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(Thanks in advance, Jeff Williams at MITNWVNC(a)aol.com)
Does anyone know more about the parents, grandparents of this fairly famous
Cheek gent? We know his parents were Bruce and Linnie (Fleming?) Cheek. Per
his Bio and the census, we know that his father, Bruce Cheek was born in
Illinois, and died between summer 1894-June 1900; but I have no clue when Bruce
Cheek was born, or who his parents were. I found his son, James Bruce Cheek and
his widowed wife (Linnie) in the 1900 and 1920 census in Texas as follows:
1900 Denison, Grayson Co., Texas
Cheek, Linnie born May 1877, age 23 widow, IN-IN-OH
son, Jimmie born Feb 1895, age5, TX-IL-IN (this is James Bruce Cheek)
sister, Fleming, Jesse C., born Aug 1882, age 17, single
1920 Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas
Cheek, Linnie E. age 46, OH-OH-OH (housekeeper)
son James B. age 24, TX-IL-OH (architect)
Dallas County, Texas birth records show that James married Mary Virginia
Murphy, and had two girls, supported from his biography below:
Dallas County Births 1940
CHEEK, MARY LINDA parents: MARY VIRGINIA MURPHY - JAMES BRUCE CHEEK
Dallas County Births 1943
Cheek, Patricia parents: Mary Virginia Murphy - James B.
Cheek
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS - DEATHS 1964
Cheek, Linnie Elnora 1964-06-24 F Widowed
... Mrs. Linnie Cheek is also listed in the 1899-1900 City Directory of
Sherman/Denison, TX as "Cheek, Linnie Mrs, clk Madden Graham & Co., r 427 W.
Morton".
His biography is:
CHEEK, JAMES BRUCE (1895-1970). James Bruce Cheek, architect, was born on
February 19, 1895, in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, the only child of Bruce and
Lenni Cheek. He moved to Dallas at the age of five and spent most of his life
there. He enrolled in the University of Texas in 1913 but left to serve in the
United States Navy during World War I. After the war he did not return to
school, but began an apprenticeship with H. B. Thomson in 1918. Thomson designed
robustly scaled, eclectic houses for Dallas gentry. Cheek had a hand in many
of Thomson's best-known commissions from 1918 to 1920, particularly those along
Swiss Avenue and in Highland Park. During the apprenticeship Cheek met Marion
F. Fooshee who became his partner about 1920, when they apparently opened an
office in Wichita Falls. By 1925 they had returned to Dallas and established a
small practice at 1901½ Harwood Street, now the site of the Dallas Museum of
Art They worked independently on small commissions but collaborated on larger
work. Cheek designed numerous houses, mostly in Dallas, but also in Corsicana,
Terrell, Tyler, and Wichita Falls. Always eclectic, much of his work was
characterized by rich, well-crafted Spanish designs.
Fooshee and Cheek's nonresidential work included shopping centers, motels,
gas stations, and participation in several buildings at Fair Park including the
Hall of State the Aquarium, and the United States Federal Exhibits Building.
While the exact nature of Cheek's participation in many of the firm's projects
is unclear (with the exception of the Federal Exhibits Building, where he is
individually credited as the associate architect), he was the primary creative
force behind Highland Park Village (1929) in Highland Park, the first
self-contained shopping center in the United States. Cheek and the developer, Hugh
Prather, made trips to southern California, South Texas, and the 1929 World
Exposition in Barcelona to study Spanish architecture. This, combined with the
knowledge gained from studying and visiting Country Club Plaza in Kansas City,
made both men unusually well prepared to invent a new building type, which
received national attention when designed. Cheek was also a talented watercolorist
and studied under the Dallas painter Charles Frank Reaugh. He was a childhood
friend of muralist Reveau Bassett, whom he commissioned to work on several
buildings, including the Highland Park Village Theater. During World War II when
private construction was halted, Cheek obtained appointment as architectural
supervisor for the Federal Housing Administration. His area of responsibility
encompassed Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. He was a
member and served as president of the Idlewild Club and was also a member of the
Terpsichorean Club. In 1939, Cheek married Mary V. (Pat) Murphy. They had two
daughters. He was a member of Highland Park Presbyterian Church and the American
Institute of Architects. He practiced until the mid-1960s and died in Dallas
on March 30, 1970. During the last twenty years of his life he designed many
private vaults at Hillcrest Mausoleum. He is buried on its grounds in Hillcrest
Memorial Park.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Architectural Record, September 1931. Dallas Morning News,
April 1, 1970. Duncan T. Fulton III, "Fooshee and Cheek," Texas Architect,
November-December 1989. Anita Towes, "Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture in
Dallas: The Work of Fooshee and Cheek," Perspective 13 (1984). - Duncan T. Fulton
III
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CHEEK, MAURINE Maurine Cheek died April 3, 2004 at her home in San Diego. Born Maurine Sabens, January 22, 1916, in Kearney, Mo., she lived in San Diego for nearly 60 years. She was a homemaker and was married for 59 years to Regnald C. Cheek, who preceded her in death in 1994. She is survived by her four children, Anita Cheek Milner, Maurice Reid Cheek, Millard Dwain Cheek, Glenn Dean Cheek, and daughter-in-law Suzan Cheek. She is also survived by four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She is loved and will be missed. A Funeral service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Friday, April 9, at Greenwood Mortuary, with grandson-in-law Eddie Proffitt officiating and other family members participating. Burial will follow immediately after the service. Greenwood Mortuary is handling arrangements. Visitation is scheduled for family members at 4 p.m. and the public from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 8. The family suggests donations to San Diego Hospice. Please sign the guest book at obitu!
aries.uniontrib.com
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 4/7/2004.
