34. Harrison Kye⁸ Chaney (Hezekiah⁷, Robert D.⁶, Francis⁵, Francis⁴, Francis³ Cheney, Thomas², Robert¹ Cheyny) (#1057) was born in Carroll Countyh, Arkansas, United States March 10, 1881.⁽¹⁸⁸⁾ Bud died April 14, 1936 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 55 years of age.⁽¹⁸⁹⁾

He married Cora Reed in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, June 2, 1900. (Cora Reed is #1067.) Cora was born in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, United States February 15, 1882. Cora was the daughter of Andrew J. Reed and D. Elizabeth Johnson. Cora died January 13, 1968 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 85 years of age. Harrison Kye Chaney was known as "Bud." Later generations often said that he was named for his father and, thus, was a junior. However, it has been determined that his father was named Hezekiah and was called "Kye." It is possible that his father did use "Harrison Kye" instead of "Hezekiah" at some time late in life. Bud was known to be a rather rough character who was no stranger to alcohol. As an adult he farmed although he seems to have almost always have been involved with mules and mule-trading. Railroads seem to have been an important aspect of his life as well. Jake recalled that when he was a boy his father, along with other men in the area, had been hired by the railroad to bring their mules and wagons to help clear up after a train wreck near Moody. At some time, Bud served as a "Bull" on a railroad. In 1913, the family was living in southern McLennan County near the Bell County line. It was probably in the Willow Grove community. About 1913, the family home burned. "Bud" was out of town as he oftenwas. The fire started at about five in the morning. Cora had started the fire in the cookstove and gone to her bedroom for something. When she returned, the kitchen was ablaze. One wall, dividing the kitchen and the bedroom where Tommy slept, was about to collapse. The family hurriedly attempted to save what they could. Cora grabbed a pair of Bud's shoes only to discover later that they were not mates. Inez struggled with the sewing machine. She valued it highly because her mother made her dresses on it. Tommy had on his long underwear as he ran across the field to his uncle's house. (This could be Bud's brother, John, or his brother-in-law, Edgar Witt, who was married to his sister, Zettie.) Soon, people had come from all around to help, but, they couldn't save anything. Everything in the house except the few items initially rescued were lost: all of their clothes, furniture and bedding. Some flat-irons were found among the ruins and Cora used them for years after. Just after the fire, someone stole all of the meat, hams, bacon and sausages which had not been stored in the house. The family stayed with relatives (not identified) and neighbors brought them clothes and food. They received meat, potatoes, cakes, cookies, fruit, beans, sugar, and many other things. Someone brought a big comforter and others brought other bedding. Bud and Cora went to Moody and spent what little money they had left on beds, dressers, chairs and other furniture at a second-hand furniture store. Bud rented a house and had a job in Moody. Somehow, Bud got cottonseed for the next year's crop and the family began to rebuild its life. Everyone had to pitch in. Most of the land was in cotton but they also grew corn and maize. There was a garden for vegetables including several rows of popcorn. The entire family had to help do the farm work including chopping and picking the cotton. A pipe ran from a creek so that water could be pumped to fill the livestock troughs. They had one milk cow for which Inez was responsible for feeding. She helped with the dishes and did some of the ironing. She had to trim the lamp wicks and clean the glass chimneys on the lamps. While Cora was doing farm work, Inez tended the younger children. Even when picking cotton she had to see to them. She would sit them on the cotton sack or under the wagon where it was cooler. Jake would bring them cool water during the day. The children got paid for "scrappin'" which consisted of going over the fields after the cottonpickers were done and picking any cotton which had been missed. Tommy chopped the wood and kindling as well as other chores. The children were not usually paid for the cotton picking although Bud would take them to town for "red soda water" and, once, to a carnival as reward. They shelled corn which Bud took to the mill to be ground. The family had cornmeal every day during this difficult time. The evening meal often was cornmeal and milk except when the one cow was dry. The family had three beds. One for Bud and Cora, one for the boys and one for the girls. When the weather was cold, Cora would put a heated brick in the beds to keep the bed warm. They did not go anywhere except to Moody to do the necessary shopping and to church. Most of their life was home oriented. One Christmas during this period when they had very little, the children did not expect even a Christmas tree. However, Bud hitched up two mules and loaded them all in the wagon and drove to Cedar Creek where they cut a little tree. Back home, the little tree was set up and decorated with red and green paper that the children used at school. They popped corn and strung it on the tree. Mistletoe was hung over the doors. The children were thrilled to have a tree since they knew that they couldn't afford presents. Suddenly, a relative appeared with toys and peppermint stick candy for them which made it a memorable Christmas for them all. The fire had destroyed almost everything the family had, but, with the help of friends, family and neighbors, they slowly returned to normal. In 1916, the family lived north of Temple where Beatrice was born. Bud was working for a Dr. Stevens at that time. Then they moved into Temple to Nugent