James Chancey

1817 - 1875  (58 years)

• Name	James Chancey
  Born	5 Aug 1817	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Aug 1875	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I2242	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2014

  
  

  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	Mary "Polly" Staats,   b. 14 Mar 1814, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. 14 Mar 1893, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1837	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  Notes	JCMR James Chancy Mary Staats 4/27/1837 1840 Jackson, VA 1m 0-5 1m 20-30 1f 0-5 1f 20-30 1850 Jackson, VA pg 49, # 358-362 Chancey James 35 M Farmer Va Chancey Polly 36 F Va Chancey Riley 14 M Va Chancey Caroline 12 F Va Chancey Anne E 8 F Va Chancey John 6 M Va Chancey Rozzle 4 M Va Chancey Isaac 2 M Va 1860 Jackson, VA pg 111, #1034-972 James, 43 Mary 45 Caroline, 20 Ann E, 18 John 17 Roswell, 13 Isaac S 9 Hiram 7 James Jr 3 1870 Mill Creek Dist , Jackson, WV# 313 James Sr, 52 Mary 53 John J, 25 Ann Elizabeth, 27 James Jr, 14 Roswell, 22 Martha 8 1870 Isaac is living with William 1880 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia all born WV WV WV Chancy, John 30 Emaly 27 Leanza 5 da William T 3 son Almeda G 3/12 Mar da Mary 65 mother Ann E 38 sis James 21 bro Buried Mt Calvary, Cedar Lakes Drive, Jackson Co, WV
  Children	1. William Riley Chancey,   b. Abt 1836, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Caroline Chancey,   b. 9 Feb 1840, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1902, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 62 years)   3. Anne Elizabeth Chancey,   b. Abt 1841, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1881, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 40 years)   4. John J Chancey,   b. 11 May 1844, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 1932  (Age 87 years)   5. Hiram Chancey,   b. Mar 1845, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Roswell Chancey,   b. Abt 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Isaac S Chancey,   b. 1848, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1931, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 83 years)   8. Letha Chancey,   b. 22 Jan 1854,   d. 5 Jan 1857, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 2 years)   9. James Chancey,   b. 1858, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1917  (Age 59 years)   10. Martha L Chancey,   b. 9 Oct 1862, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1932, Wood County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1, p 83. [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1. [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S384] Don Norman. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.