Proper noun
Cheves (plural Cheveses)
A surname.
Dangerfield, pp. 81, 83 Resigning in January 1819, Dangerfield, 1966, p. 80 Jones was replaced by Langdon Cheves who continued the contraction in credit in an effort to stop inflation and stabilize the bank, even as the economy began to correct. Source: Internet
Many years later in 1852, Easton's son, Major-General Langdon Cheves Easton, was commissioned by William T. Sherman, at Fort Union to deliver a letter to Independence, Missouri. Source: Internet