Richard Cornelius CHEESMAN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography.
History of Wayne County, Indiana;
Volume II, (1884)
Dalton Township
p. 444

Richard C. Cheesman, son of Nehemiah Cheesman, was born near Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Oct. 4, 1829. He spent his youth in assisting his father on the farm and in the mill. He was educated in the common schools, and lived with his parents till he attained his majority. He was married May 26, 1860, to Sarah F. Thornburg, born Aug. 30, 1831, in Wayne County, a daughter of Jesse and Margaret Thornburg. They have had nine children, six still living---Rebecca C., Helen M., Mary J., Wallace, Harry T. and Edward M. After his marriage his father gave him a half-interest in the grist-mill in Dalton Township, where he was engaged one year after which he traded his interest for a farm near Hagerstown, residing on it one year. He then purchased the old homestead, where he has since followed farming. He has also been extensively engaged in dealing in stock and packing pork. He had 100 acres of land, but has given part of it to his children. He has at present a fine farm of 350 acres of well-cultivated land. Mrs. Cheesman is a member of the United Brethren church.
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Richard married Sarah THORNBURGH, daughter of Jesse THORNBURGH and Margaret WARREN, on 26 May 1850 in Wayne County, IN. (Sarah THORNBURGH was born on 29 Aug 1831 in Wayne County, IN and died on 11 Apr 1893 in Wayne County, IN.)