In Nashville, on the 20th of February, 1917, was celebrated the marriage of Telfair Hodgson to Miss Medora Cheatham, a daughter of General B. Frank Cheatham, who served in the Mexican and Civil wars. Her mother, Anna Bell Robertson Cheatham, was born in 1838 and was postmistress at Nashville during Cleveland's administration. Her demise occurred in 1888. Mrs. Hodgson's great-great-grandfather, General James Robertson, was the founder of Nashville. She had three brothers: Colonel B. F. Cheatham of the United States army, who was major of the First Tennessee Regiment during the Spanish-American war and served at Manila and in the Philippines. He was in the Quartermaster Corps during the World war, seeing active service at the front with the One Hundred and Fourth Infantry of the Twenty-fourth Division. He is now on the general staff of the United States army and is stationed at San Francisco, California; Patton Robertson Cheatham was a broker in Nashville, Tennessee, until his death in 1914, in his forty-fifth year; and Captain Joseph Johnston Cheatham of the United States navy. He was born in 1872 and served through the Spanish-American war. He was in charge of Mare Island navy yard during the World war and was one of fourteen men chosen for the Brazilian mission to reconstruct the Brazilian state. Mrs. Hodgson had one sister, Alice, who was born in 1880 and became the wife of Thomas H. Malone, Jr. She lived in Nashville until her death in 1906. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson one child has been born: Alice Cheatham, whose birth occurred April 29, 1919.
Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4
Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4
In Nashville, on the 20th of February, 1917, was celebrated the marriage of Telfair Hodgson to Miss Medora Cheatham, a daughter of General B. Frank Cheatham, who served in the Mexican and Civil wars. Her mother, Anna Bell Robertson Cheatham, was born in 1838 and was postmistress at Nashville during Cleveland's administration. Her demise occurred in 1888. Mrs. Hodgson's great-great-grandfather, General James Robertson, was the founder of Nashville. She had three brothers: Colonel B. F. Cheatham of the United States army, who was major of the First Tennessee Regiment during the Spanish-American war and served at Manila and in the Philippines. He was in the Quartermaster Corps during the World war, seeing active service at the front with the One Hundred and Fourth Infantry of the Twenty-fourth Division. He is now on the general staff of the United States army and is stationed at San Francisco, California; Patton Robertson Cheatham was a broker in Nashville, Tennessee, until his death in 1914, in his forty-fifth year; and Captain Joseph Johnston Cheatham of the United States navy. He was born in 1872 and served through the Spanish-American war. He was in charge of Mare Island navy yard during the World war and was one of fourteen men chosen for the Brazilian mission to reconstruct the Brazilian state. Mrs. Hodgson had one sister, Alice, who was born in 1880 and became the wife of Thomas H. Malone, Jr. She lived in Nashville until her death in 1906. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson one child has been born: Alice Cheatham, whose birth occurred April 29, 1919.
Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4
Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4
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