CHEATHAM OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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CHEATHAM, Claude Erwin 1916 - 1994

Claude Erwin Cheatham, 77, Frisco, Texas, died Wednesday, July 6, 1994, at his 
home. Funeral services will be Sunday, July 10, at 2 p.m. at Cantrell Funeral 
Home, Frisco, Texas. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Englewood 
Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at the 
chapel. Mr. Cheatham was born in Clinton and had lived in Frisco, Texas for a 
number of years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Frisco, the Old 
Mission Masonic Lodge, AF & AM, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, the Chapter and 
Commandery in Clinton and the Ararat Shrine, Kansas City. He was a real estate 
broker before he retired. He is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Schaerer, 
Richardson, Texas, and Sue Fendrich, St. Petersburg, Florida; one sister, Jane 
Mason, Pacific Grove, California, and three grandchildren.


CHEATHAM, Georgia Jeanetta MASTIN 1867 - 1939

Clinton Eye, June 1939 - Mrs. J. T. Cheatham died at 10:30 a.m. June 16, 1939, at 
her home on East Franklin Street following an extended illness during which she 
bore with beautiful courage and cheer the intense pain from a malignant disease. 
In failing health the past year and half, she became worse last November and in 
April was taken to a Kansas City hospital where her condition was found 
incurable. She returned home to be with her husband and other loved ones who 
never tired of making her as comfortable as possible, and their daughter, Mrs. 
Guyn Gilbert was constantly by her mother's bedside. Friends often sent special 
remembrances which lightened her pain-filled days and brought a quiet joy. 
Georgia Jeanetta Mastin was born October 7, 1867, ten miles northwest of 
Clinton. September 22, 1889, she was united in marriage with J. T. Cheatham and 
to them were given two children, James Thomas ("Dude" to his family and 
friends) who died in France, October 8, 1918, and Julia, now Mrs. Guyn Gilbert. 
The latter survives to comfort her father, also five grandchildren, Mrs. Forest 
Groff of Clinton; Mrs. A. C. McGlade, Jr., Mary Ruth, Lucille and Paul Gilbert of 
Deepwater and one great-grandchild, Wayne Groff, who was a favorite of his 
grandmother. She was devoted to her husband, children and grandchildren, giving 
them courage to face life anew with her own indomitable power for searching out 
the silver lining in spite of life's dark clouds. Funeral services were conducted at 
3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Second Street Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev. A. S. 
Olsen. Burial at Englewood under direction of Wilkinson Funeral Service. 
Pallbearers were Guy Jageman, W. H. Belton, Forest and Edgar Mastin, Dale 
Hudgens, Edgar Whitchurch. Honorary pallbearers were Albert Allen, Will Kemper, 
D. B. Honn, Jeff Carney, Fred Jageman and Charley Crooks. Flower girls were 
Mesdames Dwight Belton, Forest Mastin, Guy Jageman, S. V. Cowell, Gaylon Knight 
and John Fisher. Rogger Ware, Thornton Jennings, Paul Olsen and Jim Shepard 
sang, The Old Rugged Cross, No Night There, and Beautiful Isle.


CHEATHAM, Harrison Lewis 1813 - 1891

Clinton Eye, July 25 1891 - Harrison Cheatham, highly respected Henry county 
citizen, died at his home at Alberta July 14. He was a member of the Christian 
church and leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss. Burial in 
Englewood.


CHEATHAM, Iola Frances LITTLE 1913 - 1997

Iola Frances Cheatham, 84, formerly of Calhoun, died Sunday, September 7, 1997, 
at Hilltop Nursing home, Lyndon, Kansas. She was born April 30, 1913, on a farm 
near Calhoun, in the Thrush community, the youngest of six children of Lee Barry 
and Amanda Frances Williams Little. She spent her youth and early life in the 
Calhoun area. On August 21, 1933, in Ulysses, Kansas, she was married to Uel 
Boone Cheatham, who preceded her in death in 1965. The family left Missouri in 
1954, moving to Olathe, Kansas. Prior to moving to Lyndon, Kansas, Mrs. Cheatham 
lived in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas. She was a member of the United Methodist 
Church in Calhoun and later in Olathe, Kansas. Iola's life exemplified a Christian 
wife, mother and grandmother, with courage and conviction to stand for the 
worthwhile things of life. She as true to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to the 
end. She is survived by one son, Ronny Cheatham, Osage City, Kansas; two 
daughters, Darlene Anderson, Paola, Kansas, and Pamela Allenbrand, Olathe, 
Kansas; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. In addition to her 
husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Danny Cheatham. Funeral 
services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, September 11, at the Calhoun United 
Methodist Church. Rev. Jan Reimers officiated. Soloist Kaye Brooks sang "The Old 
Rugged Cross", "Amazing Grace" and "In the Garden", Organist was Scott Brooks. 
Pallbearers were Mike Riggs, Bryan Riggs, Eric Cheatham, Heath Cheatham, Danny 
Cheatham, Troy Allenbrand, Todd Allenbrand and Adam Cheatham. Burial was in 
Calhoun Cemetery, under the direction of Consalus Funeral Home, Clinton.


CHEATHAM, James Harrison 1874 - 1948

Death brought to an end the earthly labors of one of Henry County's most 
respected citizens, when the summons came at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday to J. H. 
Cheatham at the Gray Rest Home in Windsor, where he had been about 10 days. Mr. 
Cheatham had suffered a stroke more than a week ago and had been in a coma 
since last Wednesday. His home was in the south part of Calhoun. His sons, J. M. 
Cheatham of Hutcinson, Kan., and Leonard of St. John, Kan., came Friday and 
another son, Paul of Johnson, Kan., arrived Sunday to be near their father. His 
fourth son, Uel Cheatham, lives in Calhoun, and the only daughter, Miss Edith 
Cheatham of Larned, Kan., was unable to come home. Funeral services will be held 
at 2:30 p.m. Thursday (today) at the Calhoun Christian Church and burial will be 
at the Calhoun cemetery. The Rev. A. N. Lindsay, assisted by the Rev. H. L. 
Carpenter will officiate. The IOOF will have charge of graveside services. James 
Harrison Cheatham was born Oct. 11 1874, near Alberta, where he grew to young 
manhood, receiving his education there and in Clinton. His parents were Mr. and 
Mrs. H. L. Cheatham. In 1898, he was married to Mary England and to them were 
born three children, J. M., Leonard, and Miss Edith Cheatham. Mrs. Cheatham died 
in 1903, and three years later Effie Griffith became his wife and two children, 
Uel and Paul were given to this union. Mr. Cheatham has given to his children a 
rich heritage, an exemplary Christian life worthy of emulation. A member of the 
Christian Church, he never ceased to serve his Master faithfully. Especially 
attached to his family, they came first in his life, and to them he was a kind and 
thoughtful husband, father and counselor. Mr. Cheatham had become acquainted 
throughout Henry County as he operated stores at Piper, Lowry City, and Thrush 
and was also in the real estate business in Clinton. Leaving Missouri in April, 
1915, he moved his family to Kansas and was a merchant several years at 
Ulysses. Prior to returning to Calhoun two years ago, they lived for two years at 
Hutchinson. Mr. Cheatham was affiliated with the IOOF and Masons.


CHEATHAM, James T. "Dude" 1892 - 1918

Clinton Eye, June 1920 - Dude Cheatham's Body Brought From France And Buried 
In Englewood - James T. Cheatham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cheatham, of Garland, 
was born Oct. 21st, 1892, near Garland, and died in Brest, France, of pneumonia, 
Oct. 8th, 1918. Dude, before leaving the U.S. was a soldier in training at Camp 
McArthur, stationed at Waco, Texas, and would not have left at that time had he 
not persuaded his captain to let him join the leaving company for France. Dude's 
every hope was "I want to be a soldier." He had written to his parents telling 
them that he was going to the top in the army if it was in his power, but death 
came to him before he had completed his desire in his work, but God said, Dude 
come up higher. I have need of thee. At the time of his death he had entered a new 
field of labor, for the salvation of others and his country. Before leaving his 
home he would sit and sing for hours at at time: "Said a feeble lad to his aged 
mother: I must cross the deep, deep sea and perhaps in some distant climate 
there is health and strength for me", but on June 11, 1920, his body arrived at his 
old home in Garland, where there was a large number of friends gathered to spend 
these last hours with him. Funeral services were conducted at the Garland church 
Saturday, June 12, at 2 o'clock by Rev. A. N. Lindsey, of Clinton. He leaves to 
mourn his loss his parents and one sister, Mrs. Guynn Gilbert. The remains were 
laid to rest in Englewood. The pallbearers were: T. H. Raney, V. W. Covington, 
Morris Lane, Gus Honn, Geo. Johnson and Edgar Clark.


CHEATHAM, Jemima Jane HERST 1846 - 1937

Mrs. Jemima J. Cheatham, widow of the late Claude E. Cheatham, passed to the 
more abundant life at 2:30 Monday, from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Black, 
near the Sparrow store. Mrs. Cheatham, who was in her ninetieth year, had the 
hardihood and strength of pioneer ancestors, so her passing was a surrender of 
the strong and not a submission of the week. Women of her type are the exception 
and not the rule in the nervous, high-tensioned world of today and generations 
have lost some of their vital forces in the passing of such noble, Christian 
womanhood. Jemima Jane Herst was born December 1, 1846, in Columbia, Ky., 
Adair County, the child of Campbell Herst and Sally Sharp Herst, staunch 
Southerners, who were slave owners and people of the soil. When Jemima was a 
child of two years, her family moved to McDonald County, Ill., where they lived 
until she was ten years old. In 1856 they were lured to the west, and stopped in 
Missouri as they had relatives here. To the ten year old Jemima, the tedious, slow 
journey in two wagons, one drawn by three yoke of oxen and the other by a stout 
span of horses, was a trek, fraught with all the thrills and romance of real 
adventure. The waving prairie grass that lined their path of fell as they crushed 
it under foot, the wild and timid deer or howling wolves that were numerous in 
those early days were impressed on the mind of the child and always remained a 
part of the fascination of this country of which she never tired. The ferry across 
the Mississippi at Warsaw, Ill., and across the Missouri at Boonville were 
experiences that tried the courage and valor of many a pioneer family but 
endeared the new acres to them. As a child she attended the old pay school that 
lasted only a few months each winter and the singing school that were such 
important parts of community life. Later when the war clouds between North and 
South broke with three brothers in the southern army and themselves the victims 
of guerrilla warfare, the pictures of that memorable struggle were indelibly 
stamped on her memory. As a girl of 15, one day when she was alone at home 
with her mother, who was ill in bed, a Union Captain and 10 of his company came 
to their farm, demanding their dinner. The mother, unable to get up, suffered 
grave anxiety while her inexperienced daughter prepared and served the meal. 
Despite her fear, Jemima was equal to the emergency and so well did the hasty 
meal satisfy them that on departure they thanked her courteously. Less 
gratifying were the experiences with the border raids when their meat and 
supplies, cattle, hogs and crops were carried off by the marauders. Freedom 
Church was organized in 1867 when Mr. and Mrs. Herst were among its founders, 
being charger members and their daughter, Jemima, was one of the first to be 
baptized on a cold March day when one inch of ice had to be broken in the creek 
near Bethlehem school for the service. Among other organizers was a young man, 
Claude E. Cheatham, who had come to the neighborhood from Fulton, Mo., and at 
the singing school the romance with Jemima Jane Herst began, which culminated 
in their marriage October 4, 1868, on a rare Sunday in Indian summer. Rev. Wm. 
Birge of the New Freedom Church read the service. Mr. Cheatham was an elder in 
the church over 50 years and superintendent of the Sunday school many years. 
Theirs was a splendid Christian home, worthy of exemplification, always an 
inspiration to better community life. Three children blessed their union, Mrs. Ben 
Campbell, deceased in 1923; Mrs. Joe Black of Sparrow, with whom her mother 
made her home three years, and Dr. C. L. Cheatham of Clinton, Claude Edwin and 
Lila Jane Cheatham are the only grandchildren surviving. In the fall of 1916, Mr. 
and Mrs. Cheatham moved to Clinton, making their home at 613 East Grand River 
street adjoining the home of their son and there on June 13, 1930, Mr. Cheatham 
was called Home. Mrs. Cheatham continued living in Clinton till her health failed 
about three years ago. Her daughter was all kindness and devotion to her beloved 
mother, whose splendid qualities of mind and character and fine Christian 
principles are a priceless heritage to her children. Funeral services were at 2 
p.m. Tuesday at the Consalus and Peck funeral home and the body was laid to rest 
in Englewood beside her late husband. Rev. Ed Carpenter of the Calhoun Christian 
Church conducted the service and George Huey, John Barnes, W. F. Parks, Joe 
Herst, Charlie Quisenberry and Ed Vanwinkle acted as pallbearers.


