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174 and Lake Forest Coll., A.B. (classical course); m. June 19, 1890, Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor; children: Adelaide, Wayne, Otis, Robert. Founded the Rose Bindery, which continued a successful business for eight years. Has contributed articles on bookbinding, golf, sewing, etc., to various magazines. Vice-pres. Friday Club, and mem. Fortnightly Club (both of Chicago); vice-pres. North Side Branch of Illinois Woman Suffrage League, Chicago. Presbyterian. Recreation: Golf (Western Women's golf champion, 1898).

CHEATHAM, Mary Warren Denman (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham), 1522 Hastings St., Honolulu, H.T.

Born San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 8, 1879; dau. James and Helen (Jordan) Denman; ed. San Francisco; m. San Francisco, Dec. 7, 1901, Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (U.S. Army); children: Benjamin Franklin, b. July 27, 1903; William Denman, b. Jan. 31, 1905; Helen Virginia Cheatham, b. Oct 22, 1911. Unitarian.

CHEESMAN, Helen M. King (Mrs. James Earle Cheesman), 477 Vose Av., South Orange, N.J.

Born Fort Edward, N.Y., April 2, 1863; dau. Joseph E. King, D.D., and Melissa (Bayley) King; ed. Island Grove School; Fort Edward Collegiate Inst.; Coll. for Women of the Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland; m. Fort Edward, N.Y., Dec. 3, 1891, James Earle Cheesman; children: Ruth Helen, b. June 21, 1893; John King, b. Mar. 29, 1896. Preceptress of Fort Edward Inst., 1888-91. Pres. Travelers' Club, East Orange, 1904-06; pres. Home and School Ass'n of South Orange, 1910-11; vice-pres. of Arts and Crafts of N.J., 1910-11; now pres. Woman's Club of Orange; chairman of Playground Com. of Home and School League, Orange, 1910; sec. Orange Valley Social Settlement, 1908-12. Presbyterian. Mem. Exec. Com. Conference of Charities and Corrections, N.J.; charter mem. Ethan Allen Chapter D.A.R. ; pres. Fort Edward Alumni Ass'n, N.J. Com. of North Am. Civic League for Immigrants. Mem. Orange Musical Art Soc, Mosaic Club, Quartette Club. Especially interested in educational and welfare work for children; chairman of Child Welfare Exhibit held in East Orange, March, 1912. Against woman suffrage.

CHEEVER, Louisa Sewall, Chapin House, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Associate prof.; b. Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1868; dau. Rev. Henry T. Cheever, D.D., and Jane (Tyler) Cheever; ed. Smith Coll. A.B., Columbia Univ. A.M. Teacher at Smith Coll., dep't of English language and literature, since 1900; asso. prof. 1909-. Congregationalism Mem. Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, New England Ass'n of Schools and Colleges, New England Ass'n of Teachers of English; Am. Geographical Soc, Am Modern Language Ass'n, Consumers' League, Nat. Playground Ass'n; Nat. Child Labor Com. Mem. Woman's University Club (N.Y.), College Club (Boston), Lyceum Club (London), Phi Beta Kappa Soc.

CHENAULT, Sarah Gibson Humphreys (Mrs. Christopher D. Chenault), 461 N. Limestone St.. Lexington, Ky.

Born "Sumner's Forest," Ky., Mar. 21, 1858; dau. Joseph Alexander and Sarah T. (Gibson) Humphreys (niece of late Senator Randal Lee Gibson of Louisiana); ed. in private schools in Lexington, Ky.; Boston, Mass., and three years with a tutor; m. Versailles, Ky., Mar. 30, 1892, Christopher D. Chenault; children: Sarah Gibson, Lucy Humphreys. Active farmer and homemaker. Favors woman suffrage; in 1896 was one of the vice-presidents of the Equal Rights Ass'n of Ky. (still mem.). Contributor of short stories and articles to local papers and writer of plays for home talent. Episcopalian. Chapter regent of D.A.R. for ten years; State regent for three years; twice pres. of Lexington and Richmond (Ky.) Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy; State treas. for two years United Daughters of Confederacy; mem. Colonial Dames, Associated Charities, etc. Mem. Woman's Club of Central Kentucky.

