Cemetery RecordChanhassen Pioneer Cemetery
Lot 28.8
Grave Status Occupied
Update Date 7/2/2013
Place of Birth Alexandria, Jefferson County, New York
Mace of Death Chanhassen, Minnesota
Age 50
Status Married
r4other Nancy Ball
Father Abner Cheeseman
ChHdren See note in comments section.
Occupation Methodist Minister, farmer and stone mason.
H/11illitarf-y' status
Baptized
Purchaser Information
Purchased By Rufus Cheeseman
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Spouse Information
Name Mary Emma (Fitch) Cheeseman
Address Born about 1831 in New York/Died 1880 in MN
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Occupant Information
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Rufus Cheeseman
Sex
Male
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Date of Birth
9/30/1822
Date of Death
10/10/1872
Mterment Date
Cause- of Death
Typhoid Fever (CCDR)
Place of Birth Alexandria, Jefferson County, New York
Mace of Death Chanhassen, Minnesota
Age 50
Status Married
r4other Nancy Ball
Father Abner Cheeseman
ChHdren See note in comments section.
Occupation Methodist Minister, farmer and stone mason.
H/11illitarf-y' status
Baptized
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Purchased By Rufus Cheeseman
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Name Mary Emma (Fitch) Cheeseman
Address Born about 1831 in New York/Died 1880 in MN
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Lot 28.8 Update Date 7/2/2013
Name Rufus Cheeseman
Comments/History Rufus was a Methodist Minister, farmer and stone mason. Rufus rented the farm
of Arba Cleaveland after Arba's death in 1860. Rufus purchased the Cleaveland
farm on 10/11/1865. On 10/17/1872, a Mary Cheeseman purchased land in
Section 21 from George Powers. She is possibly the wife of Rufus. The grave
marker was broken and has been replaced.
Mary Emma Cheeseman remarried George Townsend.
Children:
Mary Emma (1854-1897); Hattie; Ida (Born 1851); Rollin Deportal (Born 9-27-1856/ Died
10-6-1928 in Los Angeles in CA, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA); Carrie
C. (Born 8-9-1859/Died 11-14-1884 in Los Angeles, CA) Nellie
(Born 1-30-1870); Elizabeth; Charles H (Born 1861); Clinton (1865-1871); Louis
(1862-1893); Rufus Jr. (1870-1871)