West Virginia Pioneers
William Alexander Chancey
1834 - 1872 (37 years)-
Name William Alexander Chancey Born 11 Dec 1834 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 26 Oct 1872 Roane County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Roane Co deaths
William A Chancy 37y 10m15d? 10/26/1872
born Jackson Co, informant Mary Chancy
Person ID I5033 WVPioneers Last Modified 27 Feb 2009
Father Hiram Chancey, b. 1794, New York, USA , d. 1865, Roane County, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years) Mother Isabella Meadows, b. 1795, Virginia, USA , d. 1867, Roane County, West Virginia, USA (Age 72 years) Notes
I don't find him in Wood co or anywhere else in 1820.
1830 Wood, VA
Hiram chancy
2m 0-5 [Andrew, Hiram]
2m 5-10 [Calvary, Roswell]
1m 10-15 [James]
1m 30-40
1f 0-5 [Elvira]
1f 5-10 [Martha]
1f 30-40
1840 Jackson, VA
Hyram Chancy
1m 0-5 [William]
2m 5-10 [Jackson, Nehemiah]
1m 10-15 [Andrew]
2m 15-20 [Calvary, Roswell]
1m 40-50
1f 0-5 [??]
1f 5-10 [Irena]
2f 10-15 [Elvira, Elizabeth?]
1f 15-20 [Martha]
1f 40-50
1850 Wirt Co # 93
Hiram Chancey, 56 VA
Isabel 57 Va
Roswell 26
Andrew 23
Jackson J 30
Nehemiah 17
Irene 15
William A 12
1860 Roane, VA #668
Hiram Chancey 60 NY
Isabel 64 VA
Isabel Westfall 8 Va [Martha's dau]
Elias Snyder 14 VA
History of Roane County, Bishop
Hiram and Elvira Chancey, young husband and wife, settled on Middle Fork of Reedy about the year 1820. Died, she about 1854, he 1858.
From recollections or remarks made by their children, they came from New England or Pennsylvania by way of Marietta and Ravenswood on the Ohio river.
He was a steadfast Wesleyan in religious notions and a preacher of that creed.
They came with a title or at once acquired a title to a tract of three or four hundred acres of forest land adjoining Willis Burdette and William Roache's lands on the Middle Fork of Reedy; they visited and kept up acquaintance with people of Ravenswood and upper Mill Creek countried of Jackson County. He was a man of an education a little better than the average pioneer, and was influential there for forty years.
[It goes on to list children and their families. There are obvious errors, including the dates of death. Was his wife Elvira or Isabella? They had a daughter named Elvira but census shows the wife was Isaballa]
Family ID F3459 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah 'Sally' Ann Rhodes, b. Abt 1839, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 6 Oct 1856 [1, 3] Notes
RCMR:
W Alex, 19, Jackson, Hiram & Phebe
Sarah Ann, Jackson, Samuel & Patsy
10/9/1856
1860 Roane, VA #675 all born VA
Wm A chancey 22
Sarah A 22
Lela C 3
Cordelia J 4/12
1870 Reedy, Roane, WV #6 all WV [indexed as Chaney]
Chancy, Alex'r 27 June
Sarah A 27 Oct
Lela C 12 Aug
Cordelia J 9 Feb
M E f Oct
Hiram Mc 4 Aug
Mary E 2 May
1880 Census Place: Reedy, Roane, West Virginia
L. M. EAGLE Self M M W 30 WV
Lea C. EAGLE Wife F M W 22 WV
Alla G. EAGLE Dau F S W 2 WV
Phymetia N. EAGLE Dau F S W 7M WV
W. E. CHANEY BroL M S W 9 WV
Cordelia CHANEY SisterL F S W 20 WV
1880 Reedy, Roane, WV # 193-196
Graham, Joseph R 26 OH Pa PA
Margarett E 19 WVWVWV
Eizie M 3/12 da WV OH WV
Chancy Mary E 11 house keeping WVWVWV
Sue Moore:
a Leilia Cora Chaney 1857 Roane co. Va. md 2/26/1877 Leroy M. Eagle and moved to Parkersburg, WV
b Cordelia Jane Chaney 1860 Roane co. Va.
c Martha Chaney
d dau.
Children 1. Cora Lelia Chancey, b. 16 Aug 1857, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown2. Cordelia Jane Chancey, b. 16 Feb 1860, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Martha Elizabeth Chancey, b. 8 Oct 1863, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. 22 Sep 1915, Wood County, West Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)4. Hiram McClellan "Max" Chancey, b. 14 Aug 1866, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Mary Eliza Chancey, b. 12 May 1868, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown6. William Emery Chancey, b. 2 Nov 1870, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1709 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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