Cheek is an old North Carolina name, possible down east of Raleigh. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Norman H. Ricker, Jr. <normhr@ij.net> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 1:18 AM Subject: [TXGALVES] Help Please with John Flattery > Can someone give me a hand finding information about John Flattery? Below > is all I have at the present time. I have reason to believe that he raised > my Grandmother, Elizabeth Cheek, and her two brothers, James R. Cheek and > William M. Cheek. > > These children were enumerated in the 1880 White County TN Census with > their mother Sarah Moss Cheek, Widow; they were age 8, 13 and respectively. > Sarah moved with the children to Denison TX after the 1880 Census and died > in Denison on 8 Jun 1881. She may have moved to TX due to illness and died > within a year. Who raised the children? The foster father must have died, > because the foster mother remarried to a Flattery in mid 1880s. The just > turned adult children are found in the Galveston City Directory: 1886/1887 > James R. Cheek, 1893/1894 Elizabeth Cheek is residing with James R as "Miss > Sadie" Cheek. Elizabeth (AKA Lizzie) went to a Catholic High School, so it > is assumed that Mr. Flattery was Catholic. From this point I pretty well > have all the information on Elizabeth (except where she went to HS) and > James R. Cheek; nothing at all on their brother William M. Cheek. > > I sure would like a City Directory look-up on John Flattery; when did he > appear first and last; wife's name when first entered the directory and > wife's name when last in the directory. > > Thanks for any help you can give. Norm Ricker > Here is what I have at present on John Flattery: > > BIOGRAPHY: Residence in Galveston TX; came to Texas in 1867. "Register of > Veterans of All Wars". Bertha Ellen. > > BIRTH: b 1839 Ireland. "Register of Veterans of All Wars". Bertha Ellen. > > MARRIAGE: John Edward Flattery married Mary Agnes James. LDS Web Site, > Source information: LDS Microfilm #2034514. > > MARRIAGE: John Flattery married Mary A James on 25 May 1874, recorded in > Travis, Travis County TX, Source: FHL #978165, Dates: 1873 - 1883. LDS > CD-ROM, Index to North America. > > MILITARY: #328 John Flattery, Sgt, Confederate, Company G, 4th Texas > Cavalry, Major Roundbrook. "Register of Veterans of All Wars" 1839 > Galveston Semi - Centennial 1889; Extracted from the Grover Scrapbook, Book > published by George Washington Chapter/DAR Galveston, TX. Bertha Ellen. > > >