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Born 1826
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)
JOHN T. CHENOWETH, born in Maryland in 1826. He came to Randolph Counly, Ind,. in 1840. He was thrice married, to Rhoda Parker in 1847, to Hester Ramsey in 1852, and to Emily Lawrence in 1859. They have had eleven children, five of whom are living Mr C. is a Methodist and a Republican, thriving in business, and respected and esteemed in social life. He is a farmer by vocation; has been Assessor for both Green's Fork and Wayne Townships, and came within a few votes of obtaining the R'?publican nomination for Commissioner of Randolph County. Three of his brothers were in the Union army. Benjamin F., Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, had a finger shot off; discharged Jane 22, 186). George W., Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, taken prisoner and released on parole at Richmond, Ky.. August 80, 1862; wounded at Thomson's Hill, not very far from Grand Gulf, Miss., May 1, 1863; died May 14, 1863, of the wound received as before stated. Joshua B. joined the Eighty-fourth as a recruit. Account rf land owned by the William Chenoweth family: John T. Chenowelh, Wayne Township, Jericho, 265 acres; W. C. Chetiowetli, Green's Fork Township, 120 acres; Sirah Ann (Banks), Darke County, Ohio, 240 acres; Charles W. Chenowelh. Green*'s Fork Township. 200 acres; Oliver M. Chenowelh, Green's Fork Township, 180 acres; Edwin M. Chenoweth Wayne Township, 140 acres; Benjamin F. Chenoweth, Green's Fork Township, 76 acres; Joshua B. Chenoweth, Wayne Counly, 155 acres; homestead. Green's Fork Township. 236 acres; Henrietta K. (Brown), Wayne County (dead), HiO acres. Total, 1,762 acres. The Chenowelh family held a large and interesting re-union August 26, 1882, at the old homestead near Arba, Ind. The family is numerous and widespread, and they belong to the enterprising and influential portion of the community.
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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