Connor History

(Information is based on the United States Census and Ancestry.com)

Cyrus L. Connor Father of Cheeseman Monroe Connor Birth: unknown
Father: unknown, Mother: unknown (Note: Major in the 137 Regiment U.S.
Union Army-Civil War. Commanded a Colored Regiment)
Margaret (Graham) Connor aka Peggie Graham Mother of Cheeseman
Monroe Connor Born 1815
Father: African, Mother: African (names unknown)
Cheeseman Monroe Connor Born March 18, 1855 Died August 1, 1933
First wife: Nancy Longcry Born 1859
Children: Rose Bud aka Banner Connor-Wyke Born Sept. 9, 1879
Died June 28, 1973
(Banner’s husband was Charley Wyke Born 1877 Died 1939)
Jessie Rofard Connor Born May 9, 1880
Ester Lalender Elizabeth Connor Born Feb. 20, 1882
Child of Cheeseman Connor and Janie Johnson
Child: John Dolphus Connor Born May 23, 1884 Died Oct. 16, 1982
Second Wife: Sylvia Johnson –Connor Born: July 7, 1870 Died: Jan. 28,
1922 (They were married in 1887)
Children: James Robert Sidney Connor Born: Nov.18, 1888
Died: Dec. 28, 1968
Beulah May Connor Born: May 2, 1889 Died July 6, 1972
(Beulah was married to Elmore Stinson)
Charley Loucil Connor Born Nov. 9, 1890
Jennie Elizabeth Connor Born Feb. 16, 1893 Died Aug. 26, 1988
(Jennie married Will Cowan in 1915 and married Marshall Carr in 1951)
Ladela Odell Connor Born: March 27, 1895
Mary Clementine Connor Born: Jan. 6, 1897 Died March 10, 1917
Joseph Connor Born: Dec. 21, 1898 Died Sept. 27, 1949
Jettie Creola Connor Born: Sept. 19, 1901 Died May 11, 1993
(Jettie married in 1918 to Gillie Mayhew Born: May 27, 1900)
Gage Brown Connor Born: May 25, 1902 Died Feb. 3, 1971
(Gage was married to Bessie G. Connor)
Thelma Graham Connor Born: April 18, 1904 Died Sept. 1, 1943
George Washington Born: April 10, 1906 Died Jan. 1, 1972
Gather Elizabeth Connor Born: April 19, 1908 Died Aug. 27, 1998
Mildred Louise Connor Born: June 6, 1910 Died April 9, 2016
(Mildred married in 1943 to Blondell Morey-Died 1999)
James Henry Connor aka Jay Bird Born: June 1, 1913 Died Jan. 29, 1979
Third wife of Cheeseman Monroe Connor: Cora Harwell (born: 1886
death: unknown-no children; she was his wife when he died 8/21/1933)

John Dolphus Connor (May 23, 1884-Oct. 16, 1982) Father: Cheeseman
Monroe Connor Mother: Janie Johnson married Roxie Burton (Aug. 26,
1887-July 26, 1964) on December 25, 1907. Roxie’s Father: John Robert
Cathey Mother: Georgia Burton
Child of John D. Connor and Mary Reid
Child: Clementine Wheeler (1910- July 12, 1946)
(Clementine’s husband was Henry Wheeler) (Clementine and
Henry Wheeler were rearing Joe Connor before Clementine died in 1946)
Children of John D. Connor and Roxie Burton Connor
Rossie Lee Connor (Sept.26, 1908-July 21, 1941)married Kathleen
Dowdard Connor (Oct. 15, 1909-Nov. 8, 2000) married Grace Howard
Georgia Connor-Torrance (Nov. 16, 1911-May 15, 1997) married James
Torrance
Janie Connor-Alexander (April 23, 1914-Nov. 23, 2009) married Roy
Alexander
Josephine Connor Brown (Jan. 5, 1916-July 16, 1946) married Allen
Brown
John D. Connor (Nov. 9, 1917- Oct., 2014) married Marion Brown
Garfield Connor (1919-2019) married twice, Elizabeth first (deceased),
Allean Gaston second
Maggie Connor-Russell (Sept. 13, 1920- Dec. 19, 2001) married Allen
Russell
Cheeseman Connor (Jan. 13, 1923-August 26, 2002) married Anna
Luckey first, Ada Caraway second, Carolyn Blakeney third
Robert Connor (Jan. 13, 1923-Feb. 19, 2009) married Lucille
Louis Connor (Feb. 10, 1925-Oct. 26, 2003) married Eva Colleen Stinson
James Arthur Connor (Dec. 15, 1930-July 2, 1993) married Darlina
Abraham
John and Roxie reared two other children: Joe Connor (Feb. 15, 1928 to
Sept. 19, 2022) and Sherman Burton (deceased), as well as, their two
grandchildren: Johnny Lee Leazer (November 27, 1938- Present) and
Beulah Mae Cherry (January 31, 1935- Deceased in 2014). They all worked
on the farm.
 Cheeseman (Jan.13, 1923-Aug. 26, 2002) and Anna Luckey-
Connor (July 14, 1927-Dec.19, 2001)

Child of Anna Louise Luckey

Thelma Luckey-Funderburke (Sept. 14, 1945-present)

Children of Cheeseman and Anna Luckey-Connor

Josephine Connor-Williams (May 25, 1950-present)
Michael Donnell Connor (June 20, 1951-present)
Sylvia Ann Connor-Sims (May 26, 1952-present)
Marion S.(Chuck) Connor (August 4, 1953-present)
Cheeseman Connell Connor (January 1, 1956-present)
Denise S. Connor Odom-Moorer (January 26, 1957-present)
Pamela Yvette Connor-Coleman (Sept. 25, 1961-present)
Desmond Cornelius Connor (July 16, 1963-present)

Stepchildren of Cheeseman Connor with second wife Ada

Caraway-Connor
William Caraway
Gwen Caraway-Dawkins (Deceased)
Wayne Caraway
Cheeseman Connor had a brief marriage with Carol Blakeney-
Duncan Connor divorced in 1998.
They had no children
Dowdard Connor (Oct. 15, 1909-Nov. 8, 2000) married Grace Howard
Children of Doward and Grace (note: last name may have been spelled:
Conner)
John D. Howard ( Junior) (born: Oct. 1, 1933 died: June 3, 1967)
Elizabeth Connor (born: September 15, 1937-present)
James William Connor (born: March 25, 1939- December 19, 1955
Keith Edward Connor (born: October 4, 1941-October 20, 2022)