14. Hezekiah⁷ Chaney (Robert D.⁶, Francis⁵, Francis⁴, Francis³ Cheney, Thomas², Robert¹ Cheyny) (#1046) was born in Missouri, United States December 25, 1835.⁽¹⁶⁵⁾ Kye died May 20, 1907 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas, United States, at 71 years of age.⁽¹⁶⁶⁾

He married Pauline Frances Goode in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States, CA 1860.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾ (Pauline Frances Goode is #1048.) Franny was born in Walker County, Georgia, United States March 6, 1846.⁽¹⁶⁸⁾ Franny was the daughter of Ephraim Goad and Susannah Spencer. Franny died July 9, 1904 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas, United States, at 58 years of age.⁽¹⁶⁹⁾ Early census records list "Kye" Chaney's name as Hezekiah although he is known by later generations as Harrison Kye. His son, Harrison Kye, called "Bud", is usually called Harrison Kye Chaney, Jr. Certainly, "Kye" seems to be a nickname for Hezekiah which seems to be his original name. At some point, he, or some family members, began refering to him as Harrison Kye. There is a family tradition that one of the grandmothers was a full-blooded Cherokee abducted by one of the grandfathers and married. It is unclear which set of Chaney grandparents this story refers to. It seems probable that Frances was the Cherokee since the previous generation came from further east and north than where the Cherokees usually resided. At the time that Kye and Frances married, around 1859 or 1860, it seems to have been rather common in northwestern Arkansas for such intermarriages. The identity of his parents has not been established. A Sarah Chaney, age 65, was living with him when the 1860 census was taken. It seems possible that she was his mother. Descendants of his brother, Bob, report that the father of Bob and Kye was named Robert. (It is possible that their father was named William since Kye named one son William Ninevah and another Andrew William. Bob named a son William, as well. Both named daughters Sarah.) Kye had 2 known brothers: Robert "Bob" & "Bud". Bud was killed during the time of the Civil War and is buried in the Rule Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ark. Kye, Bob & Bud may have had a sister, Jane, who married Bill Cross and lived in Coryell Co., Texas. Kye's wife's tombstone reads "L.P. Chaney, wife of H.K.B. 6 May 1846. D. 23 Feb 1904." In the 1900 census, it shows her b. May 1844. On the death certificate of their son, "Bud", his mother is listed as "Frances Goode", informant was Mrs. Ray Pyeatt, his daughter. On another son's, William Nin, she is listed as "Francis Goad," informant, (J.) Claude Chaney, his son. The family lived several years in Arkansas before coming to Texas. Carroll County, Arkansas, was where Kye was born, reared and married. All of his children were born in Carroll County except the youngest, Zettie, who was born in Little Rock. Two of his children are buried in Rule Cemetery, Rule, Carroll County, Arkansas. The gravestones are each inscribed "Kye Chaney child." The family arrived in central Texas around 1890. Some of Kye's cousins were in or around Moody, McLennan County, Texas, by that time. It is unclear who arrived first or if they came as a group, but, by the late 1890's, Kye and some of his brother Robert's children were firmly established in McLennan and Bell Counties, Texas. Frances died on 9 July 1904 and was buried in Moody. Kye died on 20 May 1907 and was buried next to Frances in a cemetery plot shared with the family of his cousin, Marvel Stone Chaney. -- Charles Claude Chaney 1900 Census of McLennan County, Texas lists his birthdate as January of 1832. Sources: 1. 1860 Census, Carroll County, Arkansas 2. 1879 Census, Liberty Township, Carroll County, P.O. Berryville, Arkansas. August02, 1870. Page 6. (Liberty Township later became Rule.) 3. 1880 Census, Hickory Township, Carroll County, Arkansas. June 05, 1880. 4. Gravestones in Moody Cemetary, Moody, McLennan County, Texas. 5. Gravestones in Rule Cemetary, Rule, Carroll County, Arkansas. In burial plot with Robert Chaney, Bud Chaney and Robt. Chaney family members. 6. Interviews with Irene Chaney, daughter of Harrison "Bud" Chaney. 7. Texas Deaths 1903-1940 H.K. Chaney - Bell County - 14 April 1936 - Certificate Number 18398 W.N. Chaney - Bell County - 09 Oct 1936 - Certificate Number 47974 8. General Index of Marriages - Bell County, Texas Zettie Chaney - Ed Witt - 1903 - Vol 0, Page 317 9. Research of Adelia Jane Berry

Hezekiah Chaney and Pauline Frances Goode had the following children:

