Christopher Columbus CHANEY

GEDCOM Note

His daughter, Ida, recalled Columbus telling her of his childhood and the hard times during the Civil War. He was eight years old when the War began and twelve when it ended. He hunted in the Mountains many nights all night for any kind of an animal the family could eat. They had two worn-out cows that gave a little milk that was saved for the baby. The rest of them ate what he could find and what he and his mother could raise in the garden. In later life he would not eat tomatoes because that was all they had to eat at one time and he ate them until they made him sick. He and his mother planted a six acre patch of barley. When the barley was in the milk stage (just before it ripened) he and his mother would gather the heads and shell enough for their breakfast and supper. "It was pretty rough because it was just as effective as a dose of Epsom salts."
He loved his mother dearly and told how beautifully she sang. He loved his stepmother, Margaret, also, and said his own mother could not have been sweeter or better to him and his siblings than she was. When his father married his third wife he went to live with her on her farm about fifteen miles away. His children lived on the home farm. Once his brother Bill was working up with their dad and became sick with the measles. Columbus took an extra horse and a slicker for Bill to wear and brought him home in one of the hardest rains he ever saw. Despite Bill's high fever he survived and was soon well as ever.

He married Mary Frances Felton in 1877. The ceremony was held in her parents' home in Green Forest. There was much friction between him and his father and sister, Sarah Jane. So, in 1883 he left Carroll County to get away from the volatile situation. He had heard that homestead land was available in Texas and moved there. First he lived in Hamilton County, Texas, then moved to Gorman where, along with Caleb Martin and Robert Sims, he was one of the first settlers around Gorman, Eastland County, Texas. His homestead was at Jewell, several miles south of Eastland.

In the late 1890's he was licensed as a Methodist preacher. He was an extremely respected man who spoke and appeared to be very well educated. In contrast, his wife could neither read nor write. The Methodist Bishop of Texas was known to visit with him.

Mary Frances died in 1930. Christopher Columbus died in 1935. Both were buried in Gorman.

— Charles C. Chaney - 8 Aug 2014

GEDCOM Note

His (Christophe Columbus Chaney’s) daughter, Ida, recalled Columbus telling her of his childhood and the hard times during the Civil War. He was eight years old when the War began and twelve when it ended. He hunted in the Mountains many nights all night for any kind of an animal the family could eat. They had two worn-out cows that gave a little milk that was saved for the baby. The rest of them ate what he could find and what he and his mother could raise in the garden. In later life he would not eat tomatoes because that was all they had to eat at one time and he ate them until they made him sick. He and his mother planted a six acre patch of barley. When the barley was in the milk stage (just before it ripened) he and his mother would gather the heads and shell enough for their breakfast and supper. "It was pretty rough because it was just as effective as a dose of Epsom salts."

He loved his mother dearly and told how beautifully she sang. He loved his stepmother, Margaret, also, and said his own mother could not have been sweeter or better to him and his siblings than she was. When his father married his third wife he went to live with her on her farm about fifteen miles away. His children lived on the home farm. Once his brother Bill was working up with their dad and became sick with the measles. Columbus took an extra horse and a slicker for Bill to wear and brought him home in one of the hardest rains he ever saw. Despite Bill's high fever he survived and was soon well as ever.

He married Mary Frances Felton in 1877. The ceremony was held in her parents' home in Green Forest. There was much friction between him and his father and sister, Sarah Jane. So, in 1883 he left Carroll County to get away from the volatile situation. He had heard that homestead land was available in Texas and moved there. First he lived in Hamilton County, Texas, then moved to Gorman where, along with Caleb Martin and Robert Sims, he was one of the first settlers around Gorman, Eastland County, Texas. His homestead was at Jewell, several miles south of Eastland.

In the late 1890's he was licensed as a Methodist preacher. He was an extremely respected man who spoke and appeared to be very well educated. In contrast, his wife could neither read nor write. The Methodist Bishop of Texas was known to visit with him.

Mary Frances died in 1930. Christopher Columbus died in 1935. Both were buried in Gorman. ---Robert Jackson Chaney & Jane McAfee.

Birth: 01 Jul 1853 Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.12,1 Census: __ ___ 1860 AR Carroll Co. 1860 CENSUS. Osage Township, Carroll Co., Arkansas.4 Census: 09 Aug 1870 AR Carroll Co. 1870 CENSUS. Liberty Township, P. O. Berryville, Carroll Co., Arkansas.6 Marriage: 02 May 1877 Mary Frances FELTON (1861-1930). Green Forest, Carroll Co., Arkansas.1,13 Son: 14 Nov 1878 William Robert CHANEY1 Son: 20 Feb 1880 James Elbert CHANEY. Carroll Co., Arkansas.1,13 Dau: 18 Jan 1882 Lillian Mae CHANEY. Arkansas.1,12 Dau: 23 Sep 1885 Maude CHANEY. Pottsville, Hamilton Co., Texas.1 Son: 11 Jan 1890 Cuthbert CHANEY. Texas.1 Dau: 28 Jul 1892 Myrtle Catherine CHANEY. Texas.1 Dau: 16 Feb 1894 Mary Irene CHANEY. Hamilton Co., Texas.1 Son: 12 Dec 1896 Columbus Jackson CHANEY. Shive, Hamilton Co., Texas.12 Dau: 21 Oct 1898 Ida True CHANEY. Hamilton Co., Texas.1 Census: __ ___ 1910 Mary Frances FELTON (1861-1930). Eastland Co., Texas.13 Death: 01 Apr 1940 Eastland City, Eastland Co., Texas.12,1,14 [http://www.ccchaney.com/Genealogy/paternal/Chaney/ChaneyRobert/Robe...] - Charles C. Chaney