ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE

• Time at the Top
• A Holiday Thought
• In Memorium Honor Roll
• A Window To The Past
• A Giant Is Gone
• Grandsons of John: Samuel, The Last Virginian
• The 1500�s
• Comments From the Clan
• The Grumpy Gourmet (Alive & Unedited)
• A Moment with the Webmaster
• Do you know these people

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Time at the Top Peter Clinton Chenoweth, Chairman

On behalf of your Board of Directors, Jon Egge and our families, I would like to take this opportunity to extend to each and every one of you a most joyous holiday season.

I have been advised, by Bill Chinworth, that the identification template for the 2008 reunion photo has been completed and can be found at his website: www.chenowethfamily.org. Everyone interested in this template needs to click on �contents� and than �forms�. Scroll down and you will find the template. It is Adobe format and the latest version of Adobe should be downloaded prior to attempting to open this document. Pictures from that reunion will also be posted to that website in the near future. We thank Bill for his assistance in maintaining the photographic posterity of past reunions.

Coat of Arms

In this issues� Comments from the Clan there is a letter from 9th generation Bruce Wesley Chenoweth. Bruce has put together a modern version of the Chenoweth Coat of Arms (shown here). This coat of arms is now displayed at our website.

Some people are more dedicated to the preservation of the family than others are. One of those individuals is 10th generation Steven Andrew Chenoweth of Livingston, TN. Attending his first reunion Steven proudly declared his dedication to the family with a tattoo on his back of the family crest. It is my understanding that this one of several within his family.

Coat of Arms

As DNA Program coordinator I would like to thank the many family members who inquired about participating in the DNA project. I would again like to state that this is only a Chenoweth surname project. It is strictly a male descendant project. Individuals who are descended from a Chenoweth female are not eligible for this project. If you wish to participate and feel that you qualify please contact me at p.chenoweth@comcast.net.

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A HOLIDAY THOUGHT

• I Believe...That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
• I Believe...That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
• I Believe...That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
• I Believe...That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
• I Believe...That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
• I Believe...That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
• I Believe...That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
• I Believe...That you can keep going long after you think you can't.
• I Believe...That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
• I Believe...That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
• I Believe...That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
• I Believe...That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
• I Believe...That my best friend and I, can do anything, or nothing and have the best time.
• I Believe...That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.
• I Believe...That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
• I Believe...That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
• I Believe...That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others. sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself..
• I Believe...That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
• I Believe...That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but, we are responsible for who we become.
• I Believe...That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life Forever.
• I Believe...Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
• I Believe...That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
• I Believe...That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.
• I Believe...That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
• I Believe...That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
• I Believe...That you should send this to all of the people that you believe in, I just did.
• 'The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything!

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IN MEMORIAM HONOR ROLL

age 98 - ELMER RATHBUN8 HAILE, JR. (GRACE EMORY7 RECKORD, LILLIAN R.6 CHENOWETH, JOHN BRADFORD5, BENJAMIN NORRIS4, THOMAS3, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born November 14, 1909 in Towson, Baltimore Co., MD, and died November 03, 2008 in Baltimore Co., MD. He married (1) AMELIA REBECCA KOLK July 23, 1938 in Hydes, Baltimore Co., MD. She was born August 14, 1910 in Gittings, Baltimore Co., MD, and died June 28, 1991. He married (2) MILDRED FRANCES (SHERRY) SPRINGER November 21, 1992 in Baldwin, Baltimore Co., MD. She was born December 28, 1913 in Baltimore City, MD, and died June 16, 2003 in Baltimore Co., MD. - See article on Elmer this issue

age 90 - FERN APT nee McNEMMEE, daughter of LEO McNEMEE and CYNTHIA SPRINGS, was born June 19, 1917, and died November 28, 2007 in Missouri. She married THOMAS EUGENE8 APT (FRANK ALDEN7, CELIA6 MILLER, PRISCILLA5 CARTER, HENRY BOWEN4, JAMES3, HANNAH2 CHENOWETH, JOHN1) August 19, 1939. He was born May 21, 1916 in Henderson Co., IL, and died April 20, 1960.

age 86 - HAVEN D.9 VAUGHN (PAUL DEAN8 WILLIAM CLAUDE7, NOVELLA BETHANY6 BONHAM, SARAH5 CARTER, HENRY BOWEN4, JAMES3, HANNAH2 CHENOWETH, JOHN1) was born February 07, 1922 in near Lomax, Henderson Co., IL, and died October 07, 2008 in near Lomax, Henderson Co., IL. He married BETTY MYERS August 02, 1942 in Dallas City, Hancock Co., IL.

age 102 - ESTELLE JULIA8 LASHURE nee RUTHERFORD (CHARLES ALBERT7, JOHN CARTER6, JAMES WILLIAM5, MARY SUSAN 'POLLY'4 CARTER, JOHN3, HANNAH2 CHENOWETH, JOHN1) was born August 12, 1904, and died January 09, 2007 in Indiana. She married LOUIS ELEMER LASHURE October 01, 1923, son of LEWIS LASHURE and ICY OOLEY. He was born June 08, 1900 in Summitville, Madison Co., IN, and died February 21, 1988 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

age 85 - A. LAVONNE RUTHERFORD nee CALHOUN, daughter of ARWIN CALHOUN and AUDREY MUNDY, was born May 18, 1922 in Miller, Osage Co., KS, and died June 07, 2007 in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA. She married SETH HOUSTON8 RUTHERFORD, JR. (SETH HOUSTON7, ARTHUR HOUSTON6, JAMES WILLIAM5, MARY SUSAN 'POLLY'4 CARTER, JOHN3, HANNAH2 CHENOWETH, JOHN1)

age 73 - LARRY L.9 SNYDER (LETA FERN8 CHENOWETH, JOHN BOWEN7, JOHN MURRAY6, JOHN BAXTER5, WILLIAM4, ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born February 22, 1935 in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN, and died August 27, 2008 in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN. He married NANCY

age 66 - LORENA "RENA" CHENOWETH nee WEAVER was born Abt. 1942, and died November 04, 2008 in North Carolina. She married JAMES MICHAEL9 CHENOWETH (JOHN JACKSON8, JOHN BOWEN7, JOHN MURRAY6, JOHN BAXTER5, WILLIAM4, ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) - [the maiden name of Lorena is uncertain]

age 78 - IDA MARIE9 ACKERMAN nee CHENOWETH (WARREN GRANT8, BARTON BATES7, WILLIAM ERASMUS6, ALFRED GRIFFITH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born July 1930 in Callaway Co., MO, and died October 11, 2008 in Texas. She married GEORGE RAY ACKERMAN. He was born August 12, 1924, and died June 21, 1993 in Bexar Co., TX.

age 28 - ROBERT LANCE11 BABINEAU (LINDA RAE10 ACKERMAN, IDA MARIE9 CHENOWETH, WARREN GRANT8, BARTON BATES7, WILLIAM ERASMUS6, ALFRED GRIFFITH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born May 01, 1970 in Bexar Co., TX, and died July 16, 2008 in Texas.

age 83 - OLIVER DORSEY8 CHENOWETH, JR. (OLIVER DORSEY7, WILLIAM F.6, ROBERT5, WILLIAM4, RICHARD3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born October 09, 1924 in Baltimore City, MD, and died October 02, 2008 in Westminster, Carroll Co., MD. He married FLORENCE MOORE. She was born July 20, 1924, and died January 09, 1976.

age 100 - MAYBELLE ELIZABETH8 NATION nee HEATON (GUY EDGAR7, ASA CLAY6, ABRAHAM5, JOANNA4 SUTTON, MARY3 CHENOWETH, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 25, 1907 in California, and died March 19, 2008 in Arkansas. She married WALTER JAMES NATION November 10, 1934. He was born November 19, 1905 in Texas, and died July 05, 1979 in Templeton, San Luis Obispo Co., CA.

age 90 - EVERETT E.10 KESTERSON (FANNIE M.9 SPRAY ADA BELLE8 FISHER, NANCY JANE7 HEATON, DAVID F.6, DANIEL5, JOANNA4 SUTTON, MARY3 CHENOWETH, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born July 01, 1917 in Clinton Co., IN, and died September 22, 2007 in Clinton Co., IN.

age 76 - BOBBY LEMUEL9 REED (BESSIE HUNT8 CHENOWETH, CLINTON ABRAHAM7, WILLIAM C.6, WILLIAM5, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born July 22, 1926 in Vermilion Co., IL, and died November 13, 2008 in Frankfort, Clinton Co., IN. He married DOROTHY EDITH ARION March 27, 1948.

age 74 - CHARLES WALKER8 CHENOWETH (CHARLES FRANCIS CALVERT7, CHARLES SHERMAN6, JAMES WALTON5, ISAAC J.4, ISAAC3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 02, 1934 in St Louis, MO, and died September 04, 2008 in Oklahoma. He married (1) SHIRLEY NADINE CHASTAIN He married (2) NANCIE CARROLL JONES He married (3) KAREN SCHMIDT

age 89 - INA LUVERNE8 PEMBERTON nee DAVIS (ETHEL GAY7 DOWNING, ELLSWORTH6, GEORGE5, JOHN4, MARY3 CHENOWETH, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born October 09, 1918 in Collins, Story Co., IA, and died October 08, 2008. She married ENOS ROBERT PEMBERTON July 21, 1940 in Iowa, son of CLINTON PEMBERTON and IDA ROBISON. He was born September 17, 1916 in Iowa Falls, Hardin Co., IA, and died April 16, 1997 in Eldora, Hardin Co., IA.

age 88 - RALPH CHENOWETH8 ASHLEY (GRACE7 CHENOWETH, FERDINAND CLAY 'FRED'6, WILLIAM5, ISAAC4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born January 01, 1920 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, and died August 27, 2008 in Alaska. He married (1) JANE THOMAS. He married (2) ERNESTINE. He married (3) BEVERLY

age 73 - ROBERT CHARLES8 CHENOWETH (JW7, JAMES WILLIAM6, THOMAS LEWIS5, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born December 10, 1934 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, and died August 05, 2008 in Tarrant Co., TX. He married (1) COLLEEN YVONNE WRIGHT. He married (2) ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON December 17, 1978 in Johnson Co., TX. She was born July 24, 1936, and died March 11, 2007 in Texas.

age 81 - ANNA LOUISE CHENOWETH nee WRIGHT, daughter of THOMAS and MINNIE WRIGHT, was born April 09, 1927 in Ross Co., OH, and died October 06, 2008 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. She married WILLIAM EARL8 CHENOWETH (WILLIAM ARTHUR7, REASON COLONY 'REESE'6, ARTHUR5, JOSEPH4, ARTHUR3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) He was born December 08, 1925 in Ohio, and died January 31, 2000 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., OH

age 53 - MARK STEPHEN9 CHENOWETH (IRVING E.8, IRVING EVERETT7, RICHARD ADDISON6, URIAH5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born September 10, 1954, and died August 17, 2008 in Oklahoma.

age 92 - JUANITA RUTH8 CORDELL nee HILTON (LUCINDA7 WARNER, CHARLES SUMNER6, ISABELL JANE5 CHENOWETH, JOHN FOSTER4, ELIJAH3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born October 23, 1914 in Oklahoma, and died September 14, 2007 in Idaho. She married GRAYSON VAUGHN CORDELL.

age 77 - HAGER "BILL" RUSSELL was born June 22, 1931 in Magoffin Co., KY, and died August 30, 2008 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. He married JUNE GENEVA8 CHENOWETH (HALFORD MAHLMAN7, HOWARD GLEN6, JOSEPH HILL5, ELIJAH4, ELIJAH3, THOMAS2, JOHN1)

age 78 - CHARLES LINDEN8 MULFORD (NELLIE GRACE7 CHENOWETH, ANDREW CARSON6, JOHN JOHNSTON5, WILLIAM4, ABRAHAM3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born September 16, 1929 in Stuart, Holt Co., NE, and died September 08, 2008 in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co., MO. He married (1) LORETTA BERRY August 12, 1951. He married (2) SANDY KAY PICKENPAUGH

Unknown lines

age 78 - CHARLOTTE ANNE CHENOWETH nee SWANSON, daughter of MACK and ROSE SWANSON, was born September 27, 1930 in Los Angeles Co., CA, and died November 19, 2008 in Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego Co., CA. She married WALTER A "WALLY"3 CHENOWETH, JR. (WALTER ALOYSIUS2, WALTER1) February 07, 1953 in Los Angeles Co., CA

age 84 - HAZEL PHYLLIS5 FERGUSON nee ELLIOTT (HAZEL EUGENIA4 CHENOWETH, JOHN GEORGE3, ASBURY INDEPENDANCE2, JOHN1 m: ANN PERINNE) was born Abt. 1924 in Baltimore Co., MD, and died November 16, 2008 in Manassas, VA. She married HARRY SUMNER FERGUSON. He was born October 19, 1922 in Akron, Summitt Co., OH, and died June 1973.

The family has lost a giant. Elmer Rathbun Haile, Jr, 98 years, 11 months and 20 days, has passed into the next world to greet his ancestors that he so dearly knew and loved. He attended 2 of our reunion, Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD. He knew old Baltimore very well. He knew the roads and the lands. He was very exact and equally exacting. He helped me with so many little things in understanding the Chenoweth families of Arthur and Richard. Together we sorted it out into a proper framework. I will always remember him. His obit is included rightfully with this edition. For more of Elmer�s contribution the reader is referred to the August 2006 newsletter -------- Jon Egge

The following obit is contributed by Deborah Rosalie Chilcoat (Elmer�s niece)

Elmer Rathbun Haile, Jr., highway design engineer, historian, community volunteer and decorated World War II Army Captain died November 3, 2008 at Oak Crest Village of heart failure. He was 98. Mr. Haile was born into a prominent Towson family on November 14, 1909. His father, the late Elmer Rathbun Haile, Sr., was a Towson attorney for 61 years and was a former president of the Baltimore County Bar Association, of which he had been a member since 1920.

Mr. Haile, Sr. served as president of of the Bank of Baltimore County in Towson, which later became a branch office of Maryland National Bank. He was also the director of The Jeffersonian's publishing company since 1911 and the first editor of The Jeffersonian and its president from 1943-1965. His mother was the late Grace Reckord Haile, a schoolteacher and housewife. In 1919, his family moved to a 48-acre estate near Cockeysville. A 1927 graduate of Towson High School, Mr. Haile was the oldest member to attend Towson High School's Centennial Alumni Celebration in October 2007. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Civil Engineering in 1931.

