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==Background==

==Background==

Cheves was the son of Thomas Taylor Cheves (1862-1941), a native of Bibb County near Macon, [[Georgia]]], and the former Miranda Hall (1868-1953). It is unclear where he was born. He had an older brother Joseph Bruce Cheves (1894-1965) of Natchitoches, and three sisters, Stella M. Cheves (1898-1986) of Natchitoches, Gem Vera Nash (1906-1988) of Many in Sabine Parish, and Billie Cloyce Cheves Cappel (1923-1978), the wife of the late Malcolm Nugent Cappel, Sr.; the Cappels are interred in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>

Cheves was the son of Thomas Taylor Cheves (1862–1941), a native of Bibb County near Macon, [[Georgia]], and the former Miranda Hall (1868–1953). It is unclear where he was born. He had an older brother Joseph Bruce Cheves (1894–1965) of Natchitoches, and three sisters, Stella M. Cheves (1898–1986) of Natchitoches, Gem Vera Nash (1906–1988) of Many in Sabine Parish, and Billie Cloyce Cheves Cappel (1923–1978), the wife of the late Malcolm Nugent Cappel Sr.; the Cappels are interred in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>

Cheves graduated c. 1919 from Natchitoches High School, known since [[Segregation|desegregation]] as Natchitoches Central High School.  He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches<ref name=obit/> and [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], respectively. For his master's thesis he wrote in 1936 a [[biography]] of [[James B. Aswell]], entitled ''The educational and political career of James Benjamin Aswell, who represented Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded, from 1913 to 1931, was Louisiana superintendent of education from 1904 to 1908, and was also a president of both NSU and [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-cheves,%20monnie%20t$1902/|title=Cheeves, Monnie T. (1902-1988)|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

Cheves graduated c. 1919 from Natchitoches High School, known since [[Segregation|desegregation]] as Natchitoches Central High School.  He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches<ref name=obit/> and [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], respectively. For his master's thesis he wrote in 1936 a [[biography]] of [[James B. Aswell]], entitled ''The educational and political career of James Benjamin Aswell, who represented Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded, from 1913 to 1931, was Louisiana superintendent of education from 1904 to 1908, and was also a president of both NSU and [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-cheves,%20monnie%20t$1902/|title=Cheeves, Monnie T. (1902-1988)|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

==Death==

==Death==

Cheves died in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of eighty-six, where he resided after his retirement from Samford University. He is interred along with his parents and brother at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64816737|title=Monnie T. Cheves|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was married to Kathryne Jones Cheves (1924-2013) and had a stepson, John McLemore Dozier, Jr. (born c. 1951), from his wife's first marriage to John Dozier, Sr. Kathryne is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Hoover, Alabama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classcreator.com/Montgomery-AL-Sidney-Lanier-1910-2010/class_profile.cfm?member_id=3182440|title=Kathryne Jones (Cheves)|publisher=classcreator.com|accessdate=November 3, 2020}}</ref>

Cheves died in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of eighty-six, where he resided after his retirement from Samford University. He is interred along with his parents and brother at Fern Park Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64816737|title=Monnie T. Cheves|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was married to Kathryne Jones Cheves (1924–2013) and had a stepson, John McLemore Dozier Jr. (born c. 1951), from his wife's first marriage to John Dozier Sr. Kathryne is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Hoover, Alabama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classcreator.com/Montgomery-AL-Sidney-Lanier-1910-2010/class_profile.cfm?member_id=3182440|title=Kathryne Jones (Cheves)|publisher=classcreator.com|accessdate=November 3, 2020}}</ref>

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