Boyd M. Cheatham
Boyd M. Cheatham | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1838 |
| Died | July 19, 1876 Springfield, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Relatives | Richard Boone Cheatham (brother) Edward Saunders Cheatham (brother) Adelicia Acklen (sister-in-law) Anderson Cheatham (paternal uncle) |
Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838 – July 19, 1876) was an American politician from Springfield, Tennessee. He came from a very political family, following his father and uncle into electoral office. He served in the Tennessee State House.
Early life
[edit]Boyd M. Cheatham was born circa 1838.[1] His father was one of seven early settlers from Virginia who moved to Robertson County, Tennessee.[2] His uncle, Anderson Cheatham, served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1801 to 1809, then from 1819 to 1821 and again from 1823 to 1825.[3]
He attended the University of Nashville where he was a member of the Epsilon (original) chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Two of his brothers entered politics. Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and then served as a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1855 to 1857, and again from 1861 to 1863.[3] Their brother, Richard Boone Cheatham (1824-1877), moved to Nashville after college. There he was elected and served as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1860 to 1862, and later in the Tennessee State House.[3]
Another brother, Dr. William Archer Cheatham (1820-1900), married the twice widowed Adelicia Acklen (1817–1887), becoming her third husband. She owned the Belmont Mansion in Nashville.
Career
[edit]Cheatham served in the Tennessee House of Representatives in the nineteenth century.[3]
Death
[edit]Cheatham died at his residence in Springfield, Tennessee on July 19, 1876, in the waning days of the Reconstruction era.[1] He was only thirty-eight years old.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Death of Boyd M. Cheatham". The Tennessean. July 20, 1876. p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ James Harvey Mathes, The Old Guard in Gray: Researches in the Annals of the Confederate Historical Association. Sketches of Memphis Veterans who Upheld Her Standards in the War, and of Other Confederate Worthies, Memphis, Tennessee: Press of S. C. Toof & Company, 1897, p. 67 [1]
- ^ a b c d The Political Graveyard: Cheatham-Foster family of Tennessee
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