John Cheairs & Eleanor Bittick

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Family Group Record                0143
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Husband's Name   John Cheairs
 Born:           1788    Place: North Carolina
 Died:           1859    Place: Centerville, Leon, Texas
 Married:                Place: 
 Father:         Elijah Cheairs
 Mother:         .......
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Wife's Name      Eleanor Bittick
 Born:           1792    Place: North Carolina
 Died:           1851    Place: Houston County, Texas
 Father:         Francis Bittick
 Mother:         Mary Stanfield
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Children
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 1. Sex Name
     M  John Cheairs
        Born:           1812    Place: Missouri
        Died:                   Place: Crockett, Houston, Texas
        Married:                Place: Texas
        Spouse:  Lucretia Bathsheba Stanley
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 2. Sex Name
     M  Samuel Cheairs
        Born:           1814    Place: Missouri
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married: 02 Dec 1838    Place: Washington County, Texas
        Spouse:  Lucinda Votau
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 3. Sex Name
     F  Mary Ann Talitha Cheairs
        Born:           1816    Place: Missouri
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Stephen Jefferson Stanley
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 4. Sex Name
     F  Margaret Rebecca Cheairs
        Born:           1818    Place: Missouri
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married: 10 Sep 1837    Place: 
        Spouse:  William Carroll Stanley
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 5. Sex Name
     M  William Harrison Cheairs
        Born:           1820    Place: Clark County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married: 03 Jan 1842    Place: 
        Spouse:  Nancy Caison
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 6. Sex Name
     M  Elijah Cheairs
        Born:           1822    Place: Clark County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Elizabeth .......
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 7. Sex Name
     M  Francis Cheairs
        Born:           1823    Place: Clark County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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 8. Sex Name
     F  Malinda Cheairs
        Born:           1825    Place: Clark County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  John Moncrief
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 9. Sex Name
     F  Elizabeth Cheairs
        Born:           1827    Place: Clark County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  George L. Ramsdale
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10. Sex Name
     M  Jonathan Cheairs
        Born:           1829    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Martha A.E. Johnson
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11. Sex Name
     M  Eli Cheairs
        Born:           1831    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse: Rachel Melvina Albright
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12. Sex Name
     M  Andrew Jackson Cheairs
        Born:           1833    Place: San Augustine, Texas
        Died:           1899    Place: Killeen, Bell County, Texas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Margaret Ann Prather
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Sources of Information: The Cheairs Index by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.,
no date; Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas, Book II, published
by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, page 294; Census Records:
Houston County, Texas 1850.
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John F. Cheairs, born 1812 ... died Houston County, Texas; married ...
Lucretia Stanley, born June 19, 1803, Alabama, died September 11, 1877,
Montgomery County, Texas. John F. Cheairs, a private. Mrs. Vivian McShan
Gray, No. 7121, Gonzales Chapter, admitted December 18, 1970.
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Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas, Book II, published by the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas, page 294.
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Houston County, Texas Query Archives
January 1, 1998 - July 29, 1998
Don R. Cheairs Query, Posted 6/20/98
Cheairs@aol.com

My name is Don Cheairs, orignally of Texas and now removed to Nebraska. My
family had everything to do with the creation of Houston County and the
city of Crockett.

John CHEAIRS and one of his sons signed the petition to create Houston
county when it was known as Mustang Prairie. They fought at the battle of
San Jacinto and were granted land for their participation in the Texas
Revolution and were allowed to keep the grants from Mexico when the area
was under the control of the Mexican Government. The CHEAIRS are still
represented in Austonio. A large plantation was in the area west of
Crockett where my great grandfather Andrew Jackson CHEAIRS grew up prior to
the Civil War in which he fought with the Texas regiment. John CHEAIRS is
buried in the Federal Cemetery and most others are buried in the Boggs and
other cemeteries in the area. 

On June the 6th, we held a reunion in Austonio for the Descendants of Jan
De La CHAIRE, the original immigrant from Rouen, France in 1666.

Other families are numerous that have ties to the CHEAIRS family of Houston
County, HAMMONS. ATKINSON, TOWNSEND, LARUE, SWEARINGEN, just to name a few. 

Don R. Cheairs
2408 Washington St.
Bellevue, Nebraska 68005-5442
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Houston County, Texas Query Archives
July 29, 1998 - October 1998
Mary Baier Query, Posted 10/11/98
mhbaier@rivendell.vsta.com

All came to Houston Co. early. I descend from Edward Albright and Eli
CHEAIRS, and also Ezekiel HIGDON. Have ALBRIGHT info back to Johnnas
ALBRECHT (ALBRIGHT) to share with others working on it. Also Eli CHEAIRS
back to John Sr. and Elizabeth ADDEE 1625. They came through England to
America. I am looking for HIGDON'S anything would be appreciated.
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ID: I0133 
Name: Andrew Jackson CHEAIRS 
Sex: M
Birth: 1833 in San Augustine, Texas 
Death: 1899 in Killeen, Bell Co., Texas 
Note: 1860 Census for Houston County: Andy Cheairs (22) living with brother
Elijah Cheairs and wife Elizabeth and their 4 children.
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 Margaret Ann PRATHER b: 1845 in Polk Co., Texas
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ID: I0069 
Name: Eli M. CHEAIRS 
Sex: M
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 Rachel Melvina ALBRIGHT
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ID: I1859 
Name: Elijah CHEAIRS 
Sex: M
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 Martha A.E. JOHNSON
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ID: I1532 
Name: Elizabeth CHEAIRS 
Sex: F 
Alias: Betty
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 George RAMSDALE
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ID: I1861 
Name: John CHEAIRS
Sex: M 
Death: 1859 in Centerville, Leon Co., Texas 
Father: Elijah CHAIRES b: Abt. 1761 of Queen Anne's Co., Maryland
Marriage 1 Eleanor BIDDIX
Note: 1830 Hempstead Co., Arkansas Census ...
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ID: I1854 
Name: John Francis CHEAIRS
Sex: M 
Birth: Abt. 1812 in Hempstead Co., AR 
Death: Abt. 1856 in Crockett, Houston Co., Texas 
Burial: Crocket, Houston Co., Texas
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 Lucretia Bathsheba STANLEY b: 19 JUN 1803 in Alabama
Married: Abt. 1835
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ID: I2369 
Name: Jonathan CHEAIRS
Sex: M
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
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ID: I4412 
Name: Margaret Rebecca CHEAIRS 
Sex: F
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
Marriage 1 William Carroll STANLEY
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ID: I1864 
Name: Samuel CHEAIRS 
Sex: M
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
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ID: I1863 
Name: William Harrison CHEAIRS 
Sex: M
Father: John CHEAIRS
Mother: Eleanor BIDDIX
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Update 11.12.00               David Kelley 2000                FGR-0143.HTM
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