William Wesley CHANEY

GEDCOM Note

Tradition is that Bill left Arkansas in 1879-80 after killing a man in defending the honor of one of his sisters. He reported rode a black mule directly to the Moody area in McLennan County, Texas. There he met Eliza whom he eventually married. They began a family and, in 1894, lost three children to illness.

About 1901, they moved to adjacent Coryell County to what was to be their permanent home about a mile northwest of the present White Hall Church. The farm was to eventually consist of 200 acres. He became known for the quality of the mules he raised and traded.

In his later years, one of his favorite activities was going to Gatesville's "First Mondays" in which he was a regular participant and seldom had nothing to swap. One of his trades cost him his right thumb. He was leading a half-broken horse behind his buggy on his way home on the old "Reformatory Road." A passing automobile spooked the horse causing it to suddenly rear back. The unexpected movement snapped the lead rope Bill held cleanly severing the thumb at the joint. --from CORYELL FAMILIES, 1854-1985 compiled by the Coryell County Genealogical Society, Gatesville, TX. Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, 1986.

— Charles C. Chaney - 9 Aug 2014

GEDCOM Note

Tradition is that Bill left Arkansas in 1879-80 after killing a man in defending the honor of one of his sisters. He reported rode a black mule directly to the Moody area in McLennan County, Texas. There he met Eliza whom he eventually married. They began a family and, in 1894, lost three children to illness.

About 1901, they moved to adjacent Coryell County to what was to be their permanent home about a mile northwest of the present White Hall Church. The farm was to eventually consist of 200 acres. He became known for the quality of the mules he raised and traded.

In his later years, one of his favorite activities was going to Gatesville's "First Mondays" in which he was a regular participant and seldom had nothing to swap. One of his trades cost him his right thumb. He was leading a half-broken horse behind his buggy on his way home on the old "Reformatory Road." A passing automobile spooked the horse causing it to suddenly rear back. The unexpected movement snapped the lead rope Bill held cleanly severing the thumb at the joint. --from CORYELL FAMILIES, 1854-1985 compiled by the Coryell County Genealogical Society, Gatesville, TX. Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, 1986.

Birth: 01 Jan 1860 Batesville, Independence Co., Arkansas.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: 24 Jan 1886 Mary Eliza CULPEPPER (1867-1944). Gatesville, Coryell Co., Texas.1 Dau: 03 Nov 1886 Eva C. CHANEY. Coryell Co., Texas.1 Dau: 06 Nov 1888 Mattie Bell CHANEY. Coryell Co., Texas.1 Son: 08 Aug 1889 William Penn CHANEY. Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.1 Son: 23 Oct 1892 Robert E. CHANEY. McLennan Co., Texas.1 Dau: 09 Mar 1893 Ema Ceola CHANEY. McLennan Co., Texas.1 Dau: 16 Apr 1894 Mae K. CHANEY. McLennan Co., Texas.15 Son: 09 Aug 1897 Thomas Brian CHANEY. Gatesville, Coryell Co., Texas.15 Dau: 09 Nov 1901 Mamie Ruth CHANEY. Coryell Co., Texas.15 Son: 22 Jun 1904 James Marvel CHANEY. Coryell Co., Texas.1,16 Dau: 15 Dec 1906 Harriet L. CHANEY. Coryell Co., Texas.1 Census: __ ___ 1910 Mary Eliza CULPEPPER (1867-1944). Coryell Co., Texas.17 Death: 25 Nov 1935 Coryell Co., Texas.1,18 Burial: __ Nov 1935 [http://www.ccchaney.com/Genealogy/paternal/Chaney/ChaneyRobert/Robe...] - Charles C. Chaney