Colonel Timothy Matlack Cheesman, MD
Grandnephew of propositus Jacob Cheesman. Born in New York, NY on 27 Oct 1824 and died in Ridgefield, CT on 8 Jul 1888. Served as Surgeon in the 7th Regiment NY National Guard in 1853. Mustered into US service Apr 1861. Surgeon with rank of Colonel on the Staff First Division of the New York National Guard in the Civil War and until 1874. MD Degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City 1859. Married Maria Louisa Smith on 8 Jun 1848. [Sources: PFAH; ; (98); (C); www.anthonymaitland.com. Pic: Painting owned by the Museum of the City of New York.]
Mr. Cheesman was the grandnephew of Jacob Cheesman.