26 i. John Wesley⁸ Chaney (#1049) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States CA 9 Aug 1860.⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ John died December 25, 1937 in Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, United States, at 77 years of age. He married Adah Ann Hayes in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, United States, March 11, 1883. (Adah Ann Hayes is #1061.) Although later records show John Wesley Chaney's year of birth as being 1854, early records indicate otherwise. The 1870 census lists his age as nine early in the year. His marriage license states his age as 22 in March of 1883. Although the 1880 census lists his age as 18 in June, it does seem probable that he was born in 1860. Also, in the 1860 census, his parents indicate no children in the household. In the 1900 census, they report that they had been married for 39 years which indicates that they married in 1859. -- Charles Claude Chaney Sources: 1. U.S. Census - 1870. Liberty Township, Carroll County, Arkansas, P.O. Berryville. Page 6. 2. U.S, Census - 1880. Hickory Township, Carroll County, Arkansas. 5 June 1880 3. 12th U.S. Census - 1900. McLennan County, Texas. 4. 13th U.S. Census - 1910. McLennan County, Texas. 3 May 1910. Justice Precinct #6. Supervisor's District #11, Enumeration District #105. Sheet 19B. 5284. Household/family 298/300. 5. Marriage license of John W. Chaney and Adah Hays, CarrollCo., Arkansas. 6. Information received by Adelia Jane Berry from David C. Cook, of Pits Dillon Funeral home, Cleburne, Texas. 1977. 7. Death certificate of Ada Ann (Hays) Chaney, Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health. Cert. No. 38951. 8. Gravestone information from Cahil Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas. 9. Research of Adelia Jane Berry.

27 ii. William Ninevah Chaney (#1050) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States March 18, 1863.⁽¹⁷¹⁾ Nin died October 9, 1936 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 73 years of age. He married Martha B. Pinkston in Arkansas, United States, CA 1882. (Martha B. Pinkston is #1062.) Nin was one of the early trustees of Willow Grove School, #96, in Bell County, Texas. -- Charles Claude Chaney Sources: 1. 1900 Census. Bell County, Texas. Precinct 5. 6 June 1900. Extracted by preparer. 2. Newspaper obituary for Adelia Boyd (Bishop) Chaney. WACO NEWS TRIBUNE, Nov. 1973. Photocopy in possession of A. Jane Berry as well as two other obituaries, worded identically, from other papers. 3. Obituary for William Alton Chaney, Thursday, May 13, 1976. Newspaper unidentified. Clipping in possession of A. Jane Berry. 4. Gravestones in Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas. Recorded by preparer and A. Jane Berry. 5. Gravestones in Pendleton Cemetery, Bell County, Texas. Photographs in possession of A. Jane Berry. 6. Gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Texas. Photographs in possession of A. Jane Berry. 7. Gravestones in unidentified cemetery (probably Pendleton, Bell County, Texas) from photograph in possession of A. Jane Berry. 8. History of Bell County Public Schools, 1854 - 1976. Temple-Bell Retired Teachers Association. c1976. Bell County, Texas.

28 iii. Catherine Chaney (#1051) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States CA 1864. Catherine died AFT 1880 in Arkansas, United States. She married Weatherman. ( Weatherman is #1063.)

29 iv. Andrew William Chaney (#1052) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States ABT 1865. Bill died AFT 1884 in Mexico. He married Lucinda Orrell in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States, January 3, 1884. (Lucinda Orrell is #1064.)

30 v. Nancy A. Chaney (#1053) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States CA 1866. Nancy died AFT 1880 in Arkansas, United States.

31 vi. Sarah Lou Phebe Chaney (#1054) was born in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas, United States October 23, 1866.⁽¹⁷²⁾ Sarah died July 18, 1972 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, United States, at 105 years of age. She married William Thomas Davis in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas, United States, January 1, 1889. (William Thomas Davis is #1065.) Although later records state that she was born in 1870, the 1880 census, taken in June, records her age as 13 which indicates that she was probably born in 1866. -- Charles Claude Chaney

32 vii. Martha Jane Chaney (#1055) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States April 18, 1879.⁽¹⁷³⁾ Mattie died April 21, 1967 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 88 years of age. She married Silas Franklin Akin in Willow Grove, Texas, United States, August 8, 1892. (Silas Franklin Akin is #1066.) Although Martha Jane Chaney Akin's death certificate records her year of birth as 1877, the 1880 census states her age, in June, as one year. This indicates that her actual year of birth must have been 1879. -- Charles Claude Chaney Sources: 1. Marriage certificate for Martha Jane Chaney and Silas Akin. Photcopy in possession of A. Jane Berry. 2. General Index to Marriages - Bell Co., Texas Martha J. Chaney - Silas Akin 1892 Vol K page 18. 3. 1900 Census. Texas. Bell County. Photocopy in possession of A. Jane Berry. 4. Death certificate for Martha Jane (Chaney) Akin, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Department of Health Resources, Austin, Texas. Photocopy in possession of A. Jane Berry. 5. Gravestone in Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas. Plot is adjacent to the on of her brother, H.K. "Bud" Chaney.

33 viii. Robert E. Chaney (#1056) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States CA 1879.⁽¹⁷⁴⁾

+ 34 ix. Harrison Kye Chaney was born March 10, 1881.

35 x. George Ellis Chaney (#1058) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States September 25, 1882.⁽¹⁷⁵⁾ George died February 5, 1956 in Brownwood, Texas, United States, at 73 years of age. He married Ollie Francis Bell July 4, 1899. (Ollie Francis Bell is #1068.)

36 xi. Mary Chaney (#1059) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States CA 1884. Little Dilly died AFT 1884 in Arkansas, United States.

37 xii. Zettie Rosa Chaney (#1060) was born August 31, 1886.⁽¹⁷⁶⁾ Zettie died April 7, 1973 in Mitchell County, Texas, United States, at 86 years of age. She married Edgar Clay Witt in Bell County, Texas, United States, August 9, 1903. (Edgar Clay Witt is #1069.)

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