Los Angeles-Lake-San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Biographies.....Cheney, C. C. 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 2, 2006, 12:55 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) C. C. CHENEY, pioneer, crossed the plains as a boy with his father's family, driving an ox team. They located in Lake county, engaged in stock raising, later removed to San Luis Obispo county, and finally settled at Downey, in Los Angeles county, where he spent his youth and studied veterinary surgery, becoming an expert practitioner. He went to Arizona and engaged in mining. In 1890 he located in the Garapatos, Malibu mountains, where he has developed a valuable ranch property, which as a summer resort is very popular with the people of Santa Monica, Los Angeles and surrounding country. Mr. Cheney married, in 1885, Miss Lucy J., daughter of J. H. Stewart, one of the first settlers of the city of Downey. She was born in Salem, Oregon. Mr. Cheney is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen and a member of the Elks' lodge at Santa Monica. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/cheney241nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb