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From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
ABRAM I. CHENOWETH.
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Of the last above-named children, Abraham J. Chenoweth is the subject of this sketch, and was born in Pike County, Ohio, on the 9th of July, 1826. When quite young, his parents removed to Darke County, Ohio, and settled in Washington Township. Here he grew up, surrounded by the privations of a frontier life, and accustomed to the labor and toil of the backwoods. He was educated in the primitive schools of that day, and acquired the rudiments of an education. On the 25th day of August, 1848, he was married to Miss Olia Harris, a native of Campbell County, Va., and the daughter of Benjamin and Susan Harris, who were among the pioneers of this county. From this marriage have sprung eight children, six of whom are living.
In November, 1848, Mr. Chenoweth came to this county and settled on the )r of Section 26, in Wayne Township. Of this land.
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Mr. C. cut away the underbrush and tr into which he removed and began the work of life. As a uently successful. To the original homestead he added to the time of his death he was the owner of 576 acres.
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Mrs. Celia H. Chenoweth was born in (Umpbell Counly, Va., March 1, 1828, and is the daughter of Benjamin and Susan Harris. When she was in her eighth year, her parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, and in the same year l Greene Counly, from which place, after a short sojourn, they removed to Randolph Counly in 1836, and settled on a piece of land in Washington Township. She received suoh education as the common schools of that day couM afford, and grew up as the daughter of an early settler. When ten years of age, she united with the M. E. Church, and has ever since remained a member. On the 25th day of August, 1848, she was married, to Abraham J. Chenoweth, with whom she lived a ple-vant, useful and prosperous life of a little more than thirty years, and whose respected and honored widow she now is. Her residence is yet on the old homestead, where she receives from her neighbors the respect and esteem which her virtues merit, and where she enjoys the competence which her industry and economy helped to accumulate.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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