Biography

11/27/1770 - 12/21/1863


CHEYNEY, William, a Representative from Delaware County; born, November 27, 1770 in Thornton, Delaware County, Pa.; engaged, retail business; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1812-1813, 1813-1814, 1814-1815, 1816-1817, 1817-1818, 1818-1819 and 1821-1822 terms; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Cheyney (1828-1859); died, December 21, 1863 in Cheyney, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Concord Friends Cemetery, Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 


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