This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClendon, Cheatham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CFC.2ACI/1010 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Melvin I Cheatham. He might be my husbands greatgrandfather. Need to find out if he had a son my the name of Van Doran Cheatham-B. 1885. Melvin was born in Miss.- 1849. Father of Melvin I Cheatham maybe James Alexander Cheatham.. Mother- Tammer McClendon. I found him in the 1860 census with Joel McClendon and in 1880 census living alone. 1860 census in Chickasaw, Ms. 1880 census in Grenda, Ms.