Charles CHENEY

Born

26 December 1803 , Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Died

12 January 1870 , Manchester, Connecticut, USA

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George Wells CHENEY Electa WOODBRIDGE

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Born: 26 December 1803 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Father: George Wells CHENEY

Mother: Electa WOODBRIDGE

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Charles married Waitstill Dexter SHAW abt. 1832 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Waitstill Dexter SHAW was born 17 October 1809 Waitstill Dexter died 6 April 1841

Charles CHENEY died 12 January 1870 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA .

Alternate date of death - 20 June 1874

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Recorded occupation: partner in Cheney Brothers silk business

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Waitstill Dexter SHAW
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Children of Charles CHENEY and Waitstill Dexter SHAW

Frank Woodbridge CHENEY

Born: 5 June 1832, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 26 May 1909, Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Married: Mary BUSHNELL 3 November 1863 Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Mary Howell CHENEY

Born: 15 July 1834, Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Died: 18 May 1836, Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Knight Dexter CHENEY

Born: 9 October 1837,
Died: 13 August 1907,

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Birth — 1803
26 December 1803
Manchester, Connecticut, USA

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1832 Birth of Child
Frank Woodbridge CHENEY was born 5 June 1832, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Charles was 28 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Mary Howell CHENEY was born 15 July 1834, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)

Charles was 30 years old.

1836 Death of Child
Mary Howell CHENEY died 18 May 1836, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)

Charles was 32 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 Marriage of Child
Frank Woodbridge CHENEY married 3 November 1863, Hartford, Connecticut, USA to Mary BUSHNELL

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

Death — 1870
12 January 1870
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 66.

Charles CHENEY - Power & Spinning Mill, Cheeney Silk Co., South Manchester Conn. museumofcthistory.org Beginning in 1838, Cheney Brothers built the silk mills that

Power & Spinning Mill, Cheeney Silk Co., South Manchester Conn.
museumofcthistory.org

Beginning in 1838, Cheney Brothers built the silk mills that made Manchester famous and drew workers from throughout the United States and Europe. During the second Industrial Revolution (1860-1890), the Cheney business prospered, and eventually became the largest silk manufacturer in the country, and the only one to manage all phases of silk production except raising silkworms. Attempts to grow mulberry trees to nurture silkworms had failed, and the Cheneys imported silk cocoons from the Orient... manchesterhistory.org

Frank Cheney and his older brother Rush were instrumental in the development of modifications to existing machines to allow for the spinning and weaving of silk from the worm. But more importantly, the brothers developed a method to reclaim broken silk thread. This process picked up the scrap silk strands and made them into profitable material. journalinquirer.com

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