After graduating, he was employed for the U. S. Dept of Commerce as a Regional Design Engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads in the Eastern Parks and Forests. His first job was building roads and bridges in Gettysburg Park. In 1937, as he supervised the building of a stone bridge near Gettysburg, he discovered some dinosaur tracks which were about 180 million years old. Some specimens are on display at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Mr. Haile continued his engineering work at Morristown, NJ; Fredericksburg and Petersburg, VA. He married the late Amelia Rebecca Kolk on July 23, 1938, at her home in Hydes. He served in World War II as a Captain for the U.S. Army from 1940-1946. He received the American Defense Service and Theatre Ribbons and the WWII Victory Medal. He loved playing the piano and his mother was proud when he wrote the music for a well loved Army tune "Keep 'Em Flying," which could be heard over the radio. He moved to Arlington after World War II with his wife, Amelia, and continued working for the U.S. Government in Washington and Falls Church, VA. On February 14, 1965, he was presented the Silver Medal Award for Meritorious Federal Service. His citation reads, "For exceptionally meritorious leadership in highway design, with particular reference of the Federal highway program in the East." He retired in 1975 after working for forty three years with the U. S. Government.

Following his retirement, he and Mrs. Haile moved to their farm, "Gunpowder Manor" in Hydes. Mr. and Mrs. Haile joined the Baltimore County Historical Society (now The Historical Society of Baltimore County/HSBC) in 1970; founded its library in 1976; he was its president from 1993-1995 and he volunteered twice weekly in the library until 2005. He and his wife, Amelia, personally recorded information from tombstones in Baltimore County for the HSBC. He was the guiding light of the library for 29 years! Mr. Haile was the Long Green Valley's Outstanding Senior Citizen of the Year in 1976. He was the chief historian of the Historic Long Green Valley which was formed in 1980. Mr. Haile was the Secretary of the Long Green Valley Lions Club from 1976-1986. He was the Treasurer at the Baltimore County Genealogical Society from 1984-1986 and at the Wilson United Methodist Church where he and his wife were both long time members. He did research on the history of the Long Green Area in the Forks of the Gunpowder as a Bi-Centennial project. In 1988, Mr. and Mrs. Haile celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary; in 1991, Mr. Haile lost his beloved Amelia to cancer. On November 21, 1992, surprise! surprise! an 82 year old Mr. Haile was married a second time to the late Mildred Springer Sherry at Union United Methodist Church in Baldwin. She moved to Hydes and in 1998 they both moved to Oak Crest Village in Parkville. His dear Mildred died in 2003. He loved researching family genealogy and flew to the National Chenoweth Family Reunion near Portland, OR in 2004. He was a member of the Maryland Historical Society, the Methodist Historical Society, an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the Oak Crest Lions Club, a member of The Johns Hopkins Club, an active Alumnus of Towson High School and Johns Hopkins University, and a regular attendee at Union United Methodist Church. As a geologist, Mr. Haile enjoyed long hikes in the countryside. History and genealogy were the loves of his life next to his wives. He loved gardening and photography and was especially fond of his season tickets to the symphony. He enjoyed apartment life at Oak Crest Village and walked to his meals every night. Mr. Haile was a remarkable man and he will be missed by his widespread family and a multitude of friends. He loved typing his annual Christmas greetings on his electric typewriter. Those of us who knew him will have to remember to thank God for all of the wonderful memories we have of him; some of us will be typing our season greetings on our computers!

Mr. Haile is survived by a step-daughter Bernice G. Wilson of Lawrenceville, GA; two sisters Evelyn Haile Price of Corvallis, OR and Barbara Haile Chilcoat of Durango, CO and two sisters-in-law Mary Pinto of Neshanic Station, NJ and Ruth Silva of Seattle, WA. He was preceded in death by step-daughter Carol H. Appleby in 1989. He is survived by the following Haile nieces and nephews: Joan Haile Sanow of Baltimore, MD; Marilyn Price Willis (Dave) of Lake City, IA; Rosemary Price Hundal of Vancouver, Canada; David Crawford Haile (Nancy) of Towson, MD; Sandra Price Willis (Tim) of Corvallis, OR; Douglas Haile Chilcoat (Donna) of Orlando, FL; Deborah Rosalie Chilcoat of Durango, CO; Barbara Chilcoat Von Harten (Rick) of Ft Myers, FL; Rosalie Jean Chilcoat (Mark) of Durango, CO; and is survived by many Kolk relatives including nephew, Dr. Anthony Pinto III (Janis) and niece, Katherine Pinto of Baltimore, MD. A memorial service will be held at the Oak Crest Village Chapel, 8800 Walther Blvd, Parkville at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 14th. A family burial will follow at Jessops Methodist Church Cemetery, 14019 York Road, Sparks at 2:30 p.m. Gifts of remembrance can be sent in his name to: Jessops Methodist Church Cemetery c/o Epworth UMC 600 Warren Road Cockeysville, MD 201030 OR Union United Methodist Church 5225 Sweet Air Road Baldwin, Md 21013 .

Samuel, The Last Virginian

Samuel was named for his grandfather, Samuel Hooker. He was born to Arthur Chenoweth and his wife Sophia, called Saphira, on December 12, 1747 in Baltimore Co., MD. Samuel lived to his 93rd year, dying in Berkeley Co., VA on November 27, 1841. His first wife was Patience Cromwell, the daughter of William Cromwell and Constant Wilmott, and sister to Hannah Cromwell who had married Samuel�s brother John. Samuel and Patience had 4 sons before she died in Baltimore Co. after only 12 years of marriage. Samuel remarried to Elizabeth Murray, the widow of Stephen Cromwell. Stephen was a 1st cousin to Samuel�s first wife, Patience. They would have 3 daughters. Both Samuel and his brother John would migrate from Maryland to Virginia becoming what I call the �second wave� of the Chenoweth migration into Virginia. Samuel settled there after his brother John in 1796 near Martinsburg. Samuel�s line would continue the Chenoweth name in the Berkeley Co., WV area into the 1920s. Many daughter lines still exist in this area, but almost from the start, Samuel�s line has struggled in its growth.

Son John married Isabel Van Meter but had no children. Joseph married Rachel Gorrell, but only his daughter Mary Patience Chenoweth was known to marry, her husband being Thomas Cromwell Miller. The lines of the other two, older sons were more robust. Philemon Cromwell Chenoweth married Sarah �Sally� Lyle. Of their 2 daughters, Harriett married Jacob Curtis and Aurelia married John T. Kerney. The Curtis lines have never been brought into the 20th Century. Elmer Wilhite has documented some of the Kerney lines. Though he had 4 sons, Bushrod died young, Samuel never married, John Harris died in Missouri leaving one daughter whose fate is still unknown, and Nimrod Hunter who settled in Ohio with only daughters that lived to marry. This would leave the Chenoweth name in Samuel�s line to his oldest son Samuel, Jr. Nothing is known of his oldest son, George Miller Chenoweth, so presumably he died young without issue. James William Chenoweth would become the sole male Chenoweth line and had continuing presence in West Virginia. Of Samuel Jr.�s 2 daughters, Lavina Hester married George Couchman migrating to Ohio and then Indiana. More work is needed to bring this line into the 20th Century. Julia Ann married 2nd John George Ramsburg, whose descendants still live in the Berkeley Co. area.

Of the three daughters from the 2nd wife Elizabeth, we know very little. Henrietta Maria married Robert Wilson. We know of only one daughter from this marriage who died young. Julia Ann married Alexander Stevens but no children are known. Charlotte married Jacob Shellman Baer, but no descendants from this marriage are known.

SAMUEL CHENOWETH (ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born December 12, 1747 in Baltimore Co., MD, and died November 27, 1841 in Berkeley Co., VA (now WV). He married (1) PATIENCE CROMWELL 1770 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, daughter of WILLIAM CROMWELL and CONSTANT WILMOTT. She was born Abt. 1750 in Anne Arundel Co., MD, and died Abt. 1784. He married (2) ELIZABETH (CROMWELL) MURRAY October 06, 1785 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, daughter of JOSEPHUS MURRAY and RUTH HAWKINS. She was born 1749 in Dorchester Co., SC, and died June 22, 1808 in Jefferson Co., VA.

Children of SAMUEL CHENOWETH and PATIENCE CROMWELL are:

1. SAMUEL CHENOWETH, JR., b. July 20, 1771, Baltimore Co., MD; d. September 20, 1852, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); m. MARY 'POLLY' MILLER, August 08, 1799, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); b. September 20, 1780; d. August 14, 1838, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV).
2. PHILEMON CROMWELL CHENOWETH, b. January 07, 1774, Baltimore Co., MD; d. February 20, 1834, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); m. SARAH 'SALLY' LYLE, January 01, 1802, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV);
3. JOHN CHENOWETH, b. August 28, 1779, Baltimore Co., MD; d. October 08, 1842; m. (1) MARTHA 'POLLY' EVANS, September 22, 1817, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); b. Abt. 1790; d. February 28, 1820; m. (2) ISABELLA VAN METER, March 17, 1823, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); b. February 02, 1797, Virginia; d. August 12, 1879, Berkeley Co., WV.
4. JOSEPH CHENOWETH, b. October 10, 1782, Baltimore Co., MD; d. February 19, 1836, Rock hall, near Martinsville, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); m. RACHEL GORRELL, December 21, 1807, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); b. May 02, 1790, Martinsville, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); d. May 30, 1855, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV).

   Children of SAMUEL CHENOWETH and ELIZABETH MURRAY are:

5. HENRIETTA MARIA4 CHENOWETH, b. September 10, 1787, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Unknown; m. ROBERT WILSON, October 23, 1810, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV);
6. JULIA ANN CHENOWETH, b. February 20, 1789, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Unknown, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); m. ALEXANDER STEVENS, December 21, 1809, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV);
7. CHARLOTTE CHENOWETH, b. June 10, 1791, Baltimore Co., MD; d. March 07, 1811; m. JACOB SHELLMAN BAER, May 22, 1810, Berkeley Co., VA (now WV); b. 1785; d. 1866.

Samuel is listed with the name Samuel Churchill Chenoweth. It is not known where the middle name of Churchill came from, no records have been found to support this name. In 1850 there were 9 households of 54 family members in the line of Samuel, one in MO, 2 in OH and the rest in present day WV. Two of these listings were Chenoweth widows with no continuing lines. The only living males named Chenoweth were Nimrod Hunter in Ohio, who had no surviving sons, Samuel, who never married, and James William, both living in Berkeley Co. Today there is but two Chenoweth named male living from Samuel�s line. One, George and his wife Mary Ann, have attended all five of our Chenoweth National Reunions. The other falls to David Richard Chenoweth, II, born 2001, George�s half 3rd cousin once removed.

In thirteen years I have only had contact with 14 cousin descendants of Samuel. All of them come from Samuel, Jr. or Philemon.

THE GRUMPY GOURMET (Alive & Unedited)

(By G.A. Benton, Columbus Dispatch, 31 Jul 2008)

Doral Park9 Chenoweth, Jr (Doral Park8, George McClellan7, Ira Stout6, Robert T.5, John4, William3, John2, John1.

Thru the 9th generation, Doral and his son are the leading edge of the male line in the family and the Chenoweth name. From John to Robert, the first born child to marry was a male. Robert had many daughters but his 10th child was Ira Stout, who the mantle was passed to. George McClellan, Ira�s son, was not the first born son, but his brothers produced no sons who lived to marry. So the oldest Chenoweth male lines carrying the name forward fell to George�s son Doral Park Chenoweth and subsequently to Doral Park, Jr.

�I was in the right place at the right time in the �80s and �90s� said Doral Chenoweth, aka the Grumpy Gourmet. Chenoweth was explaining his prime tableside view of the profound restaurant revolution that broke out in our town during that culinarily explosive era.

But the Grump got a lot more things right than just place and time. As restaurant reviewer for the Columbus Dispatch from 1981 to 2000, he laid down some of the wittiest newspaper prose this city has ever been privileged to read. That Twainian, crisp and flat-out funny style also earned this restless octogenarian the 2006 Society of Professional Journalists� award for Best Website (grumpygourmetusa.com).

Over a lengthy lunch at Thom�s on Grandview (a Grump hangout), his trademark crusty humor was on frequent display � as was his encyclopedic and insidery knowledge of local and journalistic history. Here�s a few of the (printable) highlights.

What are some of the big restaurant changes you�ve witnessed in Columbus over the years?

In the �50s and �60s, it was all Downtown. Back then, restaurants greeted you with a tie in case you didn�t have one. The dining was very formal and many of the best restaurants were Italian. Marzetti�s was outstanding; they introduced pasta and real Italian cooking to Columbus.

Then in the �70s, everything died. In the �80s, really talented chefs started coming in and [the scene] moved out all over town. Suddenly chefs were stars, like Hartmut Handke, who put Columbus on the map. Now what�s happened is they�re coming back Downtown. Credit Cameron Mitchell for taking a chance on his steakhouse. Anyway, we�re still not recognized by assholes like Zagat and nutcases like Rachael Ray.

What are your favorite Columbus eateries?

There are some world-class restaurants in this town that could make it even in New York. Handke�s, Rigsby, Spagio, the Refectory, and Sue Doody [of Lindsey�s] runs a good one, too.

Are there any particular dishes you seek out?

Right here for this [points to Thom�s terrific fried, cornmeal-crusted walleye sandwich and handmade fries with a balsamic glaze]. The best pizza restaurant is Spagio, and my favorite dish at Hartmut�s is scrambled eggs with morels, eated at 3 o�clock in the afternoon when nobody else is there.

What�s one of the worst meals you remember writing about?

After eating at a local racetrack clubhouse, I wrote, �The steak on my plate should have been running in the race,� That got me sued.

You�ve seen a lot of food trends come and go over the years, what have been the silliest?

The diets! There are so many phony diets out there. But dieting is an excuse for not living right, frankly. That�s why my hero in the diet business is Richard Simmons, a person friend. Richard told me once, �you can eat anything you like, as long as you work it off.�

I like to think I had a part in his success. I hired him [way back when Chenoweth was booking live acts for shopping malls] and he was one of the best draws I�d ever seen. Of course, I had all the bad ones � I once had a porpoise die din front of 2,000 children. Anyway, I dedicated my website to my accountant, my urologist and Richard Simmons.

