Hezekiah "Kye" Chaney Family Group

Hezekiah "Kye" Chaney
Family Group

Hezekiah CHANEY;¹^,² Hezekiah was called "Kye." One of his sons, "Bud," was named Harrison Kye and later generations came to believe that Kye's given name was also Harrison Kye. It is possible that Kye came to call himself Harrison Kye since his tombstone reads "H.K. Chaney." Bud was often called Harrison Kye, Jr. Census records and other sources have shown that Kye's given name was, in fact, Hezekiah. Kye had three known brothers: Robert E. "Bob," Ninevah "Bud" and Hosea. Bud was killed during the time of the Civil War and is buried in Rule Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ark. Bud, listed as "Neniveh," was listed in Hezekiah's household when the 1860 census was taken. Hezekiah and Ninevah Chaney were both in Company G, 38th Arkansas Infantry although the records have yet to be examined. When the 1860 census was taken Hosea lived between Bob and Kye.
Jesse Gerald Chaney recalled that his father mentioned an "Aunt Jane" who married Bill Cross and lived in Coryell Co., Texas. (Jane was evidently an older cousin, not an aunt. See: Zuritha Chaney Clark.) Kye may have been born in Missouri although this has not been proven. He was reared and married in Carroll County, Arkansas. 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 only "Kye Chaney child." The family left Arkansas and arrived in central Texas around 1890. Some of Kye's nephews and nieces were living in or around Moody, McLennan County, Texas, by that time. It is unclear who arrived first or if they came as a group. By the late 1890's, Kye and some of his brother Robert's children were firmly established in southern McLennan and northern Bell Counties, Texas. Many descendents could still be found almost one hundred years later. The Chaneys are considered among the early settlers of Bell County. Frances died on 9 July 1904 and was buried in Moody Cemetery on the south side of Moody in McLennan County. Kye died on 20 May 1907 and was buried next to Frances. Their graves are in a cemetery plot shared with the family of his cousin, Marvel Stone Chaney. NOTE: The name Hezekiah was a very popular name for Chaney lines although it does not seem to be one used by the Overton County, Tennessee, family. Several are recorded and accounted for, but no connection with the earlier ones has been made with Kye. NOTE: When a great grandson, Charles Claude Chaney, had yDNA testing done, it was shown that the line descends from Richard Cheyney who came from England to settle in Maryland c1850. It now seems probable that Kye's father was Hosea Chaney, who was in Newton County, Missouri, in 1840 and Sullivan County, Indiana, in 1830. He appears to have been a son of Hezekiah Chaney who died in the early 1800s in Wythe County, Virginia. Further research is needed!)
Birth: 25 Dec 1835 MO?; Tombstone inscription.³Occupation: __ ___ 1860 Carroll Co., Arkansas; a farmer.⁴Cen-Head: __ ___ 1860 AR Carroll Co. 1860 CENSUS; Osage Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁴Occupation: 02 Aug 1870 Liberty Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; a farmer.⁵Cen-Head: 26 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS; P. O. Berryville, Liberty Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; Liberty Township was later the Rule community. He was listed as Hechion Chancy.⁵Cen-Head: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; He is reported to be a farmer.⁶Cen-Head: 04 Jun 1900 TX McLennan Co. 1900 CENSUS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.⁷Death: 20 May 1907 McLennan Co., Texas.¹^,³Burial: __ ___ ____ Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.^{1
(Click on image of stone to see larger image.)}Father: (probably Hosea) CHANEY ( -1842)
Mother: Sarah A. (--?--) (1795-1870)

Marriage: cir __ ___ 1859 Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁸^,⁵

Spouse: L. Paulina Frances GOAD⁹ The headstone over her grave in Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas, records her names only as "L.P. Chaney, wife of H. K. B. 6 May 1846. D. 23 Feb 1904." The 1900 census reports her birth as being in May 1844. It is known that she was called "Fanny" or "Frances" which raised questions about the headstone inscription. Also, the death certificates of some of her sons record her maiden name as Goode or, more often, Goad. Examination of Carroll County, Arkansas, census records of the period when she and Kye lived there show only one Goad family but no Goode family. This family (although the name is spelled "Gourd" which was not an unusual occurrence) appears in the 1850 Census of Walker County, Georgia. In later census records her state of birth is usually recorded as Georgia. It is most likely that her maiden name was Goad. The names of her children reflect some of the names of the Goad family children and, for the most part, not her husband's family. As reported, her place of birth is recorded as being in Georgia.
    According to Kenneth Haas of Bettendorf, Iowa, who has compiled a history of the Goad families in America after years of extensive research, only a very small number of Goads resided in Georgia during the period when she would have been born. In fact, only one group, that of Ephraim and Susannah Goad and some of their children, was living in Georgia during the 1840's and recorded there in Walker County during the 1850 federal census. Mr. Haas has noted that it was quite common for members of the Goad family of that time to be called by their middle name rather than their first.
    The 1850 census record of Ephraim and Susannah Goad shows a daughter, age five and born in Georgia, named Paulina F. This is certainly Frances Goad. The 1860 federal census records Ephraim and Susannah Goad in Carroll County, Arkansas. This is the same vicinity, Osage Township, where Hezekiah and Frances lived. In the Carroll County, Arkansas, 1870 census, her name was recorded as "Perlenia" that appears to be a corruption of "Paulina." It is noted that Frances named one daughter Sarah Lou Phebe. Sarah seems to have been her mother-in-law's name. Lou is perhaps for her mother who was usually called Susannah although in one census her name was recorded as "Louisiana" which indicates that her full name might have been Louisa Susannah. Phoebe (or Phebe) was the name of one of Frances' younger sisters. She also had a brother named General Harrison Goad and named one of her sons, Harrison Kye. She had a sister, Nancy A., and named a daughter Nancy A.
Birth: 06 Mar 1845 probably,, Walker Co., Georgia.¹⁰^,¹¹Census: __ ___ 1850 East Chickamauga, Walker Co., Georgia; with the last name recorded as Gourd.¹¹Cen-Enum: __ ___ 1860 AR Carroll Co. 1860 CENSUS; Osage Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; ¦¦Frances.⁴Cen-Enum: 26 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS; P.O. Berryville, Carroll Co., Arkansas; She was listed as Perlinia Chancy.⁴Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Cen-Enum: 04 Jun 1900 TX McLennan Co. 1900 CENSUS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.⁷Death: 09 Jul 1904 Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹²Burial: __ ___ ____ Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.^{12   (Click on image of stone
to see larger image.)}Father: Ephraim GOAD (1805-1876)
Mother: Susannah W. JESTER (1808- )

Twelve Children

1/M John Wesley CHANEY Sr.⁶ Occupation: Farmer.
Birth: 09 Aug 1860 Carroll Co., Arkansas.³^,⁶Cen-Enum: 26 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS; P. O. Berryville, Liberty Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; He was listed as John W. Chancy.⁵Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Marriage: 11 Mar 1883 Adah Ann HAYS (1864-1926); Berryville, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹³ Daughter: __ Oct 1886 Rebecca J. CHANEY; Texas.
Daughter: __ Jul 1888 Jennie L. CHANEY; Texas.
Son: __ Dec 1892 Robert S. CHANEY; Texas.¹⁴ Daughter: __ Dec 1894 Ada Ann CHANEY; Texas.¹⁴ Daughter: __ Jun 1898 Clara CHANEY; Texas.¹⁴ Daughter: cir __ ___ 1901 Bula CHANEY; Texas.
Son: 28 Feb 1906 John Wesley CHANEY Jr.; Victoria Co., Texas.¹⁵^,¹⁴Cen-Head: 03 May 1910 TX McLennan Co. 1910 CENSUS; Precinct #6,, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁶Death: 25 Dec 1937 Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas.³Burial: __ ___ ____ Cahill Cemetery, Cahill, Johnson Co., Texas.³

2/M William Ninevah CHANEY⁶ Nin and his family had a home near Green Forrest, Carroll County, Arkansas. They moved to Texas in 1893, settling near Moody in McLennan County. Nin was one of the early trustees of Willow Grove School, #96, in Bell County, Texas;
Occupation: a cattleman.
Birth: 18 Mar 1863 Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹^,³^,⁶Cen-Enum: 26 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS; P. O. Berryville, Liberty Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; He was listed as William (?) Chancy.⁵Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Marriage: 15 Oct 1882 Martha B. PINKSTON (1865-1894), daughter of James David PINKSTON and Elizabeth (--?--); Berryville, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁷ Daughter: 11 Aug 1883 Birdie M. CHANEY; Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., Arkansas.
Son: 27 Jul 1885 James Claude CHANEY; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵ Daughter: 03 Apr 1887 Mildred Katherine CHANEY; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵^,¹⁸ Daughter: 28 Dec 1889 Elsie Reece CHANEY; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵ Daughter: 23 Mar 1892 Effie Odo CHANEY; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵Marriage: 01 Jan 1896 Bell Elizabeth SIMS (1869-1952), daughter of (--?--) SIMS and Eliza A. MORRISON; Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵ Son: 20 Sep 1898 Clyde Farrill CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 25 Dec 1899 Delton P. CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 29 Jan 1902 Grady Paris CHANEY Sr.; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Daughter: 14 Dec 1903 Willie Mae Agatha Young CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Daughter: 27 May 1907 Orothy Fay CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵^,³ Daughter: 27 May 1907 Dorothy Ray CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.³^,¹⁵Census: __ ___ 1910 Bell Elizabeth SIMS (1869-1952); Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁹ Daughter: 09 May 1912 Lois Loraine CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵Death: 09 Oct 1936 Temple, Bell Co., Texas.¹^,³Burial: __ ___ ____ Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.³

