Henry Cheesman

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

CHEESMAN, HENRY J.; Postmaster and Merchant; born in Arlington, Bureau County, Illinois, May 9, 1861; educated there in the common schools. William Barker, his maternal grandfather, was born in England in 1795; his father, John T. Cheesman, was born in Sussex, England, in 1826, and died in 1885; his mother, Elizabeth (Barker), was born in Bradford, Ontario, Canada, in 1833. They had eight children: William, deceased; Sylvia; Charles J.; Minnie M.; Lizzi; Pinkey; Henry J. and Carrie E. Sylvia married C. D. Cochrane, of Bureau County, and they have three children: Carrie, Walter and Jean. Charles J. is a merchant in company with his brother Henry. He married Ethel M., oldest daughter of Rev. Charles T. and Nellie E. Phillips, of Princeville; they have two children, Charles Henry and Mignonne. Minnie M. married James M. Price of Bureau County; they have five children, three sons and two daughters; Lola E., Arthur, Glenn, Sylvia and Lizzie. Lizzie married Robert Beatly, of Bureau County; they had four children: Pinkey is the wife of Charles G. Pratt, of West Liberty, Iowa. They have two daughters: Hazel and Elsie C. Carrie E. married Burtwell Brown, of Princeville, and they have one son. Henry J. Cheesman is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican; was appointed Postmaster at Princeville July 1, 1897, and re-appointed January 29, 1900; was also a member of the Peoria County Central Committee for four years. He belongs to Princeville Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M., of which he has been Worshipful Master since 1886. He is also a member of Wyoming Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Peoria Commandery, No. 2, Knight Templar. Mr. Cheesman was married to Mary H. McKee in Arlington, September 25, 1889.

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