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A MOMENT WITH THE WEBMASTER
By Jon Egge
Cottage Lake, Woodinville, WA
Descendant of Dr Henry S.5 Chenoweth of Chillicothe, OH
JAMES FRANCIS4, THOMAS3, JOHN2, JOHN1

Indians in the tree

I am constantly answering questions about Indian ancestry in the Chenoweth family. I have never found such a case, anywhere. These stories seem to persist in many family trees. There was one in mine on my grandmother�s side, Minnie Jane Holt, who married my grandfather Harry Chenoweth. The story was that Minnie�s father, Napoleon B. Holt was 1/16 Cherokee from �Lodusky� Cobb whose mother was "Dis-squaw-nee" and had a child by a Cobb near the White River, AR. In the early 1900s Napoleon had filed a claim to this affect with the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. So had his brother George Washington Holt, Jr. Both claims were denied for lack of proof. The White River location would not have been possible. I have not found any possibility of this in the Cobb links I know of. But my story is repeated in altered versions in many families. Each has a family story that somewhere in the tree there was an Indian. Few know the exact link. Most believe it to be in the Chenoweth family, but that instance does not exist. Harris says there was an Indian Chief named Chenoweth in Montana. There is a documented case of a Chief Chenoweth in the history of Washington Territory. In 1856 the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment quelled an uprising of the Yakamas, Klickitats and Cascades lead by Chief Kamiakin of the Yakamas. As cited from HistoryLink.org Essay 5190, �Wright's military commission found nine Cascades, including Chief Chenoweth, guilty, based on their freshly fired rifles and their own statements. Each condemned man was positioned on a barrel, a rope affixed around his neck, and the barrel kicked out from under him. Chief Chenoweth gave a war whoop and shouted, "I am not afraid to die!" As he slowly strangled he was killed with a bullet.� This chief Chenoweth is likely connected to this 1870 Census listing of an Indian family named Chenoweth in Pierce Co., WA. A genealogy tree of Paul Chenoweth Horn who died July 26, 2004 in Kelso, WA traces back to a Taswatha Ellen Chenoweth b: 1841-Wy-AckEck, Cascade Falls, OR. Her father Welawa Chenoweth was the Chief Chenoweth who was executed by Wright's military commission. How Welawa acquired the name Chenoweth is unknown. As Chenoweth is Cornish, was it some phonetic interpretation of a Indian word, or did the Chief adopt the name from knowing someone like Francis Chenoweth who was in the area at the time? It is something that we will never probably know.

I offer this list below, from past emails, and certainly not inclusive as a sense of how prevalent the belief in Indian ties are:

• Sandy Lester here. I heard from Rea Moore today and she said that she had found something interesting. She asked me if there was anyone on the Chenoweth side that was Indian? I was always told that we had Choctaw Indian in us. But I didn't know for sure.
• My great grandma moved to Argyle, Texas in 1910 while my grandma was a baby. She lived in Denton, TX her entire life. I do know that we are descendants of an Abigail and John Glenn. Abigail supposedly used an Indian name until she had to use a white man's name. -- Nicky
• My grandmother always told us that the Chenowith name came from an Indian tribe descended from the Cherokee. I haven't seen anything to support that yet. - Tami McGuire
• My father Paul E. Coberly, (I didn't know him very well due to a combination of divorce and distance) told me that his grandfather George Washington Coberly was 1/4 Cherokee Indian. Do you know how that is. Which one of his grandparents would that be? It seems that whenever an Indian (or Native American) gets in the picture, there is no last name or just a blank. - Paulette
• My entries which number over 15,000 on the FAGrave site have been chosen to commemorate all the Cherokee families, including many of my Mother's. I know that once I thought, hey, Chenoweth, is that Cherokee? but as far as I remember I found that it was Cornish and probably found that out from one of your sites. Isn't that strange that I put the Cherokee reference on Roy Chenoweth's memorial? Looks funny now. I have erased that.
• Could you tell me how the Harris and Chenoweth families are related? And if the two families are of native American Indian as well. I was born Harris but I was told I really was a Chenoweth and American Indian ways. She died in 1915 in either Estill, Powell, or Clark county Kentucky. My mother was the only child of Henry Flinchum and Rachel Larson ( Larrison). I have searched for her in all these counties. She may have been an Indian.
• We have also been told that we are descendents of an Indian Chief. - Linda Bouton
• We would like to know more about the wife of Perry Edward Chenoweth, my great grandmother. Her name was Mary Florence Wise. She was married to a Mr. Sherwood before she married Perry Edward on December 31, 1984 in Knox County, Tenn. She was reported to have been of Cherokee Indian descent but we could never prove it - James B Eippert
• Mary Ann Hibbs from Salmon, Idaho around 1869. She was married to a James Ruben Hibbs. They were my great grand parents. I'm trying to find out, if she was from an Indian tribe. - Julie G
• I am trying to find the earliest ancestor of Arthur Ostendorf, here in Dayton, ... Arthur's ancestor supposedly married an Indian woman. - Gail Horvath
• I have been working with my cousin to trace my father's family back to our great grandmother, Mary Mahala Buckaloo, who was the daughter of an Indian tribal chief. We have had lots of difficulty locating the tribe - Della Simmons
• My mother said that George and Kathryns Mothers maiden name was Chenowith/weth and that she married a Wood and that they came from Pennsylvania. My grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee. I've seen pictures of her and it shows. My Mother probably assumed the Indian came from the Chenowith, it does kind of have an Indian ring to it. I just don't have enough information on this line. - Carla Harris
• In fact, one of our family legends is that Margaret was Native American (I think they thought Chenoweth was an Indian name!) - Betty Warner

Uncle Harry

My mother had but one sibling, Harry Holt Chenoweth, born June 21, 1914 in Hobart, Washington, up the road from Maple Valley near the foothills of the Cascades. Then it was a lumber town, and now it is a suburb. The family would move to Alpine and eventually settle in the Greenlake area of Seattle where Harry attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington. Harry became a professor in hydraulics at the University. As a young man he worked on some of the engineering problems in the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. As I grew up, they lived in Laurelhurst in a home that Harry and my grandfather built. Later they would move to Kirkland and then Redmond. Harry married Loretta Hoopes and had three daughters, Nanette, Linda and Patty Sue. Later he and Loretta would adopt a 4th daughter, Shelley, to raise. After my grandmother, Minnie, died in 1984, I lost track of Harry. When I started the website, I was able to reconnect with Harry in 1997. On my first visit to his home in Redmond, he showed me some research he had done on the Chenoweth family and I explained to him the dilemma I found myself in with the implications of the will of James in Grant Co., IN. The upshot of this will made it likely that our ancestor, Dr. Henry S. Chenoweth, was misplaced in Cora�s book. Harry joined with me in earnest to confront this problem. There were several points we agreed on as a basis for our search. The family Cora described was likely correct, but for a different James. This James would have had to live in Virginia. I provided Harry with one of the Harris books and Harry looked through it with new eyes. Shortly there after he suggested that the right James may be James Francis, the son of Thomas in Botetourt Co. James had married Rebecca Safley. As I reviewed what we knew of James Francis, I had to concur that this was an excellent fit. Proving it would take years of plowing through records. Harry even made a trip to Greenup Co., KY where we believed James had relocated in 1820. In the interim, I gave Harry another project, to read through some of the Chenoweth Heirs Association correspondence with C.C. Taggart of Ash Grove, MO. He came up with an excellent article, which is posted on the main page of the website.

Over these years, Harry told me stories of his trips back to Rocky Comfort and the home that Laura Yonnce Chenoweth Lamberson lived in, and how his father Harry had met Minnie in a cafe that Harry worked in in Rocky Comfort. Another story from Harry I treasure is how he would get rides home to Greenlake on occasion with my father while they both attended the University of Washington, debunking my father�s stories to me, as a teenager, that he never had a car and had often walked five miles in the snow to school. In 2004 after 6 years of sifting the sands, Harry found a mention of Chenoweth heirs in Champaign Co., OH in the will of Henry Safley. He did this at the age of 90, on a trip to the Seattle Library. We had already found that Henry Safley was the father of Rebecca. A few months later, Greg Wulker would journey up to Urbana, the county seat of Champaign Co. Here the land record transactions stemming from the estate settlement of Henry Safley would prove our theory and fix four of the six children of James Francis and Rebecca for the record. Cora�s entries of the children had been right, she had affixed them to the wrong James, and now, thanks to Harry, we had solved this one. Harry lived to the age of 94, still playing in a weekly bridge club, passing away in August 2008, the last living grandchild of the 27 grandchildren of Dr. Albert White Chenoweth. I will miss his keen mind and thoughtful help. What is lost in memory is large. I am glad though we had this adventure to share.

A Bond Correction

In the first years of assembling the database, we added in many family trees from Broderbund�s World Family Tree project published on CD. Broderbund was bought by Genealogy.com which is now Ancestry.com. One of these early trees was Mary Elizabeth Bond who married John Franklin Raver in Maryland. The tree listed Mary as a daughter of Benjamin Bond a son of Henry Bond and Charity Chenoweth. Two sons of Charity�s are found in Cora�s 1925 book. Charity was a sister to Cora�s grandfather, John Baxter Chenoweth. In the Spring of 2007 while working with data in the 1860 Census in our effort to document the over 1,400 family details of this Census, I realized that this placement was incorrect. Mary never appears in a Census with the family of Benjamin and Caroline. As this is a large family tree, I was a bit stunned that this error had been embedded in our work for nearly ten years. A check of the 1860 Census, found that a Mary E. Bond was a daughter of Mary Ann Bond, living as a widow in Carroll Co. next door to Benjamin Bond. There were several other children. I then looked at the 1850 Census and found a married couple of Jackson Bond and Mary Ann in the household between the widowed Henry Bond and his son Benjamin Bond. I suspected that Jackson must have been Mary Elizabeth�s father and related to Henry.

Another fortunate find in the World Family Trees was a tree submitted by Robert Olin Bond, a descendant of Benjamin Bond. I had contacted Robert as a newfound cousin and he had been a considerable help to the database in detailing his Bond line. Robert attended both the Elkins and Baltimore Reunions. I lost little time in calling Bob to see what he might know of this and he confirmed that Mary was a daughter of Andrew Jackson Bond and Andrew Jackson was a son of Henry and Charity. Apparently as Andrew Jackson had died just before the 1860 Census, Cora did not know of him or his family and had not listed him among the other two sons of Henry and Charity. An online visit to Ancestry.com gave a birth date of October 20, 1849 and Mary Ann�s maiden name as Fowble, a sister to Benjamin�s wife, Caroline Fowble. I am glad this correction has been made. This opens a new door to explore. In 1880 the 3 living sons of Samuel, Alexander and Andrew, Jr. are found in Kansas City, MO, a separation from the Maryland family and perhaps another reason why Cora missed this line.

What we now know:

ANDREW JACKSON6 BOND (CHARITY5 CHENOWETH, WILLIAM4, ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1829 in Maryland, and died Bef. March 1860. He married MARY ANN FOWBLE October 20, 1849 in Carroll Co., MD, daughter of JOHN FOWBLE and REBECCA ?. She was born Abt. 1828 in Maryland.

Children of ANDREW BOND and MARY FOWBLE are:

1. SAMUEL A.7 BOND, b. Abt. 1853, Carroll Co., MD; m. SUE ?; b. Abt. 1859, Kentucky.
2. MARY ELIZABETH BOND, b. September 28, 1854, Carroll Co., MD; d. May 02, 1891; m. JOHN FRANKLIN RAVER; b. October 13, 1846, Pennsylvania; d. February 17, 1902.
3. ALEXANDER BOND, b. Abt. 1856, Carroll Co., MD.
4. ANDREW J. BOND, b. Abt. 1858, Carroll Co., MD.
5. IDA BOND, b. Abt. 1859, Carroll Co., MD.
6. JOHN BOND, b. Abt. March 1860, Carroll Co., MD.

A cousin marriage uncovered

One of the most pleasant aspects of managing the Chenoweth website is the constant surprise of some of the cousin sign-ins. While many are routine, there are often gems that pop up in surprising ways. The site is fortunate to be displayed on the first page of a general google search on the Chenoweth name. This is not the case with rival search machines. Netscape and Yahoo also rank the site high on a search. Just recently MSN has begun to list it in its top site response. There are few one-name genealogy sites that enjoy this accessibility. The happy result is constant cousin traffic.

In June 2007 I received a snail mail request to purchase a CD from Rhonda Gerth of Renton. I was surprised on two accounts: Rhonda had not first contacted me by email and though she was in my file from Census work and an obit found by Dot Tucker Houk, this was a line I had little contact in, so was anxious to get in touch with Rhonda. She had provided a phone number, so I made a call. As I found out it was really Rhonda�s mother, Joanne who had the genealogy skills and had found our site on the internet in a search. This line was from Thomas N. Chenoweth of Vermilion Co., IL, a grandson of Elijah and a brother to the Francis Chenoweth who was an early resident of Whidbey Island, WA where I am presently building a summer home, my family having had homes on Saratoga Passage for some 57 years. I had had contacts from Thomas, but not from his daughter Mary Elizabeth. She married Josiah Baker on January 19, 1873 in Vermilion Co., IL. This is where the Harris book had left it. Pete, through careful Census work had brought this line down to the 1930 Census where William Baker was a 3 year old child of Thomas and Myrtle Baker in Los Angeles. Later Dot had found an obit for William who died in Nevada in 2003. This had added Rhonda to my file and now she had contacted me.

In talking to her mother Joanne, I learned that Myrtle Annett Ewing, the mother of William was also a Chenoweth. Looking in the file I see I had failed to see this connection (one does get a bit lost in a sea of 145,000 names) and I had two Myrtle Ewings in my file both born in April of 1898. This turned out to be a 2nd cousin once removed marriage. Myrtle�s line went back to Emily Chenoweth who was a sister to Mary Elizabeth. I remembered Emily very well as an early cousin contact had been Marsha Davis of Arkansas. Marsha was #13 on my cousin list and now Rhonda is #2,400 with more than 11 years in between. Marsha had explained to me Emily�s second marriage to Nathan Sawyer not listed in Harris. She had also sent me the first copy I had seen of the work of Arthur L. Keith, in a paper delivered to an early Elkins family reunion. I have since lost contact with Marsha, but her help in Emily�s line is still appreciated. Now Rhonda represented a first contact from Emily�s first marriage to Isaac E. Watkins. Hopefully Joanne�s input will add to both of these lines as there is a lot still to reel in. I of course was happy to add another line to the �kissing cousins� page.

THOMAS CHENOWETH7 BAKER (MARY ELIZABETH6 CHENOWETH, THOMAS N.5, THOMAS C.4, ELIJAH3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born May 02, 1888 in Kansas, and died February 08, 1971 in Los Angeles Co., CA. He married MYRTLE ANNETT EWING Abt. 1926, daughter of ALBERT EWING and IDA WATKINS. She was born April 17, 1898 in Oklahoma, and died April 14, 1985 in Los Angeles Co., CA.

