Biographical Sketch of Thomas E. Cheatham, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Thomas E. Cheatham, vice president of the Citizens Bank of Warrensburg,
is a progressive, public spirited citizen, a native of Johnson county.
He was born in Warrensburg in 1870, a son of John T. and Gussie M.
(Chadwick) Cheatham, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter,
of Missouri.  John T. Cheatham came to Johnson county, Missouri from 
Ray county in 1870 and located in Warrensburg on Gay street.  Mr. 
Cheatham was engaged in the stock business and in supervising the
management of his farms in Ray and Johnson counties.  At the time of 
his death, he was the owner of more than three thousand acres of land
in these two counties.  In 1888, he and Marcus Youngs and Oscar Wadell
organized the Citizens Bank of Warrensburg, of which financial insti-
tution John T. Cheatham was president the remainder of his life.  To
John T. and Gussie M. (Chadwick) Cheatham were born four children, who
are now living: Thomas E., the subject of this review; William H., of
Warrensburg, Missouri; Frank C., Three Lakes, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Erma
Crossley, Warrensburg, Missouri.  The father died in 1901.  Interment 
was made in the cemetery at Warrensburg.  The widowed mother still 
makes her home in Warrensburg.  John T. Cheatham was one of the city's
best and most substantial citizens and his loss to the good citizenship
of Johnson county has been deeply deplored.  Mr. Cheatham was keenly
interested in all movements which had for their object the betterment
and uplift of the community and he was always an earnest supporter and
liberal contributor to every worthy enterprise.  The Cheatham name is
indelibly connected with the financial interests of Warrensburg and the
commercial growth of Johnson county.  In 1897, Thomas E. Cheatham was
united in marriage with Anna Jackson, daughter of R. L. Jackson, a
prominent pioneer of Holden, Missouri.  To this union have been born
two children:  Vivian, who is now a student in the Warrensburg State
Normal School; and John T., Jr., who is in the Training school of the
Warrensburg State Normal School.  The Cheatham residence is in Warrens-
burg at 414 South Holden street.  Mr. Cheatham is affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Warrensburg.  Besides his
banking interests, he supervises his various farms in the county.  The
Cheathams have all been prosperous and extensive landowners and Thomas
E. Cheatham is admirably maintaining the good name and reputation, 
established by his father many years ago in this section of Missouri.

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