This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cheney, Copus, Neely, Neeley, Snodgrass, Carder, Carter, Dobbins, Alford, Eaton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xcx.2ACIB/1848.1.1 Message Board Post: I have Rebecca's obituary & everything I know about her is from that & in my previous messaage. William's family was from Massachuetts. His grandfather & grandfather's brothers received bounty land for their Revolutionary War service. The bounty land was in Union & Champaign Counties, Ohio. William's father, was, for some reason, in Harrison County, Virginia for awhile and William was born while the family ws there but lived most of his life in Ohio. Apparently, William & Rebecca lived or visited Illinois for awhile. William had relatives there. I know that they were in Illinois because their son, Francis Owen Cheney, who was my great grandfather was born in Cheney's Grove, Illinois. Thanks for your quick reply.