Ira Stout Chenoweth

Brief Life History of Ira Stout

When Ira Stout Chenoweth was born on 29 February 1824, in Randolph, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert T Chenoweth, was 41 and his mother, Edith Eve Skidmore, was 34. He married Matilda McCoy on 10 November 1846, in Braxton, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Reedy District, Roane, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Reedy District, Roane, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. In 1870, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as farmer in Reedy District, Roane, West Virginia, United States. He died on 10 March 1899, in Roane, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Reedy, Roane, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Stout Chenoweth
1824–1899
Matilda McCoy
1827–1913
Marriage: 10 November 1846
Martha Jane Chenoweth
1847–1926
James Othaniel Chenoweth
1849–1938
General Washington Chenoweth
1851–1870
David Fleet Chenoweth
1854–1855
Nancy Elizabeth Chenoweth
1856–1929
Job Marcellus Chenoweth
1859–1948
Maryann Marcella Chenoweth
1861–1953
Viola Edith Chenoweth
1864–1940
Jemima Murphy
1865–1913
George McClellan Chenoweth
1867–1943
Gideon Harrison Chenoweth
1871–1939

Sources (24)

  • Ira S Cheneweth, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ira S Chenowith, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Unknown, "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

Cornish: topographic name from the elements chy ‘house’ + noweth ‘new’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

James G. McCoy, Estate

Will Book # 3 - 1862 - 79 p. 3 On application of the heirs of James G. McCoy, dec’d, Ira S. Chinowith together with his security James A. Boggs, entered into and acknowledged a bond of two thousand …

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