Edward Tilghman Chew was born on
September 3, 1876 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. He was the son of Frisby Freeland Chew and
Julia A. Fuller. Edward was raised in
Houston, where his father worked as a lawyer.
In 1900,
Edward was living with his parents and siblings in a house on Dallas Avenue in
Houston, Harris County, Texas. Edward
took after his father and became a lawyer.
Edward
married Famma K. Reynolds on August 26, 1909 in Harris County, Texas. He was just one week shy of his 33rd
birthday, and she was 28 years old.
Famma was born on January 4, 1881 in Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
Edward and
Famma had one child, a son, born on April 27, 1910 in Houston, Harris County,
Texas. The infant lived only three
weeks. He died on May 19, 1910 and was
buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
Famma K.
Reynolds Chew died just two weeks after the passing of her baby. She died on June 3, 1910 in Houston, Harris
County, Texas. She was buried next to
her child in the Glenwood Cemetery.
After their
marriage, the couple lived in a home on Hathaway Street in Houston, Harris
County, Texas. Edward’s income as an
attorney was such that they were able to afford a cook and housekeeper.
On September
12, 1918, Edward enlisted for service in the First World War. At that time, he and Elizabeth were living in
a home on Hathaway Avenue in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Edward continued his work as an attorney. He was described as of medium height and
build, with brown eyes and dark hair. He
did not serve in the war.
In April 1952, Edward applied for membership and
was accepted into The Texas Society of the National Society Sons of the
American Revolution. The application
reads in part:
April 21st
1952
To the board
of managers of The Texas Society of the National Society Sons of the American
Revolution
I, Edward
Tilghman Chew being of the age of 75 years hereby apply for membership in this
Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from John Chew who was
born in Maryland on the --- day of 1739 and died in Virginia on the 26 day of
May 1789 and who assisted in establishing American Independence.
I was born in Houston, Texas,
County of Harris, State of Texas, on the 3rd day of September,
1876.
(1) I am the son of Frisby
Freeland Chew born 10-9-1839, died 5-6-1907, and his wife Julia A. Fuller born
3-5-1843, died 8-14-1907, married 9-26-1861
(2) grandson of John Chew born
12-3-1790, died 2-24-1872, and his wife Mary Ann Smith born ---, died 7-10-1876,
married 5-28-1878
(3) great-grandson of John Lane
Chew born 1762, died 1832, and his wife Mary Wilson born ---, died 1802,
married 2-1-1787
(4) 2 great-grandson of John
Chew born 1740, died 5-26-1785, and his wife Margaret Lane born ---, died
10-7-1821, married ---
and he, the said John Chew (No.
4) is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while
acting in the capacity of Cadet 6th Virginia February 1776, 2nd
Lieutenant November 1776—1st Lieutenant 1779. Was wounded at Camden August 16, 1780 and did
not rejoin his regiment.
My ancestor’s services in
assisting the establishment of American Independence during the War of
Revolution were as follows:
Was a cadet 6th Virginia February
1776
a 2nd Lieutenant November 1776
a 1st Lieutenant 1779
Ensign in Company of Captain
Richard Weems under Colonel John Weens, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Commissioned March 1, 1778
Was wounded at Camden August 16,
1780 and did not rejoin his regiment.
Military
Record Vol. 16 page 526
Archives of Maryland
Vol. 2 page 199
Revolutionary Records of Maryland
“Pedigrees of
Thomas Chew and Lawrence”
by L.B. Thomas
(1883) p. 22-23
Maryland Records
by Brumbaugh Vol. 2 page 425
Anne Arundel
County Maryland Index of Wills 1777-1917, for year 1785
Maryland
Historical Magazine Vol. 30 page 168
My sister Ann Beth Chew Tewles of Houston, Texas is a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Her National Number is 377921
At the age
of 80 years, Edward Tilghman Chew died in his home on Hathaway Street on
December 29, 1956. He was buried next to
his first wife, Famma, and their infant son, in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston,
Harris County, Texas.
Elizabeth
Alice Atkeison Chew died four years later on September 7, 1960 at Hermann
Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
She was 77 years old at her death.
Elizabeth was buried in Lexington, Missouri.
Notes
for Edward Tilghman Chew
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death
Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services.
Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah
Residence in 1880: Year: 1880; Census Place: Houston,
Harris, Texas; Roll: 1309; Family History Film: 1255309;
Page: 141C; Enumeration District: 076
Residence in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place: Houston
Ward 3, Harris, Texas; Roll: 1642; Page: 11B;
Enumeration District:0076; FHL microfilm: 1241642
Marriage to Famma: "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index,
FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXM9-4BW :
accessed 26 January 2015), Edward T. Chew and Fama K. Reynolds, 26 Aug 1909;
citing Harris, Texas, , reference Rec 1 Pg 427; FHL microfilm 25,232.
Military, Residence, Occupation, and Physical
Description in 1918: Source Citation:
Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Harris;
Roll: 1953726; Draft Board: 4. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S.,
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective
Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration
Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library
microfilm.
Residence in
1920: Year: 1920; Census
Place: Houston Ward 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1814;
Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 44. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Houston Ward 4,
Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1814; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 44
Residence in 1930: Year: 1930; Census Place: Houston,
Harris, Texas; Roll: 2348; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0093; Image: 690.0;
FHL microfilm: 2342082. Source
Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2002.
Residence in 1940: Year: 1940; Census Place: Houston,
Harris, Texas; Roll: T627_4197; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 258-234. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
SAR:
SAR Membership Number: 75023.
Source Information: Ancestry.com.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American
Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
Death & Burial: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,
Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave.
Find A Grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
Death:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services.
Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
Notes
for Famma K. Reynolds
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com.
U.S., Find A Grave
Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012. Original
data:
Find A Grave. Find A Grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
Death:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas
Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health,
State Vital Statistics Unit.
Child:
Ancestry.com.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:
Find A Grave. Find
A Grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
Notes
for Elizabeth Alice Atkeison
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates,
1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services.
Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