CHENEY, Emma Smith Peters (Mrs. George F. Cheney), St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Born Roxbury, Vt, Mar. 31, 1863; dau. Austin Amasa and Betsie Anne (Loomis) Smith; grad. Randolph High School, '82; Wellesley Coll., '87; m. (1st) Randolph, Vt., July 19, 1887, Rev. W. F. Peters; (2d) Randolph, Vt., Dec. 25, 1897, Dr. George F. Cheney; one daughter: Hortense Peters. Pres. Woman's Ass'n of North Congregational Church. Especially interested in Home Mission work. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationaiist. Progressive. Mem. St. Johnsbury Woman's Club; ex-pres. St. Johnsbury Woman's Club, 1905-06.

CHENEY, Irma Genette Port, St. Mark's Rectory, Southboro, Mass.

Lecturer; b. Chenango Forks, N.Y., Dec. 29, 1865; dau. Jesse and Mercy (Heath) Port; grad. State Normal School, Cortland, N.Y., '87; Smith Coll., A.B. '93; grad. work at Wellesley Coll.; m. Chenango Forks, N.Y., Sept 25, 1901, Rev. Robert Francis Cheney. Taught Latin and Greek in Jamaica (N.Y.) State Normal School four years before marriage. Mem. Woman's Club (Southboro, Mass.), branch sec. of Girls' Friendly Soc. of St. Mark's Church, Southboro, Mass.; pres. St. Mark's Girls' Auxiliary; mem. of St. Agnes' Guild. Lecturer before women's clubs on literary themes, also on travel talks, Episcopalian. Recreations: Golf, cards (occasionally), reading, entertainments.

CHENEY, Mary E. (Mrs. Lorenzo L. Cheney), 34 Lindsey St., Dorchester Centre Station, Boston, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., January, 1845; dau. John N. and Eliza A. (Davis) Kelly; ed. public schools of Boston, Ipswich Female Sem. and private school under charge of Mr. Francis Williams; m. Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1869, Lorenzo L. Cheney. Identified with religious, philanthropic and reform work since 1880, holds several offices in Mass. W.C.T.U., having been ass't rec. sec. for 26 years and sup't of the nat. and State papers 30 years; vice-pres-at-large of Suffolk County W.C.T.U.; pres. Ladies' Benevolent Circle and vice-pres. Missionary Soc. of her church. Favors woman suffrage; active in school suffrage campaigns; was candidate for the school board and polled 2,600 votes, though defeated. Baptist. Mem. Frances E. Willard Settlement, Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Soc, Woman's Foreign Baptist Mission Soc. Recreations: Reading, lectures and social affairs.

CHENOWETH, Caroline Van Deusen (Mrs. Bernard P, Chenoweth), 941 Main St., Worcester, Mass.; summer, Leicester, Mass.

Writer; b. near Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29, 1846; dau. Charles and Mary (Huntington) Van Deusen; ed. collegiate (degree A.M.); m. Col. Bernard Peel Chenoweth (deceased); children: Ernest Bernard (deceased), Arthur Peel, Laura Cromwell (deceased). Her husband, who was U.S. Consul at Canton, China, died there, and she was recognized as vice-consul by the home and Chinese governments, settling the affairs of the consulate. Prof. English literature, Smith Coll., 1883-84; lecturer on English history and literature. Active in D.A.R., of which has founded three local chapters and served as regent, and for two years was historian of the Mass. dep't. Author: Stories of the Saints; Child Life in China; School History of Worcester; An Undistinguished Citizen; History of the Second Church in Leicester, Mass. Associate editor for 16 years, Medico-Legal Journal, N.Y. City; contributor to reviews and magazines. Mem. Boston Authors' Club, Authors' Health League.

CHENOWETH, Catherine Richardson (Mrs. Alexander Crawford Chenoweth), 42 East 28th St., N.Y.

Born in N.Y. City; dau. late Hon. Fernando Wood (Mayor of N.Y. City and mem. Congress), and Ann (Richardson) Wood; ed. N.Y. City at Miss Rostan's French School; m. St. Thomas Church, N.Y., April 19, 1876, Alexander Crawford Chenoweth; one son: Alexander Fernando Wood Chenoweth. Mem. and founder Soc. Daughters of Holland Dames (descendants of the ancient and honorable families of the New