John Smith Chenoweth

1 CHENOWETH, John Sr. born 1682/3 St. Martins, Meneage, Cornwall; died May 06, 1746 Frederick County VA
  2 CHENOWETH, John Jr. born 1706; died 1770~71 Frederick County VA
    3 CHENOWETH, Richard born 1734/8 Westmoreland County VA; died June 1803 Jefferson County KY
      4 CHENOWETH, James S. born May 17, 1777 near North Mountain, Berkeley County VA; died January 19, 1852 Cincinnati OH
        5 CHENOWETH, John Smith born April 03, 1803 Mercer County KY; died March 23, 1866 Saint Louis MO
1818 Harrodsburg mercantile house; 1836 Louisville head of mercantile house; 1846 CincinnatiObituaryJS




        +ROSS, Elizabeth born 1802 Fayette County KY; Married February 6, 1823 Lexington, Fayette County KY; Died about 1834~38
Elizabeth's parents were William ROSS born 1753 in Scotland; died October 1833 and Nancy CHINN died 1816. Captain Ross was at one time an officer in the British service, and a man of ability and social rank at Lexington KY. ¬π
          6 CHENOWETH, William James Sr. born December 01, 1823 Green County KY; died August 19, 1915 Decatur, Macon County IL
          6 217Chenoweth05JamesSmithBusinesscard1846-1866.jpgCHENOWETH, Martha Ann born November 20, 1825 in KY; died 1910
          6 CHENOWETH, Elizabeth Ross; born May 10, 1828
          +APPERSON, William W. married Montgomery County KY; Resided in Orangeville, Bath County where he was a Judge.
          6 CHENOWETH, Margaret Kincaid born January 08, 1833 Mercer County KY; died February 02, 1889
          6 CHENOWETH, Margaret Kincaid born January 08, 1833 Mercer County KY; died February 02, 1889
          6 CHENOWETH, Thomas John; born April 10, 1834 Mercer County KY; druggist in Maysville KY;³ died July 16, 1915 Mason County KY
        *2nd wife of 5 CHENOWETH, John Smith born April 03, 1803:
        +RODGERS, Julia B. born October 22, 1810 Jefferson County KY; married March 30, 1837 Jefferson County KY; died January 28, 1851 Jefferson County KY
Julia's parents were Dr. Coleman ROGERS born March 6, 1781; died February 17, 1855, and Jane FARRER born July 28, 1789; died November 26, 1846.
          6 CHENOWETH, Laura R. born 1838 Louisville, KY; died 1903 Jefferson County KY
          +DIMMITT, Addison born 1822; died 1865
          *2nd husband of 6 CHENOWETH, Laura R. born 1838:
          +EVERETT, John born Montgomery County KY; married July 01, 1857 Montgomery County KY; died the service of the Confederacy in 1863 Mason County KY

In 1847 John Smith had to leave slaves behind to move to Cincinnati OH. He told them to "find homes". Two were sold to masters of their own choosing. A female and two sons worked off her $2,000 debt of freedom on the steamboat J.S. Chenoweth. John Smith worked in 1852 on his brother James's steamboat between Louisville and New Orleans. By 1854 he was master of the "John Johnson" on the lower Missouri River.¹

        *3rd wife of 5 CHENOWETH, John Smith Chenoweth born April 03, 1803:
        +SHULTZ, Julia Lee (LEACH) born February 11, 1820 Mason County KY; married December 14, 1853 Mason County KY; died September 18, 1898 Maysville, Mason County KY

Julia SCHULTZ's parents were Christian SHULTZ born February 10, 1787; died July 26, 1867; and Charlotte LEE born March 2, 1798; died January 1876. They both lived and died Maysville, Mason County KY.¹
          6 CHENOWETH, Frank Key born 1857 in OH; died about January 28, 1861
          6 CHENOWETH, Henry Pirtle born May 25, 1853/5/9 Mason County KY; died April 16, 1926 Mason County KY
Henry Pirtle and Julia Lee were twins.²
          +Catherine 'Kate' Duke born June 09, 1860 in KY died 1933 in Mason County, KY Father: Abraham Buford Duke Mother: Charlotte Payne
            7 Buford Duke Chenoweth born June 17, 1883 in Mason County, KY died February 01, 1972 in Orlando, Orange County, FL Comment: married ca 1924 & divorced
            7 Julia Shultz Chenoweth born October 25, 1886 in Mason County, KY died July 15, 1968 Comment: never married
            7 Amy Armstrong Chenoweth born May 15, 1891 in Mason County, KY died Aft. 1956 Comment: never married
            7 Henry Poyntz Chenoweth born June 06, 1900 in Mason County, KY died September 1969 in Duval County, FL
            +Annalee Avery
              8 Horace Avery Chenoweth
              +Katherine Ogden Adams
                9 Horace Avery Chenoweth, Jr.
                9 Richard Maxwell Chenoweth
                +Teresa Tanya Riordan
                9 Isabel Elliott Chenoweth
                +Peter Sachner
                9 Matthew Lee Chenoweth
              8 Catherine Anne Chenoweth
              +John William Ross, Jr.
                9 Catherine Lindsay Ross
                9 Cameron Avery Ross
                9 John Chandler Ross
              *2nd Husband of 8 Catherine Anne Chenoweth:
              +Dennis Miachel Burgoon
          6 CHENOWETH, Julia Lee born May 25, 1859 Hamilton County OH¹/Mason County KY²
Henry Pirtle and Julia Lee were twins.²
          +Claudius Victor Gilman born March 28, 1856 in Niagara County, NY died 1939 Comment: also Gillman Father: Andrw Newton Gilman Mother: Agnes Elizabeth Broughton
            7 Edward Lee Gilman born March 22, 1883 in KY died March 22, 1883 in KY
            7 Bryant Glenny Gilman born October 17, 1884 in MN died August 01, 1887
            7 Chenoweth H. Gilman born December 10, 1887 in MN died July 1968 in Lake Wales, Polk County, FL
            +Virginia ? born Abt. 1896 in MN died Unknown
              8 Betty M. Gilman
              8 Eleanor W. Gilman
            7 Victor Boughton Gilman born January 17, 1890 in MN died January 1972
            7 Frank Shepard Gilman born December 20, 1895 in MN died 1970
            +'Ted' Cooper died Unknown

Source:
1. Harris, Richard 1994, The Chenoweth Family in America: Some Descendants of John Chenoweth b. ca 1682, Scottsville KY: Gerald Printing
2. November 25, 2001, Richard Chenoweth: descendant of Julia Leach Schultz
3. 1903 Past and Present of Mason County IL S.J.Clarke Pub