Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. 
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884

MORGAN COUNTY
ADAMS TOWNSHIP
PAGE 299

STEPHEN H. CHENOWETH, blacksmith, and Justice of the Peace, was 
born in what is now Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., July 8, 1837,
and is a son of Ephraim B. and Mariah (Risinger) Chenoweth, the former
a native of the "Old Dominion," and the latter of Kentucky.  They were
both of German descent.  When three years old, Ephraim B. Chenoweth
removed with his parents to Jefferson County, Ky., where his early educa-
tion was received, and where he was afterward married.  Here he learned
the cabinet-maker's trade, and followed the same for several years.  Later,
he engaged in agricultural pursuits.  In 1835, he came with his wife and 
family to what is now Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where he
entered 160 acres of wild land, and improved a farm, to which he added
until he was the owner of a farm of 240 acres.  In 1855, he sold this farm,
and bought another in Adams Township, same county, where he resided
until his death, which occurred May 8, 1875, in his seventieth year.  He 
was for several years one of the Township Trustees under the old constitu-
tion.  He was a member of the Christian, Mrs. Chenoweth of the Baptist
Church.  Stephen H. Chenoweth, the subject, received a limitied education 
in the primitive schools of the Indiana frontier, and was employed on his
father's farm until he  was twenty-one years.  He then farmed on shares
until the spring of 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  He served with that regiment until the close of
the war, being mustered out at Richmond, Va., in May, 1865.  He then
farmed for two years, when he commenced blacksmithing at Eminence,
Ind., and has followed that business ever since.  He has been three times
elected Justice of the Peace, but only qualified once.  He is now holding 
that office.  He was married, in 1859, to Bena M. Gray, a native of Ash-
land Township, Morgan Co., Ind.  Seven children blessed their union,
only two of whom, one son and one daughter, are now living.  Both him-
self and wife are members of the Christian Church.  He is also a member 
of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., and of the G. A. R.  In
the former order he is a Past Master.  In politics, he is a Democrat, and 
is one of the early settlers of the township and county.