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 Information top

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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