I have the following on this group, which will appear in a new book (The
Cheek Family Chronicles). I would love to be add a photo of him if you have one;
- Jeff Williams
http://thepilgrimpresss.homestead.com/CheekFamilyChronicles.html
432. George Whitfield "Whit"8 CHEEK (John Vines7, William Freeman6,
William Martin5, James4, Richard3, John2 CHEEKE, Anthony1) was born in Franklin
County, Georgia, August 19, 1847. George died July 16, 1908 in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, at 60 years of age. He married Rachel Amanda WILBANKS in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, 1869. Rachel was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia November
18, 1841. Rachel died April 28, 1903 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, at 61 years
of age.
George Whitfield "Whit" CHEEK and Rachel Amanda WILBANKS had the
following children:
855 i. Mary Jane9 CHEEK was born in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, April 23, 1865. Mary died February 02, 1911 in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, at 45 years of age.
+ 856 ii. Jesse A. CHEEK was born May 1870.
857 iii. Martha L. "Mattie" CHEEK was born in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, May 02, 1871. Martha died March 05, 1907 in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, at 35 years of age.
+ 858 iv. John Samuel Sr. CHEEK was born est. 1873.
859 v. Thomas H. CHEEK was born in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, September 11, 1875. Thomas died February 22, 1917 in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, at 41 years of age.
860 vi. Sarah Tallulah "Lula" CHEEK was born in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, February 12, 1878. Sarah died July 19, 1905 in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, at 27 years of age. She married Joe L. WALLACE in Gwinnett
County, Georgia, December 19, 1897. Joe was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia est.
1874.
861 vii. James Emory CHEEK was born in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, June 15, 1884. James died August 14, 1912 in Gwinnett County, Georgia,
at 28 years of age.
862 viii. Henry D. CHEEK was born in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, June 15, 1884. Henry died April 29, 1903 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, at
18 years of age.
863 ix. Ora CHEEK was born in
Gwinnett County, Georgia, est. 1886.
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Would like to contact descendents of General (or George) Whitfield Cheek b:August 1847 GA who married Rachel Wilbanks (Cain) b: Nov. 1841 GA. They lived in Gwinnett Co, GA.
Rachel Wilbanks was previously married to James J. Cain who died during the Civil War at Bean Station, TN.
Rachel Wilbanks & James J. Cain had one child named
Rebecca Jane Cain who married John Kyle Willingham.
Rebecca Jane Cain Willingham was my Gr-grandmother & Rachel Wilbanks Cain- Cheek would have been my GGGrandmother.
We are trying to find some of Rachel & General Whitfield Cheek's Descendents to share photo's & other pertinent info with.
The known children of Rachel Wilbanks Cain & General (or George) Whitfield Cheek are:
1) JESSE A. CHEEK b: May 1870 Gwinnett Co, GA d: Dec. 03, 1937 Gwinnett Co, GA. He married Adel E. Hayes December 24, 1893 in Gwinnett Co, GA.
They had at least three children=
i. Luther "GRADY" Cheek b: May 01, 1897 Gwinnett Co, GA
d: March 1971 Gwinnett Co, GA
ii. Lester Cheek b: Nov 3, 1898 Gwinnett Co, GA d: July 09, 1927 Gwinnett Co, GA.
iii. Samuel R. Cheek b: 1905 Gwinnett Co, GA d: Jan 04, 1956 Gwinnett Co, GA.
2) MARTHA L. "Mattie" Cheek b: May 02, 1871 Gwinnett Co, GA d: March 05, 1907 Gwinnett Co, GA. married ISAAC BART JOHNSON in 1889 Gwinnett Co, GA.
Their known children=
i. Collin H. Johnson b: August 1891 Gwinnett Co, GA
ii. Nona T. Johnson b: April 1893 Gwinnett Co, GA.
3) JOHN S. CHEEK b:May 1873 Gwinnett Co, GA married Cora J.H. in 1898 Gwinnett Co, GA.
4) THOMAS H. CHEEK b:1876 Gwinnett Co, GA. d: Feb. 22, 1917 married FLORENCE ? in 1898 Gwinnett Co, GA.
Their known child:
i. FULTON CHEEK b: April 1899
5) SARAH TALLULAH CHEEK b: Feb. 12, 1878 Gwinnett Co, GA d: July 19, 1905 Gwinnett Co, GA married JOE L. WALLACE on Dec. 19, 1897 Gwinnett Co, GA.
6) HENRY D. CHEEK b: June 15, 1884 Gwinnett Co, GA d: April 29, 1903 Gwinnett Co, GA.
Henry D. was a "Twin" to=
7) JAMES EMORY CHEEK b: June 15, 1884 Gwinnett Co, GA d: August 14, 1912 Gwinnett Co, GA.
(Twin to Henry D.)
8) ORA CHEEK b: 1886 Gwinnett Co, GA d: bef: 1900 Gwinnett Co, GA.
9) Unknown Cheek