Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Chaney, William 1865 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  WILLIAM CHANEY is a member of the Worthington firm of Chaney & Mackay,

furniture dealers and undertakers, and has been a resident of Nobles county for

the last thirty-six years. He was born at Ogdensburg, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1865, the

youngest son of Allen Chaney and Candace (Rumsey) Chaney.



  When the subject of this sketch was about two years of age his father moved to

Detroit, Mich., and that was the family home for five years. In July, 1872, the

family came to Nobles county with the National colony and settled in Worthington

township, just west of West Okabena lake. There William spent his boyhood days,

securing his education and working on his father's farm. For several years he

attended the country schools of Worthington township; then in 1880 he went to

the Mankato high school for a one year term, and the following year completed

his schooling in the high school at Waseca. He then returned to his home in

Worthington township and worked on the farm until his father's death in 1892. He

then moved to Worthington and went into the hay business in company with John

Newton, which business he was engaged in for three years. August 1, 1898, he

became the manager of the Hubbard & Palmer elevator at Worthington, and was the

local representative of that firm for a number of years. He made a change in

business on May 1, 1902, when, in partnership with James Mackay, he bought the

furniture and undertaking business of H. M. Palm & Son, and the firm of Chaney &

Mackay has since continued an existence.



  William Chaney was married at Rochester, Minn., Aug. 18, 1903, to Miss Avalin

L. French, daughter of Corvin French, one of the earliest settlers of the

Rochester country, he having taken up a residence there in 1858.



  Mr. Chaney is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church of Worthington

and one of the prominent church workers. He has held the office of trustee and

is now an elder of the church. In the Sunday school of that church he holds a

unique record. He started in the primary class, has been a member of every class

in the school, and at one time or another has held every office of the school.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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