Brief Life History of Joseph Ewing
When Joseph Ewing Chilton was born on 16 March 1859, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Richard Chilton, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Keith Scruggs, was 33. He married Lula Florence Murdoch on 31 May 1893, in Comanche, Comanche, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Comanche, Texas, United States in 1900 and Comanche, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 23 April 1935, in Comanche, Comanche, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Comanche, Comanche, Texas, United States.
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- Joe E Chilton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Chilton - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Joseph Chilton
- Jos E Chilton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Chilton, for example in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, County Durham, Hampshire, Kent, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire. The majority are shown by early forms to derive from Old English cild ‘child’ (see Child ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. One place of this name in Somerset possibly gets its first element from Old English cealc ‘chalk, limestone’, and one on the Isle of Wight from the personal name Cēola (compare Chilcott ), or from Old English ceole ‘deep valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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