William Franklin Cheney

William Franklin Cheney (October 6, 1847 – December 4, 1931) was an American Episcopal priest who led the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Cheney was graduated from Harvard University in 1873. He was ordained to the diaconate at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia on June 22, 1876. He was consecrated a priest at the Church of the Good Shepherd by Bishop Benjamin Henry Paddock on June 5, 1877. The Chapel of All Saints at Good Shepherd is dedicated to Cheney.

Cheney was a family genealogist and married Lucy Chickering Cheney, a descendant of Francis Chickering, in 1881. 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. William B. Gould IV wrote that he "was spoken of in reverential terms" in his childhood home.

When the cornerstone of the Oakdale School was laid in 1902, Cheney led the crowd in prayer.