William Franklin Cheney
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William Franklin Cheney (October 6, 1847 – December 4, 1931)[1][2] was an American Episcopal priest who led the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Cheney was graduated from Harvard University in 1873.[3] He was ordained to the diaconate at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia on June 22, 1876.[4] He was consecrated a priest at the Church of the Good Shepherd by Bishop Benjamin Henry Paddock on June 5, 1877.[5] The Chapel of All Saints at Good Shepherd is dedicated to Cheney.[6]
Cheney was a family genealogist and married Lucy Chickering Cheney, a descendant of Francis Chickering, in 1881.[7][3][8][a] He lived on Walnut Street in Dedham and was said to be revered not only by the members of his own congregation but by his fellow townsmen of other faiths.[8] William B. Gould IV wrote that he "was spoken of in reverential terms" in his childhood home.[9]
When the cornerstone of the Oakdale School was laid in 1902, Cheney led the crowd in prayer.[10]
