John Wesley Chalk

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Marriage: John Wesley Chalk married 3 times.≤/line>≤line />≤line>John Wesley Chalk was a soldier in the Mexican War who later became a Methodist minister.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1. Rowena E. Ricketts, married 4 Apr 1849 (she died 11 June 1852). Had
one child: Ladonia E. born 1850 in Lewis County, TN. They are on 1850 census of Lewis Co., TN, Civil District #5, 30 August, p. 393:≤/line>≤line />≤line>John A. Chalk, 24, farmer, b: TN
Rowena, wife, 17, b: TN
Ladonia E., dau, 2/12, b: TN≤/line>≤line />≤line />≤line>2. Margaret Elizabeth Cummins married 6 Aug 1854. Had 7 children. See
separate list.≤/line>≤line />≤line>3. Mrs. Margaret B. Adams born in Sept. 1840 in Alabama., married 17 May 1882. She died
18 Dec 1916. Had one child - Atticus Davis Chalk in about 1883. Atticus died in infancy.≤/line>≤line />≤line>John Wesley on census:≤/line>≤line />≤line>1850 - Lewis County,TN with wife Rowena, age 17, born in TN and
Ladonia E. 2/12 born in TN.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1851 - Moved to Texas. Probably Tarrant County since he was the first preacher to preach at the First Methodist Church in Ft. Worth when it was still a Fort (1852). He was received at the North Texas Conference in 1852.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1858 - Was ordained Elder in the Athens Circuit, Henderson Co., TX.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1860 - Cherokee County, TX, Rusk, dated 18 July, p. 125, p. 475:
Chalk, J. W., 34, minister (Meth) b: AL
M. E., age 27, b: AL
S. L. age 4, male b: TX
R.E., age 1, female, b: TX≤/line>≤line />≤line> 1866 - Was ordained Deacon at Marshall, Texas, Harrison Co). Served in Jacksonville, Denton, Dallas and McKinney
Districts.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1870 - Census living in Collin County, McKinney, Precinct #1, p. 46, dated 25 Sep, p. 339:≤/line>≤line />≤line> Chalk, John, age 44, preacher, b: TN
Margaret, wife, age 42, b: TN
Samuel, son, age 14, b: TX (all born Texas)
Emalia, dau, age 11
Emily, dau, age 7
John, son, age 4
Allen, son, age 1≤/line>≤line />≤line>1874 - Deed found in McKinney, Collin Co., TX.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1880 - Census of Denton County, TX. E. D. #100, p. 5-A:≤/line>≤line />≤line> John W. Chalk, 54, minister, born in TN
Margaret E., age 36 born in TN
Emma J., 17, daughter, born TX
John W. W. age 14 born TX
Allen H., age 11 born in TX
J. Arminius age 3 b: TX≤/line>≤line />≤line>9 August 1884: Date of Patent. District: Bexar; Travis
Grantee: J. W. Chalk
Certificate: 2/1043
Patentee: J. W. Chalk
Patent #: 633
Patent Volume: 3
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 52 T & P 19-
Acres: 640
Class: School
File: 3345
(Taken from Ancestry.com's "Texas Land Title Abstracts")≤/line>≤line />≤line>1900 Census Denton Co., TX, J. P. 2, 6 June, S. D. #2, E. D. 48, sheet 6-A:≤/line>≤line />≤line>Chalk, John W., 74, b: Feb 1826, marr. 18 years, b: TN England NC
Margaret C., wife, 59, b: Sep 1840, marr. 18 years, 1 child, 0 living, b: AL Ireland SC
Hall, Vera, adopted daughter, 7, b: June 1892 (this was granddau, dau of Allie Chalk)≤/line>≤line />≤line />≤line>Thursday, January 26, 1888, "Rev. J. W. Chalk and wife of Van Zandt
County are visiting their son Sam L. and are thinking of moving out and
settling in the county". p. 13 of book Early Fisher County Families by Delila Baird and Josie Baird.
In McKinney Co., TX Courthouse found deed to J. W. Chalk, Vol. X, p. 607,
date of instrument 8/15/1874 and date of filing 2/20/1875.≤/line>≤line />≤line>Filed 2/20/1875 signed by J. O. Straughan, Clerk and B.J.M. Buego, Deputy,
"This is to certify that at the Third Quarterly Conference of the Bethel
Circuit, North Texas Annual Conference of the M. E. Church South held at
Rock Spring Camp Ground August 15, 1874, the following named persons
were elected a board of ministers to have Church property in trust for
the ___ Bethel Circuit, namely _____." Signed by J. W. Chalk, Presiding
Elder and J.J.M. Harper, Sec.