Thomas H. Cheek

        Thomas H. Cheek was born in Rappahannock County, Va., October 20, 1836, and is a son of Elijah and Mary (Holtzman) Cheek, both natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch removed with his parents to Memphis, Tenn., in 1848, where he resided until 1861, and then entered the Confederate service, being in the ordnance department under Col. Hunt for four years. After cessation of hostilities he established a flour-mill in Macon, Ga., and also followed the same business in Marietta until May, 1886, when he came to Chattanooga, but is still interested in the flour business in Georgia. In 1859 he wedded Mary M. Reid, a native of Courtland, Ala., who presented him with three children, only one, a daughter, living. Mr. Cheek is a good citizen, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887