   Thomas J. Chenoweth 2 May 1839 - 7 March 1920 Bettie M. Chenoweth 27 April 1849 - 21 May 1930 The Whitewright Sun Friday, March 12, 1920 pg. 1 PIONEER CITIZEN DIED HERE SUNDAY MORNING T.J. Chenoweth dies at his home in Whitewright Sunday morning at 3:30 o'clock, March 7, 1920, being 80 years, 10 months, and 5 days of age. He is survived by his wife and 6 children, Mrs. Smith of Tuttle, Oklahoma; Mrs. Hodge of Bonham; Mrs. McMahon of Bonham; Mrs. Lawrence of Rogers, Arkansas; M rs. Owens of Del Rio; and Miss Tommie Chenoweth, the youngest child and the only one now at home. Mr. Chenoweth was born in Helena, Arkansas, but spent his boyhood days in Springfield, Missouri, where, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the cause of the Confederacy and was with Missouri troops during the entire period of the war. Immediately after the war, he, with his parents, moved to Texas and settled near Kentuckytown, the farm being situated in what is now the west part of Whitewright. He was married to Miss Bettie Paxton September 22, 1870, at Bonham, Uncle Charlie Charlton officiating. To this union 8 children were born, 2 of whom died in infancy. In 1876 he moved to Savoy, where he lived until 1904, then going to Sabinal, from which place he moved to Whitewright in 1916. Mr. Chenoweth was baptized into the Church of Christ at Savoy over 40 years ago and until the infirmities of age came on him, was active in church work. While at Savoy, his home was the home, in great part, of visiting preachers, Bro. F.L. Young of Paris, and old friend of the family, preached the funeral sermon at the Central Christian Church Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after which the remains were laid to rest in the City Cemetery at Whitewright. While Mr. Chenoweth was not at all finicky, he was gently gracious in his bearing and so pure in life that it has been said of him that fewer yarns of low merit have been repeated in his presence than in the presence of any man in this community . In him, the "milk of human kindness" was never, in the least, "sou red" by youthful pranks nor even downright outlawry. He had charity for all and enmity for none. He faced promptly his political obligations an d took his stand for the moral side, as it was given him to see the right, between both men and measures. The devotion of his faithful wife during the long period of his feebleness was wonderfully sweet in her watchful tenderness and but a repetition of the care she gave his mother, who was an invalid in her home for a number of years. Truly hers has been a life of loving service. - - - By one who knows. CARD OF THANKS To the many dear friends who ministered so tenderly to our dear one during his last illness, and those who remembered us so sweetly with beautiful flowers we thank you and pray God's richest blessings on you all. We appreciate beyond measure the special courtesy of the faculty, glee club and pupils of the school. Mrs. T.J. Chenoweth and children  Saturday, May 24, 1930 pg. 4 Elizabeth Paxton Chenoweth, daughter of Col. W.C. and Parmelia Stotts Paxton, was born in Adair County, Kentucky April 27, 1849. At one year of age she moved with her parents to Mt. Vernon, Missouri, fifteen years later moving to Bonham, Texas. She attended school at Carlton College, being a desk mate of Mrs. Sam Howard. At eighteen years of age she was baptized by Uncle Charlie Carlton, and in 1870 he performed the ceremony uniting her in marriage to Thos. J. Chenoweth, to which eight children were born. A boy and girl died in early childhood. Six daughters, Mrs. S.P. Smith of Altus, Oklahoma; Mrs. C.C. Hodge of Bonham; Mrs. E.A. McMahon of Bonham; Mrs. J.F. Lawrence of Durant, Oklahoma; Mrs. Garland Owens of Somerset; and Miss Tommie Chenoweth of Whitewright, survive. She is also survived by twenty-one grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. J.L. Geran of Whitewright. The passing of Aunt Betty closes the book of a well spent life. She was ever kind and true to her family and friends. She demonstrated by actual practice that life can be made pleasant both to one's self and to others. Her friends have always been numbered by her acquaintances. Her life-work has even been to scatter sunshine wherever she goes by ever "keep on keeping on." She has proved that the greatest legacy one can leave is to live a life of Christianity, always doing good. This she has practiced for sixty-three years and we feel that the world has been richly blessed by having sustained so wonderful a character for so many years, and were every one to whom she has done some loving service to bring a blossom to her grave, she would sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of flowers. Mrs. Chenoweth was laid to rest at the side of her late husband in the City Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.T. Purvis, pastor of the Central Christian Church at 3 p.m. Wednesday, assisted by Rev. Holder of Bonham. The funeral was attended by all the nurses en masse from the Bonham hospital, at which place Mrs. Chenoweth was confined for eight weeks. They reported her to be the kindest, most considerate, and most unselfish patient conceivable. Among those attending the funeral from out of town besides her children were Miss Sally Jo Carlton, Paul Arledge, Miss Lipscomb, and numerous others from Bonham; J.J. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lindsey and Mrs. W.W. Henry of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Arterberry, Mrs. Tom Arterberry, Mrs. John May and numerous others of Savoy; Mr. Bryant of Dodd City. - - A Friend in Whitewright Sun  Whitewright City Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |