CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: GEORGE W. CHILTON - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

GEORGE W. CHILTON.

George W. Chilton, of Tyler, was born June 4, 1828 in Elizabeth town, 
Hardin Co., Kentucky.  His father, Hon. Thomas Chilton, was a member of 
congress for many years from Kentucky.  At the age of sixteen Geo. W. 
Chilton left Howard College, Marvin, Ala., and was never after in a 
school house as a student.  He went into the United States service in 
the war against Mexico, joining Col. Jack Hay's regiment of famous 
Texan Rangers, participating in the bat­tle of Monterey.  He was admitted 
to the bar in 1848 in Tal­ladega, Ala. and two years later he removed, 
with his broth­er-in-law Hon. Frank Bowden, to Texas locating in Tyler. 
In 1857 he was a member of the sixth Texas legislature. In 1860-61 he 
was a member of the state secession convention. He was major in 3rd 
Texas Cavalry, later attaining the rank of brevet colonel.  He was in 
many battles, being severely wounded in the battle Chustenallah.  In. 
1866 he was elected to the thirty-ninth U. S. Congress but the federal 
authorities denied him and all Texans their seats.  In 1876 he was an 
elector on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket.  Col. Chilton, was a great 
lawyer and orator, and was a leader of men. He was married in 1852 in 
Tyler to Miss Ella Goodman. They had two children, Horace Chilton, 
U. S. Senator from Texas; and George Ella wife of L. A. Henry, of Tyler. 
Col. Chilton died in 1883 and was buried in Oakwood cemetery in Tyler.