Cheney, Silence

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• Reference Number: 36723

Silence married Eddy, George Sanger on 26 Nov 1845 in Winchester, New Hampshire. George (son of Eddy, Newbury and Adams, Betsey) was born on 9 Nov 1820 in Enfield, Massachutts; died on 8 Jan 1898 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4232

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• Reference Number: 4233

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With more than thirty thousand entries, this encyclopedia of important Americans spans the history of the nation from the first arrivals in the 17th Century through the end of the 19th Century. Rich in detail, each entry includes a short family history and a record of the important accomplishments of the individual.

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Ancestry.com. Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904 [database online]. Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997. Original data: Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Volumes I-X. Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.


Eddy, Clarence, organist, was born at Greenfield, Mass., June 23, 1851. He was educated in music from early childhood, and in 1867 was sent to Hartford, Conn., where he studied the organ under Dudley Buck for one year. He was then appointed organist at the Bethany Congregational [p.386] church, Montpelier, Vt., and remained there until 1871, when he went to Berlin, Germany, and studied piano under Loeschhorn, and organ under August Haupt. He gave recitals in the principal cities of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Holland; and on his return to America in 1876 made his home in Chicago, where he was appointed organist of the First Congregational church. In the same year he became director of the Hershey school of musical art, and in 1877 he was married to Sara, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Hershey. Miss Hershey was a well-known musician, having studied both voice and piano under the principal European teachers for many years. She was a teacher in the Pittsburg (Pa.) female college for several years, and in 1875 went to Chicago, Ill., where she rounded, with W. S. B. Matthews, the Hershey school of musical art. Mr. Eddy became organist of the First Presbyterian church, Chicago, in 1879. At the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, he gave officially two concerts daily for one week. He was also organist at the Vienna exposition in 1883, and during the Paris exposition of 1889, by invitation of the French government, he visited Paris as the representative of America and gave official recitals in the Trocadero. During the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893, he was the official organist, and gave twenty-one recitals upon the great Festival Hall organ, his programs comprising one hundred and sixty-eight standard compositions. In 1899 he was in Paris for an extended visit. He is the author of: The Church and Concert Organist; The Organ in Church and Concert; The Organ in Church; Pieces for the Organ.

Clarence married Hershey, Sarah in 1877 in USA. Sarah died in in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Annette married Conkey, William Wells on 7 Jul 1886 in Greenfield, MA. William (son of Conkey, Munroe and Wells, Maria) died on 4 Nov 1928 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 39845

Clarence married Orans, Helen V. in USA. Helen died in in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 39846