and Fifteenth Streets where James was born in 1918. In 1921, when Jack was born, they were living in Pendleton. By 1924, they were again living in Temple, on Bentley Hill, and Bud was working for R.V. Nichols who operated a mule barn. Bud travelled and bought mules. On 28 August 1924, Bud was in south Texas buying mules for Mr. Nichols. Tommy worked nights with the Sante Fe railroad as a night supply man. Jake worked for the city driving a dumptruck. Cora tended the family while Bud was out of town. Cora and the younger children had been picking cotton that morning. They came home for lunch. Tommy was sleeping since he worked nights. Tommy awoke and borrowed some money from his mother since he was broke and wanted to go to the "show." They had lunch at the table which was located on a screened-in porch at the back of the house. Cora returned to pick cotton leaving Irene to wash the dishes, clean the kitchen and tend three-year-old Jack. Tommy wrote a letter to his girlfriend and left on foot. When Irene went to the outhouse she had a strange feeling that something was going to happen. That night, Irene slept with Cora. Jack usually slept with his mother. They had trouble sleeping since their cow was bawling. It was unusual for the cow to be so noisy. They eventually got to sleep but at about four in the morning they heard a car pull into the lane to the house. It was Mr. and Mrs. Nichols. They told Cora that Tommy had been hurt and that they had come to take her to the hospital. She went with the Nichols while the children helped Jake try to start the city dumptruck so they could go to the hospital too. They were still attempting to get it started when the car returned. Tommy had been struck by a switch engine as he walked across the tracks in the yards near the downtown Sante Fe passenger depot. He was terribly injured and lived only a short time. It was a large funeral after which a long caravan of cars drove to Moody where Tommy was buried next to his sister, Loraine, who had died as a child in 1911. Bud had a group of buddies that he spent a lot of time with. One story tells of the time that they were all down by the creek drinking. Of course, most of the men usually carried their rifles. One of the men, a barber, expressed an interest in Bud's gun. Bud told him if he touched it that he would shoot him. The barber thought he was joking and reached for the gun. Bud grabbed the rifle and shot him. It evidently was not a serious wound since Bud continued to let the barber shave him afterwards. There is a story that Bud led a lynch-mob at one time. The story is that it involved a black man involved in the rape of a white woman. Supposedly, Bud headed the mob carrying an axe. During prohibition, Bud was not deprived of his alcohol. He hid bottles all around the farm where they were living. Jack recalls finding one of the bottles in a barrel of grain and drinking it. He got very ill and was on the porch throwing-up. Cora was very upset because she thought he was deathly ill. Claude came home at that time and immediately realized that Jack wasn't sick but down-right drunk. Evidently, alcohol caused Bud to become unreasonable quite often. More than once he supposedly became angry with Cora and took after her with a butcher knife. In 1936, while walking across the viaduct on Adams Street in Temple near their home on 19th Street he collapsed. He was taken the short distance home where died. He was buried in Moody along side his son, Tommy, and daughter, Laraine. Cora lived a quiet life being visited by her children and grandchildren who also assisted her financially from time to time. Eventually, she had an apartment in the Jonathan Moore Homes, a federally subsidized housing project. Two of her daughters also lived in the project. Inez was there for many years until her death. Beatrice lived there for several years. Cora dipped snuff, usually Garrett's brand which came in a small glass tumbler with a lid. She always had an empty coffee can with paper in the bottom next to her chair. In later life she developed diabetes which led to some problems with her feet. After a short stay in the hospital and a nursing home, she died in 1968. She was buried along side Bud in the Moody cemetery. -- Charles Claude Chaney Sources: 1. 1910 Census Records, McLennan County, Texas. Justice Precinct No. 6, Supervisors District 11, Enumeration District 105 2. Obituary of Thomas Morran "Tommy" Chaney, Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Bell County, Texas - August 29, 1924 3. Obituary of H.K. "Bud" Chaney, Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Bell County, Texas -- April 15, 1936 4. Death Certificate #18398 for H.K. "Bud" Chaney, Texas State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics 5. Obituary of Cora (Reed) Chaney, Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Bell County, Texas -- January 14, 1968 6. Gravestones in Moody Cemetary, Moody, McLennan County, Texas 7. General Index of Marriages -- Bell County, Texas BeatriceChaney -- D.C. Williams 1932 Vol 29, Page 511 Irene Chaney -- Ray Pyeatt 1930 Vol 29, Page 619 8. Texas Probated Births Claude Chaney Bell County 15 April 1913 Certificate# 142325 Irene Chaney Bell County 13 January 1913 Certificate# 1011037 9. Texas Deaths 1903 - 1940 H.K. Chaney Bell County 14 April 1936 Certificate# 18398 M. Tom Chaney Bell County 28 August 1924 Certificate# 25260 10. Interviews by Charles Claude Chaney with Inez Chaney, Irene Chaney, Claude Chaney, Zelma Cownover, Edith Merle Paulk, Jack Chaney, Beatrice Chaney and Maudie Ruth Canady 11. "After The Fire" by Inez (Chaney) Newman, from "The Way It Was" the Central Texas RSVP BiCentennial Scrapbook, Volume One, Published by the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Central Texas Council of Governments, Belton, Texas -- Speedy Print, Temple, Texas 1976 12. Research of Adelia Jane Berry