3/M Andrew William CHANEY¹⁵^,²⁰^,⁶ Little is known of Andrew's life. According to records of his wife's family, the couple went from Arkansas to Dallas, Texas, to live. However, some event occurred which caused him to flee to Mexico where he was accidentally shot and killed while working on a ranch. He was buried on the ranch in Mexico;
Birth: cir __ ___ 1865 Carroll Co., Arkansas; Carroll Co., AR census 1870 & 1880.⁶Cen-Enum: 26 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS; P. O. Berryville, Liberty Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; He was listed as Andrew Chancy.⁵Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Marriage: 03 Jan 1884 Lucinda ORRELL (1866- ), daughter of William Harrison ORRELL and Elizabeth TRANTHAM; Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹³^,²⁰Death: __ ___ ____ Mexico.¹⁵Burial: __ ___ ____ Mexico.¹⁵

4/F Nancy A. CHANEY¹⁵^,⁶ Birth: cir __ ___ 1866 Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Death: aft 05 Jun 1880 probably,,, Arkansas.¹⁵Burial: __ ___ ____ Arkansas.¹⁵

5/F Sarah Lou Phebe CHANEY³^,⁶ She was married on the first day of 1889. In 1890 she and her husband went to Texas by covered wagon, through the Indian Territory, and settled in Bell County. She joined the Baptist Church in early childhood and was a member of the Willow Grove Baptist Church over sixty years. After Tom died in 1943, she continued to live on the place that they had bought in 1917;
Birth: 23 Oct 1866 Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas; Obituary from unidentified newspaper.³^,¹⁵^,¹⁵Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; She is listed as "Lieu F."⁶Marriage: 01 Jan 1889 William Thomas DAVIS (1870-1943); Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵ Daughter: 21 Nov 1889 Cora Frances DAVIS; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.²¹^,¹⁵ Daughter: 14 Feb 1891 Minnie Jane DAVIS; Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.²²^,¹⁵ Son: 06 Dec 1893 Ninn Randell DAVIS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 16 May 1895 Roy H. DAVIS; Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama.
Son: 25 May 1897 Thomas Jesse DAVIS; Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 27 May 1905 Doyle Festus DAVIS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.²¹ Daughter: 14 Jan 1907 Opal Ila Mae DAVIS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.²¹^,¹⁵Death: 18 Jul 1972 Waco, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵Burial: __ ___ ____ Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.³^,¹⁵

6/F Catherine CHANEY¹⁵^,⁶ Birth: aft 02 Aug 1870 Arkansas; she was listed as being 10 years old in the 1880 census but did not appear in the 1870 census taken on 2 August thus had to be born later.¹⁵^,⁶Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Death: aft 05 Jun 1880 probably,,, Arkansas.¹⁵Burial: __ ___ ____ probably,,, Arkansas.¹⁵

7/F Martha Jane CHANEY¹⁵^,²³^,⁶ Birth: 18 Apr 1879 Johnson Co., Texas; 1880 census indicates year was 1877. 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 probably was 1878. This is strengthened by the fact that her brother Robert was 9 months old, born in August, when the 1880 census was taken in June.³^,²³^,⁶Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas; She is listed as being one year old.⁶Marriage: 08 Aug 1892 Silas Franklin AKIN (1869-1929); Willow Grove, Bell Co., Texas.²⁴ Daughter: 11 Feb 1894 Rose Myrtle AKIN; Bell Co., Texas.²⁵^,¹⁵ Son: 23 Jan 1896 Hezekiah Floyd AKIN¹⁵^,¹⁵ Son: 08 Dec 1897 Clarence Winfield AKIN; Texas.¹⁵^,²⁶ Son: 29 Apr 1905 Harold AKIN; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵^,²⁶ Daughter: 04 Mar 1910 Ruby AKIN; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵^,²⁶Death: 21 Apr 1967 Temple, Bell Co., Texas.³^,²³Burial: __ ___ ____ Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.³^,²³

