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Re: Who is county named after?
Posted by: Lisa Tinch (ID *****5276)	Date: June 20, 2004 at 07:23:55
In Reply to: Who is county named after? by Mary Thompson	of 217

Mary,
Cheatham County, Tenn. is named Edward S. Cheatham:

Cheatham, Edward Saunders (1818-1878) -- also known as Edward S. Cheatham -- of Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn. Nephew of Anderson Cheatham; son-in-law of Ephraim Hubbard Foster; son of Richard Cheatham; brother of Richard Boone Cheatham and Boyd M. Cheatham. Born in Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn., July 31, 1818. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1853-55; member of Tennessee state senate, 1855-57, 1861-63. Died in Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Miss., December 21, 1878. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.

http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html

Later,
Lisa

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