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Silas L. Cheney

Silas L. Cheney was born January 11, 1893 in Huntington, Utah. He was the son of David and Lodema Hutchings Cheney. He married Klara Young on June 22, 1917 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was active in the LDS Church, serving a mission to Germany before World War I and finishing in the Eastern States Mission when war broke out. He was also a veteran of World War I. He taught school in St. John's, Arizona, Castle Dale, Utah, and Davis High School, Granite High School. He was a seminary principal in Magna, Ephraim, and Kamas High Schools. He wrote books the the LDS Department of Education. Cheney died on March 22, 1971 at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
LDS
Active LDS. Was published in an LDS work and wrote books for the L.D.S Department of Eduction.
January 11, 1893
Huntington, Utah
March 22, 1971
Germany; Eastern States
Male
Author
English

3 Works by Silas L. Cheney

Title Role Year Genre
Santa Claus by Adoption Author 1930 Fiction
Bobbie Miller, Flapper Author 1924 Fiction
A Change of Heart Author 1926 Fiction
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