8/M Robert E. CHANEY⁶ Birth: __ Aug 1879 Carroll Co., Arkansas; The 1880 census records that he was 9 months old in June having been born in August.⁶Cen-Enum: 05 Jun 1880 AR Carroll Co. 1880 CENSUS; Hickory Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.⁶Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____

9/M Harrison Kye CHANEY²⁷^,¹^,²⁸ Click here for a biographical sketch.
Occupation: at various times, a farmer, a railroad "bull" and a mule trader. Much of his later life, he worked for a livery stable owner traveling the state purchasing mules.
Birth: 10 Mar 1881 Carroll Co., Arkansas.²⁷Marriage: 02 Jun 1900 Cora REED (1882-1968), daughter of Andrew Jackson REED and Dorcas Elizabeth SPRINGFIELD; Temple, Bell Co., Texas.¹ Son: 25 Jul 1902 Morran Thomas CHANEY; Temple, Bell Co., Texas.²⁹^,³ Daughter: 03 Nov 1903 Inez CHANEY; Bell Co., Texas.¹^,³Son: 02 Oct 1905 Fred Harrison CHANEY; Willow Grove, Bell Co., Texas.³⁰Cen-Head: __ ___ 1910 TX McLennan Co. 1910 CENSUS; McLennan Co., Texas; He was listed as Bud Chaney.³¹ Daughter: 09 Aug 1910 Loraine CHANEY; McLennan Co., Texas.³^,³²Event-Misc: The family home burned circa __ ___ 1913 near, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas; His daughter recorded an account of the event and how the family recovered. The family was probably living in Willow Grove in Bell County south of the McLennan County line near Moody.³³ Daughter: 13 Jan 1913 Irene CHANEY; Bell Co., Texas.³⁴ Son: 15 Apr 1914 Claude CHANEY; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.³⁵Daughter: 16 Aug 1916 Beatrice CHANEY; Temple, Bell Co., Texas.¹ Son: 12 Jul 1918 James Edward CHANEY Sr.; Temple, Bell Co., Texas.³⁶ Son: 02 Nov 1921 Jack CHANEY; Pendleton, Bell Co., Texas. .¹Death: 14 Apr 1936 Temple, Bell Co., Texas.²⁷^,²⁸Burial: 15 Apr 1936 Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.¹

10/M George Ellis CHANEY³⁷^,³⁸ George lived at Willow Grove, Bell Co., Texas, and then in Fort Worth where he was a street car operator. He suffered from kind of spells and, at least, once when he felt one coming on, he pulled over on a siding and waited for it to pass. He later moved to Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, where he died and was buried;
Birth: 25 Sep 1882 Carroll Co., Arkansas.³⁷^,³Marriage: 04 Jul 1899 Ollie Frances BELL (1885-1957)¹⁵Cen-Enum: 04 Jun 1900 TX McLennan Co. 1900 CENSUS; Moody, McLennan Co., Texas; George and his wife, Ollie, were in the home of his parents, Kye and Fannie Chaney.⁷ Daughter: 19 Jun 1900 Lona Mae CHANEY; McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 31 Jan 1910 Norman Ellis CHANEY; McLennan Co., Texas.¹⁵Cen-Head: 28 Apr 1910 TX McLennan Co. 1910 CENSUS; Precinct #6,, McLennan Co., Texas.³⁹ Son: 02 Dec 1918 Paul Taylor CHANEY; Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas.¹⁵^,⁴⁰Death: 05 Feb 1956 Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas.³^,³⁷Burial: __ ___ ____ Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas.³^,³⁷

11/F Mary CHANEY¹⁵ Birth: cir __ ___ 1884 Carroll Co., Arkansas.¹⁵Death: aft __ ___ 1884 probably Arkansas.¹⁵Burial: __ ___ ____ probably Arkansas.¹⁵

12/F Zettie Rosa CHANEY¹⁵^,⁷ Birth: 31 Aug 1886 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.¹⁵^,³⁸^,⁷Marriage: 09 Aug 1903 Edgar Clay WITT (1884-1956); Bell Co., Texas.⁴¹ Son: 02 Dec 1904 Willie Clayborn WITT; Bell Co., Texas.¹⁵ Son: 12 Sep 1906 Luther Ellis WITT Sr.; Bell Co., Texas.¹⁵ Daughter: 15 Jun 1909 Mamie Lea WITT; Bell Co., Texas.
Death: 07 Apr 1973 Kerr Co., Texas.¹⁵^,³⁸Burial: __ ___ ____ Dorn Cemetery, Mitchell Co., Texas.¹⁵^,³⁸

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