George Washington Chilton
b. 4 June 1828, d. 1883
- Father: Rev. Thomas Chilton b. 30 July 1798, d. 15 August 1854
- Mother: Francis Tribble Stoner b. 19 November 1797, d. 6 October 1842
- 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
- Horace Chilton b. 29 December 1853, d. 12 January 1932