Harrison Kye Chaney and Cora Reed had the following children:

70 i. Morran Thomas⁹ Chaney (#1072) was born in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States July 25, 1902. Tommy died August 28, 1924 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 22 years of age.⁽¹⁹⁰⁾

71 ii. Inez Chaney (#1073) was born in Bell County, Texas, United States November 3, 1903. Inez died September 21, 1982 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, at 78 years of age. She married Raymond Lee Shearin in Texas, United States, CA 1921. (Raymond Lee Shearin is #1087.)

72 iii. Fred Harrison Chaney (#1074) was born in Willow Grove, Texas, United States October 2, 1905. He married Zelma Cownover in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, October 17, 1924. (Zelma Cownover is #1083.)

73 iv. Loraine Chaney (#1075) was born in McLennan County, Texas, United States August 9, 1910. Loraine died December 21, 1911 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas, United States, at 1 year of age.

74 v. Irene Chaney (#1076) was born in Bell County, Texas, United States January 13, 1913. She married Ray Pyeatt in Bell County, Texas, United States, 1930. (Ray Pyeatt is #1084.)

+ 75 vi. Claude Chaney was born April 15, 1913.

76 vii. Beatrice Chaney (#1078) was born in Bell County, Texas, United States August 16, 1916. She married D. Clifford Williams in Bell County, Texas, United States, November 5, 1932. (D. Clifford Williams is #1086.)

77 viii. James Edward Chaney (#1079) was born in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States July 12, 1918. He married Mary Alice Pyeatt in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States, July 1, 1939. (Mary Alice Pyeatt is #1081.)

78 ix. Jack Chaney (#1080) was born in Pendleton, Texas, United States November 2, 1921. He married Edith Merle Paulk in Belton, Bell County, Texas, United States, July 14, 1940. (Edith Merle Paulk is #1082.)

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