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James Chenoweth Full Name: James Quilbert Chenoweth Date of birth: February 9, 1841 Date of death: June 20, 1909 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 21 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Bonham / Fannin   Fannin H 19 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3)   Democrat Bonham / Fannin   Fannin (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches CHENOWETH, JAMES Q. (1841-1909). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, History of Fannin County, Texas. . . Chenowith was "a democrat of the bourbon school." HeritageQuest Online. Biographical sketch, James Quilbert Chenoweth, "Field Officers of Kentucky CSA Units," p. 286-287. Birth date 2/9/1841 in Louisville, Kentucky. Kentuckians in Gray, 2008. Biographical sketch, James Q. Chenoweth, p. 254. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Colonel, 15th Kentucky Cavalry. Military grave marker, James Q. Chenoweth (1834-1909), burial in Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Includes portraits, obituary from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Find a Grave. Confederate States Army. "Appointed colonel, September 6, 1864, and ordered to go behind Union lines in Kentucky and recruit a regiment. Raised Chenoweth's Kentucky Calvary, a unit in Gen. Adam Johnson's partisan brigade, and led this regiment to the end of the war." Kentuckians in Gray, 2008. Other Resources Obituary, "Colonel J.Q. Chenoweth," The Daily Favorite (Bonham, Texas), 7/20/1909, p. 1, crediting Bonham Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. J.Q. Chenoweth, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.Q. Chenoweth, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Funeral Procession for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Judiciary No. 2   Memorial Resolutions for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County   Memorial Services for Hon. W.H. Tucker of Anderson and Hon. A.J. Leo of Hidalgo   Penitentiaries   17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts   Congressional Districts, Apportionment   Federal Relations (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs

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