AR Military Civil War: Union Army Private in Company A of 1st Battery, Ark. Lt. Artillery Regiment, enlisted on Jan. 26, 1864, served until discharge Aug. 10, 1865 in Ft.Smith, Ark. Although Arkansas joined the Confederate States of America in 1861, not all of it's citizens supported secession. On his claim for disability, due to war injuries, he is listed as: 45 years old, 5'6" Fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, farmer.
Oldest son of: Nelson H. and Sarah W. King Chenoweth
Brother of: Henry , Isaac Pierce, William, Mary Elizabeth, Joseph E., and Sarah Leona.
John's first wife: Mary Elizabeth Starnes m 07 July 1869 near Hindsville, Madison Co, Ark., their daughter: Martha Adaline "Addie"
John bought a large farm on the Little Osage, south of Healing Springs, in Benton County, in the Fall of 1869. John married Margaret J. "Meg" St.John (Coker) on Nov. 12, 1876 in Healing Springs, Ark.
Their children: Joseph Lester, married Iva March Garrison
Nelson E., married Eva Maude Poindexter
Jeff William, married Melvia Willie Hensley
Ida M., married William Pleas Abercrombie. Ida is buried at Thornsberry Cemetery near Tontitown.
John and his brother, Henry, ran a business together, the Chenoweth Brother's Farms.
Reba Chenoweth, John's 1st granddaughter really loved him. He petted her and was so good to her. She was 10 when he died. Reba still talked about him when she was an old woman,80 years later.
Oldest son of: Nelson H. and Sarah W. King Chenoweth
Brother of: Henry , Isaac Pierce, William, Mary Elizabeth, Joseph E., and Sarah Leona.
John's first wife: Mary Elizabeth Starnes m 07 July 1869 near Hindsville, Madison Co, Ark., their daughter: Martha Adaline "Addie"
John bought a large farm on the Little Osage, south of Healing Springs, in Benton County, in the Fall of 1869. John married Margaret J. "Meg" St.John (Coker) on Nov. 12, 1876 in Healing Springs, Ark.
Their children: Joseph Lester, married Iva March Garrison
Nelson E., married Eva Maude Poindexter
Jeff William, married Melvia Willie Hensley
Ida M., married William Pleas Abercrombie. Ida is buried at Thornsberry Cemetery near Tontitown.
John and his brother, Henry, ran a business together, the Chenoweth Brother's Farms.
Reba Chenoweth, John's 1st granddaughter really loved him. He petted her and was so good to her. She was 10 when he died. Reba still talked about him when she was an old woman,80 years later.
AR Military Civil War: Union Army Private in Company A of 1st Battery, Ark. Lt. Artillery Regiment, enlisted on Jan. 26, 1864, served until discharge Aug. 10, 1865 in Ft.Smith, Ark. Although Arkansas joined the Confederate States of America in 1861, not all of it's citizens supported secession. On his claim for disability, due to war injuries, he is listed as: 45 years old, 5'6" Fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, farmer.
Oldest son of: Nelson H. and Sarah W. King Chenoweth
Brother of: Henry , Isaac Pierce, William, Mary Elizabeth, Joseph E., and Sarah Leona.
John's first wife: Mary Elizabeth Starnes m 07 July 1869 near Hindsville, Madison Co, Ark., their daughter: Martha Adaline "Addie"
John bought a large farm on the Little Osage, south of Healing Springs, in Benton County, in the Fall of 1869. John married Margaret J. "Meg" St.John (Coker) on Nov. 12, 1876 in Healing Springs, Ark.
Their children: Joseph Lester, married Iva March Garrison
Nelson E., married Eva Maude Poindexter
Jeff William, married Melvia Willie Hensley
Ida M., married William Pleas Abercrombie. Ida is buried at Thornsberry Cemetery near Tontitown.
John and his brother, Henry, ran a business together, the Chenoweth Brother's Farms.
Reba Chenoweth, John's 1st granddaughter really loved him. He petted her and was so good to her. She was 10 when he died. Reba still talked about him when she was an old woman,80 years later.
Oldest son of: Nelson H. and Sarah W. King Chenoweth
Brother of: Henry , Isaac Pierce, William, Mary Elizabeth, Joseph E., and Sarah Leona.
John's first wife: Mary Elizabeth Starnes m 07 July 1869 near Hindsville, Madison Co, Ark., their daughter: Martha Adaline "Addie"
John bought a large farm on the Little Osage, south of Healing Springs, in Benton County, in the Fall of 1869. John married Margaret J. "Meg" St.John (Coker) on Nov. 12, 1876 in Healing Springs, Ark.
Their children: Joseph Lester, married Iva March Garrison
Nelson E., married Eva Maude Poindexter
Jeff William, married Melvia Willie Hensley
Ida M., married William Pleas Abercrombie. Ida is buried at Thornsberry Cemetery near Tontitown.
John and his brother, Henry, ran a business together, the Chenoweth Brother's Farms.
Reba Chenoweth, John's 1st granddaughter really loved him. He petted her and was so good to her. She was 10 when he died. Reba still talked about him when she was an old woman,80 years later.
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