George Washington Chilton

b. 4 June 1828, d. 1883
  • George Washington Chilton was born on 4 June 1828 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky.
  • He married Ella Goodman circa 1852.
  • The following appeared on 27 April 1859 in The Houston Telegraph: The following gentlemen have been requested by his excelency H. R. Runnells, to represent Texas in the Southern Commercial Convention, which will assemble at Vicksburg, Miss., on the 9 day of May. Col. Jas. W. McDade and Frank Lipscomb Esq., of Austin county. . . . Hon. R. M. Powell of Montgomery. . . . Cols Geo. W. Chilton and R. B. Aubbard of Smith. Hon. A. P. Wiley and P. W. Kittrell of Walker. . . . The Governor, we understand, will extend his appointments to others at the suggestion of respectable parties in the State.-- State Gazette.
  • After the war George Washington Chilton and Anthony Martin Branch were elected to the US House of Representatives but were refused his seat by the radical majority in Congress.
  • George Washington Chilton died in 1883.
  • He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas.
  • For additional biographical information, see The Texas Handbook Online.
  • Last Edited: 6 Dec 2008

Family: Ella Goodman b. say 1832