Background
His father was one of seven early settlers from Virginia who moved to Robertson County, Tennessee.
His father was one of seven early settlers from Virginia who moved to Robertson County, Tennessee.
Cheatham (c 1838-1876) was an American politician from Tennessee. Another brother, Doctor William Archer Cheatham (1820-1900), became the third husband of Adelicia Acklen (1817–1887), who owned the Belmont Mansion in Nashville. Cheatham served in the Tennessee House of Representatives in the nineteenth century.
Cheatham died at his residence in Springfield, Tennessee on July 19, 1876.
He was thirty-eight years old.