fall he drove his hogs up out of the woods, sorted out sixty head from two to five years old, and drove them to Brunswick. It took about two days to make the drive. They were sold to a butcher at 1 1/2 cents per pound, dressed weight, and as the market was unusually good that year, they were fat and brought about $5 each. This looks low to us, but land was then selling for $1.25 per acre.

"Mr. Stone is in his 89th year. Mrs Stone is not quite so old and they both do their several duties about the barn and house as they used to do over sixty years ago, though not quite so spry as then." (From an undated, unidentified newspaper article, about 1908-1909)

"Although but fourteen years of age when he became a resident of Missouri, and but twenty-two when he located in Linn county, the late Granville H. Stone of North Salem township is fully entitled to be listed with the pioneers of this county and the state, and one of the heroic personages who blazed the way for the present high state of civilization and development in this part of the country. From the time of his arrival in Missouri, youth as he was, he made a hand on his father's farm and did as much as any other person in helping to reduce it to productiveness and improve it with the requirements of a comfortable home.

"Mr. Stone was a native of Grayson county, Virginia, where his life began on November 11, 1820, and his parents, Stephen and Mary (Chaney) Stone, were of the same nativity as himself. The father was a planter and owned a large number of slaves. In 1834 he moved his family by teams to Missouri, consuming six weeks in making the trip. He located near Fayette in Howard county, where he bought a small tract of land on which he lived and labored eight years. In 1842, at the end of the period named, he sold his land in Howard county and moved to Linn County, where he bought a larger tract of land in North Salem township.

"On this new farm in the wilderness the parents passed the remainder of their lives, the father dying on it on August 7, 1846, and the mother on November 23, 1863. They had five sons and five daughters, all now deceased.....

"Their son Granville attained his manhood in this state, and in the limited schools of his youth here completed the education he had begun in the similar schools of his boyhood in his native state. The farm on which the family located in Howard county was yet almost virgin to the plow when his parents took possession of it. He aided his father in clearing and breaking it up, and bringing it to productiveness. He accompanied the rest of the household to this county in 1842, and here, also, he assisted in the work of redeeming from the wilderness the land on which the domestic shrine was erected, remaining at home until he reached the age of twenty-two.

"On September 1, 1842, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Bailey, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Maddox) Bailey, who were born and reared in Kentucky and came to Linn County among its pioneers..... At the time of his death, which occurred on December 23, 1910, on the old farm which he had occupied and cultivated for fifty-eight years, and 160 acres of which were given to his wife and himself by her parents at the time of his marriage, he owned 900 acres of land, all in an advanced state of cultivation and well improved. He was a deacon in the (Pleasant Grove) Baptist church and a leader in public affairs. His widow is still living on this farm with her son Albert, who is farming it with industry, judgement and skill." (from "History of Linn County" 1912)

One source states that Granville Henderson Stone died of cirrhosis of the liver.

Buried at Pleasant Grove South cemetery, lot 16 #1

Notes for Mary Catherine Bailey:

buried Pleasant Grove South Cemetery.

Children of Granville Stone and Mary Bailey are: