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HEIRS TO ESTATE of JOSEPH CHEESMAN
By David R. Cheesman
When Joseph G. Cheesman (6th Generation American) passed away in 1886 West
Point, Indiana, he left each of his surviving sons many valuable heirlooms,
real estate and a considerable sum of money.
His son Richard J. Cheesman (1853-1933) usd his money to buy real estate in
Nebraska and Indiana, and became well-to-do.
Richard had one child, a son, whom he named Roy Cheesman (1883-1922), and
Roy had one child whom he named Roy Richard Cheesman who was born in 1918,
West Point, Indiana. After Richard's wife (Harriet Cuppy, 1860-1919) died,
he decided to put some money in trust for his young Grandson Roy, who was
always fasinated with aviation, and met aviation pioneer Roscoe Turner at
Purdue University in west Lafayette, Indiana.
Admiring Roy's zest for aviation and mechanics, Roscoe Turner hired him as a
research mechanic at the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corporation.
Roy then entered the U.S. Army Air Force in March of 1942, and was made a
pilot instructor at Clovis and Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Roy was anxious to do his share to bring World War II to an end and became a
B-24 Bomber pilot and flew twelve bombing missions on Hitler's factories and
war producions. Lt. Roy Richard Cheesman, USAF, was shot down by the Nazi's
over Austria during his thirteenth mission.
His remains was identified, and he was eventually buried at the Cheesman
burial grounds of West Point Cemetery in West Point, Indiana.
Since Roy Richard Cheesman died without heirs, the trust established for him
would therefore go to his parents, but his father was long dead and his
mother passed away having never remarried, and his grandparents were long
gone. Therefore the trust goes to Richard's father, Joseph G. Cheesman
(1814-1886). Since Joseph G. Cheesman (1814-1886) had passed away long
ago, the money goes to his heirs, namely: Peter T. Cheesman (1838-79);
George Washington Cheesman (1841-1924); Jacob Price Cheesman (1843-1928);
Thomas Jefferson Cheesman (1846-1911); Benjamin Franklin Cheesman
(1851-1931); and Douglas G. Cheesman (1861-1946). Two other sons od Joseph
G. and Phebe (Clark-Besser) Cheesman, named Joseph (1848-83) and James
(1859-62) never reached maturity, and son George Washington Cheesman
(1841-1924) never married nor had children.
Since all of Joseph G. Cheesman's sons and grandchildren are dead, the trust
is passed on to the first line of living descendants.
The amount of money in trust is undertermined at this time, and cannot be
revealed until descending heirs are accounted for and proven.
IF the reader believes he or she is or might be a descendant of Joseph G.
Cheesman (1814-1886), please mail a pedigree chart and family group sheet to
me at: DAVID R. CHEESMAN, PO BOX 36, RENSSELAER, INDIANA 47978 USA.
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