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Thomas Washington Chaney

23 Oct 1837 – 10 Mar 1903

Birth	23 Oct 1837
Death	10 Mar 1903
Cemetery	Hillcrest Cemetery Canton , Van Zandt County , Texas , USA
Added by	Tom McKinnon on 06 May 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6085752

Bio

Thomas grew up in Talledega County, Alabama and moved to Texas with his family somtime after 1870. He and his family were the only Chaneys left in Talledega, Alabama in the 1870 Census records for that county. His wife Mary was his first cousin (daughter of Robert McClelland (brother of Melissa). Thomas' family were first listed in the Van Zandt County,Texas Census in 1880. He enlisted Aug 13 1861, Company A, 8th Mississippi Cavalry and was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina May 3,1865. WILLS POINT CHRONICLE, MARCH 19, 1903 Uncle Tom Chaney died at his home near Tundra Tuesday of black jaundice. He had attained a ripe old age and was highly respected by all who knew him---Canton Enterprise. Talledega County Alabama Census, September 17, 1870: Chaney, Thomas W. age 32 farmer b. Ala Mary age 24 b. Ala. Amanda age 4 b. Ala. James age 1 b. Ala. Van Zandt County Texas Census 1880: Chaney, Thomas age 45 b. Ala. (parents both born Ala.) Mary M. 33 b. Ala. (Parents both born Ala.) Amanda 13 b. Ala. James 10 b. Ala. Robert 8 b. Ala. Alice 6 b. Ala. Benjamine 4 b. Ala. Ovalie 1 b. Ala. Van Zandt County Texas Census 1900: Chaney, Thomas b. Nov. 1836 age 63 b. Ala. Mary E. (w) b. Sept 1846 age 56 b. Ala Ollie R. (s) b. June 1878 age 6 b. Tx.