MYRTLE ANNETT8 EWING (IDA M.7 WATKINS, EMILY6 CHENOWETH, THOMAS N.5, THOMAS C.4, ELIJAH3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born April 17, 1898 in Oklahoma, and died April 14, 1985 in Los Angeles Co., CA. She married THOMAS CHENOWETH BAKER Abt. 1926, son of JOSIAH BAKER and MARY CHENOWETH. He was born May 02, 1888 in Kansas, and died February 08, 1971 in Los Angeles Co., CA.

The 4th generation

The 4th generation is where the family begins to blur in size. It also is the first bridging generation between the known 3rd generation and the emergence of Census information that starts in 1850. There were 52 third generation descendants, the grandchildren of the family. 29 were Chenoweth males and 19 of these carry the Chenoweth name into present day. The mind can grasp and remember these lines as distinct parts of the family. In the next generation, the great grandchildren, the number expands to 310 with 92 Chenoweth males and 51 carrying the name forward to today. The heavy male Chenoweth name bias that exists in the family today is readily seen in the 4th generation. A normal distribution of great grandchildren would yield only 25% carrying the Chenoweth name and only half of that male to carry on the name. The actuality is that 2/3 of the 4th generation bears the Chenoweth name and almost a third were male Chenoweths. The numbers become too big to easily sort through.

Of the 310 lines, cousins from over 140 of them have contacted us. About a third of these 310 descendants, either lack enough information to be ever solved or died without continuing lines. This leaves some 13 lines brought to modern times that we have not contacted and some 36 lines that appear to be developable with some additional work. Of the 51 male lines that we have to carry the name into present day, 16 are from John, 2 from Richard, 10 from Arthur, 6 from William, and 17 from Thomas. Each of John�s 6 sons comes down to today. The 3 oldest from William form a huge body of the family: John in Randolph Co., WV, and Jonathan and William in Kentucky. Like William, all of John�s sons are accounted for, 5 in all: William of Warren Co., OH, John of Washington Co., IN, James whose families spanned Ohio and Indiana, Absolom whose family was in Perry Co., OH and Elias wound up in Jay Co., IN. Thomas has two sons: Nicholas who settled in Williamson Co., IL and James, my ancestors, whose descendants ended up in Missouri and Texas. Richard�s two sons were Thomas of Indiana and James whose lines stayed largely in Kentucky and Indiana. Of the two sons of Absolom, the descendants of James ended up in Illinois and Absolom, Jr�s lines were split between Indiana and Kentucky. John and Arthur of Arthur were in Illinois and Indiana.

Richard�s line is carried through his one son John, with both Archibald and Nicholas ending up in Tennessee. Arthur�s has 10 lines from five of his six sons. Three of these remain in Baltimore today, Richard Beasman from Arthur, Jr., Thomas, Jr. from the sole line from Thomas and William from Richard. Arthur, Jr.�s other two sons are William whose lines went to Randolph Co., IN and Arthur who forms the Indiana Chinworths. John and Samuel went to Virginia. Samuel's line is be left solely to David Richard Chenoweth, II as the last male descendant of Samuel, Jr with the promise of carrying the line. John�s line is carried by Richard whose descendants live in Henry Co., TN today and John, Jr. who went to Indiana. The other 2 of Arthur�s lines are Richard�s Tennessee sons, George Washington and Absolom.

Four of the six lines of William are from William, Jr., including the 3 sons of the cousin marriages that settled in Warren Co., OH, William, Absolom, and John. The other is Thomas who settled in Clark Co., OH. Isaac has a narrow line though his son Edward. The other Isaac line is from Isaac J. who ended up in Iowa.

Thomas had 7 sons and 6 carry lines down. The sole descent from John is from his son Isaac who settled in Vermillion Co., IN. Thomas, Jr. is carried through John who settled in Darke Co., OH and Benjamin Franklin and Joseph who went to Missouri. Arthur�s sons Joseph and Absolom remained near Pike Co., while Luke's family is found in Indiana and Missouri. Lines of Richard�s son Thomas are still found in Tippecanoe Co., IN and Richard, Jr. and Uriah went to Missouri. Elijah is carried by three sons, Thomas who went to Indiana and whose son Frances ended up in Oregon, John Foster in Ohio whose descendants went to Kansas and California, and Elijah, Jr. whose family stayed more closely in Ohio. The yougest line of Abraham is carried by 4 sons. William whose family settled in Warren Co., IN, John and Jacob who went to Dark Co., OH and Joel who went to Iowa and wrote the first family account.

It is Pete�s hope that one day we will have a spectrum of DNA samples across all 51 of these lines, and that the information generated will help to define distinct lines within the family of John and Mary. Whether or not that works out will only be determined when this ambitious goal is reached. For now we are still working on the 3rd generation with 11 of the possible 19 obtained. These have helped to identify the correct sample for John�s family and to confirm that both of the 2 unknown lines tested to date are indeed part of the family

A family snapshot

In 2004 I created what I consider to be the definitive picture of the family. I have updated the page a couple of times adding in �frills� and updating the information with current family knowledge. In essence this page displays all known 310 great grandchildren of the family and indicates which lines continued, which ended and lists those we know nothing about. It is a grand synopsis of the genealogy of the family, but I fear one seldom viewed by any one, as I have never received a comment on it. It certainly would be a good taking off point for any one interested in expanding the family knowledge in key areas.

In the process of my latest revision I have been able to identify the latest nineteen 4th generation lines added to the family to present day since mid 2004. Remarkable half of these are in the line of Thomas, the youngest son. Only one was for the lines of John, the oldest son, but his lines are the best developed in the family. They are:

• JOHN::
  • Rachel Chenoweth d/o John: (1) Absolum Ashbrook, her cousin (2) Henry Dusenbery b: 1777 in Hampshire Co., VA (now WV), migrated to Ohio - a daughter, Lydia Dusenbery, married Jeremiah Harritt and was living in 1850 Census as found by Cinda Justice in 2007
• RICHARD: Three Ashton lines of Hannah Chenoweth d/o Richard(2), thanks to finding a website of Eugene Albert �Bucky� Edgett, III and information he subsequently sent me:
  • Richard Ashton b: 1776 in Harford Co., MD - m: Ruth Love, lived in Harford Co., MD. Most of present day knowledge carried from daughter Sarah who married David Streett, Jr.
  • Joseph Ashton, Jr. b: March 08, 1784 in Harford Co., MD - m: Elizabeth Baldwin, lived in Harford Co., MD.
  • Susan Ashton b: m: Thomas Streett - lived Harford Co., MD
• ARTHUR: Three Butler lines of Ruth Chenoweth, d/o Arthur(2) - each from separate contacts. The Taylor line came from the research of Doug Fisher, a descendant, the Shield line from a kindly researcher, Lynn Dolski and Ammon III from John Rausch:
  • Sarah Butler m: Harry Davis b: May 29, 1781 - have name of only one daughter who married Hezekiah Taylor
  • Amon III b: Abt. 1781 married Jemima Lane and had 6 children
  • Harriet Butler b: Abt. 1795 - m: William Shields
• WILLIAM: Pete also found the Fox line of Sarah Sutton posted at ancestry.com. This was described in the Decemeber 2005 newsletter (http://www.chenowethsite.com/newsletter/nlvol4-4.htm#j5). This is in the line of Mary Chenoweth, d/o William(2):
  • Sarah Sutton m: David Fox b: September 12, 1767 in Ft. Cumberland, MD d; Warren Co., OH
  • Greg Wulker found and developed the line of Joseph�s daughter, Eleanor (called Newly in Joseph�s will) m: James Mason. The family lived in Warren Co., OH
• THOMAS: Pete found the Scott line of Sarah Chenoweth�s daughter Harriet posted at ancestry.com. Sarah was a daughter of Thomas(2):
  • Hannah Scott m: John Levi b: Abt. 1789, lived Mason Co., KY