CHEATHAM, Mary ENGLAND 1877 - 1903

Clinton Eye, Sept 1903 - We were sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Harry 
Cheatham, which occurred at her home near Piper. She was Miss Mary England 
before her marriage. Her parents moved to Bethlehem township when Mary was 
quite young. At the death of her mother, she took upon her young shoulders all the 
responsibilities of her father's household but never did she falter in doing what 
was right. She was the idol of her father and brothers and her invalid sisters 
adored her. Her death was indeed sad, as she leaves three little children, one a 
babe nine days old, to grow to manhood and womanhood without a mother's 
guiding hand and love. To her husband, her death was a sad blow, as he not only 
had to give up his young wife and companion, who was so dear to him, but also 
must be separated from his little children. She said on her death bed, "We will all 
meet again."


CHEATHAM, Mollie E. 1859 - 1887

Clinton Eye, Jan 1887 - Another home that was but a short time since all bright 
and lovely is now shadowed with darkness and gloom. On the morning of the 22nd, 
the angels of death took from our midst to dwell in the better land, Mollie, 
beloved wife of C. E. Cheatham. Was born Feb. 10, 1859, in Johnson County, Mo. 
Her mother moved to Henry county when Mollie was six years old. She attended 
school in the county until about 15, then went to Clinton and finished her 
education under Prof. Cook. While there she first met Mr. Cheatham and was 
united in marriage with him Dec. 10, 1878, this being her 19th birthday. Their 
home was blessed with three children, the oldest a girl, and the other two boys, 
the youngest one being a little babe but eight days old. Mrs. Cheatham united with 
the Christian church when she was 15 and had the Master's work ever near her 
heart. In her last hours, she had a clear evidence of God's mercy to her and was 
ready to be called. Her request was that her children might be brought up in the 
nuture and admonition of the Lord. Her remains were taken to Bethlehem church 
for services and to be laid to rest.


CHEATHAM, Uel Boone 1911 - 1965

Ottawa Herald, Ottawa KS, Tuesday Feb 23 1965 - Uel B. Cheatham, 53, Rantoul 
RFD 1, died at 7:45 a.m. today in Ransom Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing 
health several years. A retired truck driver, he had lived near Rantoul eight 
months, moving from Olathe. He was born Sept. 21, 1911, and was a member of 
Union Chapel Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Claude 
Riggs, Lenexa; and Mrs. Doc Allenbrand, Olathe; one son Ronnie, of the home; three 
grandchildren, his mother, Mrs. Ethel Gallup, Ottawa, and two brothers. Funeral 
arrangements are pending at the Lamb Funeral Home.

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