Cheney Cemetery Association

We want to know about the important events in your family to add to the Family Tree—births, weddings, deaths. And we want to know about members’ accomplishments—from publishing milestones and art exhibits to winning a marathon, awards for volunteering or establishing a business.

For instance, our cousin Phebe Thorne’s new memoir and cookbook The Uplands: A Great Camp in the Adirondacks explores life in Keene Valley, NY, enjoyed by many members of the Cheney family. What’s your news?

Please send details to Carol Cheney at info@cheneyancestry.org

The Cheney Family Fund

The Cheney Family Fund annually makes gifts to seven different organizations in Manchester and Hartford. The Connecticut Historical Society devoted a full page in a recent magazine Making History to the Cheney Cemetery Association, which manages the fund with the … read more

Cheney—One of a Kind

On display at your local dealer, the Reo Flying Cloud of the Month sporting bespoke Cheney Brothers upholstery fabric (in the ‘20s and ‘30s).

Peter Heller, a Star Cheney Author

Peter Heller is a longtime contributor to NPR, and a former contributing editor at Outside Magazine, Men’s Journal, and National Geographic Adventure. He is an award winning adventure writer and the author of four books of literary nonfiction. He lives … read more

Open House at the Cheney Homestead

Sunday, February 12 from 1 to 4 pm at 106 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT. The 1785 homestead was donated to the Manchester Historical Society by the Cheney Family in 1968 for use as a house museum. It features two new … read more