    Mary Lou Cole with the assistance of Joe Downing allowed us to extend the lines of Mary Chenoweth m: Timothy Dowing to 3 additional lines

  • Dorcus Downing m: Ellis Downing
  • William Downing m: Malinda Barton
  • Sarah Downing m: Mesheck Downing

    Rose Inks was my first break through on Sarah and Joyce helped me with another line leading to the Powders

  • Sarah m: Lewis Rodgers b: April 08, 1783 in Maryland, migrated with parents to Mason Co., KY then Pike Co., OH then Vigo Co., IN

    In 1998 a Sue Ellen Peglow contacted me from the family of Hiram, but never furnished any information. Pete�s 1920 Census work filled in some missing information and I reconnected with Sue in 2007 to fill in some of this family. This is the subject of a future article about to be published titled: �Hiram and a descendant�

  • Hiram m: Nancy Wolfe b: 1806 in Ross Co., OH (now Pike Co.), migrated to Vermillion Co., IN then Montgomery Co., IN

    LouAnn Cameron and Joyce Wiegand are responsible for developing the Hallenbecks of Rebecca down to modern day. Rebecca was a d/o Richard, the s/o Thomas. This work was described in the June 2007 article �Joyce, Richard�s children and a new Hollenback�

  • Rebecca m: (1st) Thomas Hollenback (2nd) Daniel Shoemaker b: March 12, 1797 in Mason Co., KY, , migrated with parents to Pike Co., OH, moved to Tippecanoe Co., IN

    Work of Joyce Wiegand located the Powders family of Ruth Findley�s daughter Sarah. This led me to contact Carrol Powders and his assistance in the Powders family genealogy. This was the second present described in a March 2005 article titled �Christmas Presents�

  • Ruth m: Samuel Findley b: May 11, 1793 in Kentucky, migrated with parents to Pike Co., OH - daughter Sarah m: (1) John Powders & (2) William Hoffman - migrated to Clay Co., IN, descendants to Missouri and Oklahoma

    Ken Agans found us and gave me a continuing line for the Lowes of Rachel, one of Elijah�s daughters. I have written an article about this to be published titled: �Finally a Rachel�

  • Rachel m: Elijah Lowe b: October 24, 1792 in Mason Co., KY, migrated with parents to Franklin Co., OH, then Vermillion Co., IN and Kansas

    In September 2006, Tom Blackstone contacted me with continuing lines for the Blackstones of Hannah, another of Elijah�s daughters

  • Hannah m: Thomas Blackstone b: October 21, 1806 in Ross Co., OH (now Pike Co.) d: in Ross Co., OH

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IT�S NEVER TOO EARLY TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FOR 6th NATIONAL FAMILY REUNION
DALLAS/FT WORTH, TEXAS
21-25 JULY 2010

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DO YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE?

In past issues we asked you to take a look at information that we had gathered with regards unidentified Chenoweths. In this issue we offer a different type of unknown Chenoweth. The following items have been found in Family Tree Maker files. As always with this column any help in identifying these individuals would be greatly appreciated.

WFT 155 #1256
LORI GAIL CHENOWETH md Kevin Lynn SCHANK

1. Niki Marie Schank
   1. Tessa Marie Schank

WFT 163 #463
___(W.T.)_____ CHINNEWORTH (c �IL/c -1900) md Emma (Young)_ (c Aug 1863-IL/__) [m: Aug 28, 1883-Logan Co., IL]

1. JULIA A. CHINNEWORTH (c Oct 1879-IL/__) � previous marriage =Langford
2. JAMES H. CHINNEWORTH (c Dec 1882-IL/__)
3. MOLLIE CHINNEWORTH (c Sep 1884-IL/__)
4. EMMA GRACE CHINNEWORTH (31 May 1889-IL/__) md Frank GLENN 18 Mar 1906 (25 Dec 1884-MO/c Feb 1972)
   1. Clarence Glenn (13 Jan 1907-MO/c Jan 1980)
   2. Albert J. Glenn (10 Mar 1910-MO/c May 1986)

WFT 156 #39
__________ CHENOWETH md Merle �Bud� HICKS (9 Mar 1913-KS/24 Jun 1967)

WFT 23 #252
ARTHUR �Art� CHENOWETH (__/c �2004) md Donna Belle CLINE (Divorced) (7 Oct 1921-CA/2 Apr 2004-CA)

1. STEPHEN KENT CHENOWITH (c 1947/__) md (1) Victoria E. Osborne 19 Jun 1965-CA/Div (c 1947/__)
   (2) Odette SAMPLE (McGREW) 10 Apr 1983-CA (c 1954/__)
   1. BRETON K. CHENOWETH (25 Nov 1965-CA/__) md Melissa A. MAYNARD
   2. STEPHEN L. CHENOWETH (8 Jul 1968-CA/__)
   3. JANELLE DONNA CHENOWETH

WFT 16 #2179 (This may be Bernice Harmon, a Chenoweth niece, but we have no confirmation)
BERNICE ROSE CHENOWETH (c 1897-KS/__) md John Perry WHITEAKER 8 Jan 1918-KS (c 1895-TX/__)

WFT 5 #38-8
BETTY KATHRYN CHENOWETH md Alvin Thomas SISK

1. Thomas Wade Sisk
2. Julia Susanne Sisk

WFT 10 #1369
CHARLES CHENOWETH md Joanna COSTELLO (c 1872/__)

WFT 23 #2959
DAVE CHENOWETH md Debra Louise DIFFEE

1. LEAH CHENOWETH
2. ANNA CHENOWETH

WFT 32 #29
DEBRA SUE CHENOWETH (maybe Chenowith) md James Allen MILLIKAN - Arkansas

1. Michelle LeAnn Millikan
2. John Allen Millikan
3. Robert James Millikan

WFT 37 #415
__________ CHENOWETH md __________ LITTLE

1. DIONE LOUISE CHENOWETH (9 Dec 1938-CA/__) md Ross Alan JACOBS 25 Mar 1961-CA (c Aug 1938/__)
   1. Elise L. Jacobs (4 Jan 1964-CA/__)
   2. Kevin A. Jacobs (3 Apr 1968-CA/__)
   3. Scott E. Jacobs (12 Feb 1972-CA/__)

WFT 4 #2007
DON L. CHENOWETH md Alice Everetta DOWLER (WIGAL)

WFT 4 #2504
ISADORE B. CHENOWETH (c 1893-IN/__) md Wallace Downing FACKLER c 1918 (22 Aug 1892-IL/__)

Note: Isadore is likely "Ida B" d/o Granville Harris Chenoweth. In the 1900 Census Ida is clearly listed as Isa B. They are living in Cass Co., IA which is where the parents of Wallace Fackler were living and where Wallace was in 1910. As Ida or Isa was older than Wallace, there was probably ample reason for her to fudge on her age.....

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