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† Source #1: History of
Pike County, Illinois. - 1880
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JAMES W. CHENOWETH
was born in 1847 in Pike county, and is a son of Wm.
and Sarah Chenoweth; he first married Mary Erving
in 1874. One child was born to them. Mrs.
C. died in the same year, and in 1878 Mr. C.
married Miss Maggie Erving, who was born in 1857.
Mr. C. commenced buying and shipping stock eight
years ago, and in this business has succeeded very well. |
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MILES B. CHENOWETH;
P. O. Chambersburg; was born in 1827 in Bartholomew Co.,
Ind. His parents, Abraham and Rachel Chenoweth,
were both natives of Kentucky; they moved to Clinton
Co., Ind., in the fall of 1832, and in 1836 to Pike
county, Ill., where our subject grew to manhood and
embarked in farming; in 1848 he was united in marriage
to Miss Anna E. Allen, a native of Madison Co.,
N. Y., born April 7, 1830, and they are the parents of 4
children. They have been members of the Christian
Church for 35 years, and in all public enterprises
Mr. C. is very Liberal. |
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E. D. COOPER was
born in 1812 in Sumner Co., Tenn., and was the son of
George and Elizabeth Cooper, the former of N. C. and
his mother of Tenn. With his parents our subject
moved to Ky., and in 1829 came to Illinois, and worked
at the carpenter's trade in Pittsfield. In 1843 he
married Miss Venturia Hobbs, who was born in Ky.,
in 1818. Mr. C. followed farming up to
1857, and then embarked in the grocery business;
he went West, and in 1860 came back to Illinois, and
again engaged in the grocery business until 1865, then
embarked in the milling business, which he continued two
years; farmed for a year; engaged in the milling
business in Versailles, Ill., for about a year and a
half; returned to the farm, where he lived for 7 years;
then sold out and bought the Chambersburg Mills, which
he has been running since. In connection with the
flouring-mill, which he has put in excellent repair, he
has a saw-mill. |
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