Charles Chaney
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Charles Chaney, a farmer and stock raiser of Scott County, Mo., was born in the county in 1840, and is a son of Levi D. and Mary E. (Neely) Chaney, both natives of Kentucky. Levi D. Chaney came with his mother to Southeast Missouri about 1828 or 1830, and located in Perry County. He afterward removed to Cape Girardeau County, from whence he came to Scott County and located near Sikeston, where he died in 1862, aged fifty-two years. His widow died in 1863, age forty-six years. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom are living, viz.: Charles, Sarah E. (Mrs. Jasper Wilson), Jason (of Dunklin County, Mo.), Benjamin F. (of Sikeston), and Susan (wife of Dr. Kendall, of Sikeston). Charles remained at home until he was twenty-two years of age, and assisted his parents on the farm. Some time during the Civil War, he enlisted in the State Guards under Jeff. Thompson, and served four months, when he returned home, and was married. He located on a farm in Richwoods, and remained two years, when he sold out and removed to Sikeston, and engaged in merchandising, but after nine months he abandoned the mercantile business, and removed to a farm again. About 1880 he removed to his present location. He has been married three times. First to Frances Moore, who was born and reared in Scott County. She died in 1877, having borne six children: Charles, Mary C., Francis B., John L. (deceased), Cassie (deceased) and Cora (deceased). He afterward married Mrs. Mary E. (Bugg) Timmons, a native of Kentucky. She had two children by her first marriage, Charles and Bruce. She died about one year and nine months after her marriage with Mr. Chaney. In 1879 he married his present wife, Mrs. Evaline (Reeves) Allen, who had four children by her first marriage: Benjamin F., Louisa, John, and an infant (deceased). By this union, Mr. Chaney had four children: Thomas, Alonzo, Sarah and Jamesettia, Mr. Chaney is a member of the A.O.U.W. He and wife are active members of the Baptist Church.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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