Warren County NcArchives Marriages.....Greely, Horace - Cheney, Mary 1836
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Charlotte Observer - Jan 16, 1894
Horace Greely's Wife - He Was Married in This State

The Washington Post recently contained a very interesting account of Horace 
Greely's trip to North Carolina for a wife. He was married at Warrenton. A 
North Carolinian adds this reminiscense to the Post's article:

Mr. Greely married a Miss [Mary] Cheney, but it was in 1836 instead of 1842. 
Miss Cheney was a native of New Hampshire. She had never seen a negro until 
she went South, and her first sight of one caused here a severe fright. She 
lived at the home of the father of Gen. Braxton Bragg and his brother, who 
became Governor of the State and afterward United States Senator.

Old Bill Yancey referred to in the Post acted as Mr. Greeley's groomsman on 
the occasion of the wedding, and the young women of the Bragg household, the 
sisters of Gen. Bragg were the bridesmaids. 

Miss Cheney must have been an excellent school teacher, for William A. Jenkins 
was one of her pupils. He became Attorney General of the State and a 
distinguished man, and never spoke of his success without referring in 
grateful terms to the influence that Miss Cheney's personality and teachings 
had had upon his life.

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