RanHam Tree » John Downs Chezem (1806-1876)
Personal data John Downs Chezem
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11- He was born on November 13, 1806 in Maryland, Verenigde Staten.Sources 3, 4, 5, 8, 11
- Alternative: He was born on November 14, 1806 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Resident:
- in the year 1830: Parke, Indiana, USA.Source 9
- in the year 1840: Parke, Indiana, USA.Source 6
- in the year 1850: Washington, Parke, Indiana, USA.Source 3
- in the year 1870: Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois, United States.Source 8
- He died on November 12, 1876 in Jewett, Cumberland, Illinois, USA, he was 69 years old.Sources 4, 5
- Alternative: He died on November 12, 1876 in Jewett, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA, he was 69 years old.
- He is buried in Jewett, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA.Sources 4, 5
- A child of John H Cheeseman and Lydia Fiddleman
Household of John Downs Chezem
He is married to Anna Chezem.
They got married on January 4, 1828 at Parke Co, IN, he was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Chezem 1830-1850
- Margaret Chezem 1832-> 1902
- John Chezem 1833-1882
- Lydia Ann Chezem ± 1835-> 1879
- James Perry Chezem 1840-1907
- Stephen Douglas Chezem 1842-1934
- William H. (Cheeseman) Chezem 1845-1901
- Marion Alexander Chezem 1848-1935
- George Washington Chezem 1850-1924
- Samuel Squire Chezem 1853-1930
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Sources
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- Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington, Parke, Indiana; Roll: M432_164; Page: 188A; Image: 380 / Ancestry.com
- Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: Parke, Indiana; Roll: 89; Page: 134; Image: 274; Family History Library Film: 0007728 / Ancestry.com
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- 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois; Roll: M593_214; Page: 279A; Image: 559; Family History Library Film: 545713 / Ancestry.com
- 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1830; Census Place: Parke, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 32; Page: 124; Family History Library Film: 0007721 / Ancestry.com
- Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1965, Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 6 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 14, 1806
- The temperature on November 14, 1806 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1806: Source: Wikipedia
- January 18 » Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
- January 30 » The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
- July 10 » The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- September 2 » A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
- October 9 » Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
- October 14 » War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
Day of marriage January 4, 1828
- The temperature on January 4, 1828 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1828: Source: Wikipedia
- April 20 » René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.
- May 19 » U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
- October 7 » Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
- November 16 » Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
- December 1 » Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
- December 19 » Nullification crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.
Day of death November 12, 1876
- The temperature on November 12, 1876 was about -1.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
- March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Same birth/death day
- 1797 » Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist and lawyer († 1875)
- 1803 » Jacob Abbott, American author († 1879)
- 1805 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer († 1847)
- 1812 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet († 1878)
- 1812 » Maria Cristina of Savoy († 1836)
- 1816 » John Curwen, English minister and educator († 1880)
- 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
- 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
- 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
- 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
- 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
- 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
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