Youth
Cheney's parents were Knight Dexter Cheney and Ednah Dow Smith Cheney of South Manchester, Connecticut. His extended family were leading American silk producers. The Cheney Brothers Historic District established landmark status in South Manchester for the Cheney family silk mills, workers' houses, civic buildings and Cheney mansions. He graduated from Yale University in 1904, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society.
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Famous quotes containing the word youth:
“Manhood like a lawyer with his formulas
Sesamés his youth for innocent acquittal.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“For youth is a frail thing, not unafraid.
Firstly inclined to take what it is told.
Firstly inclined to lean. Greedy to give
Faith tidy and total. To a total God.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)