The Chenoweths Jericho Friends Meeting And Its  Community Randolph County, Indiana Surnames in this are: Chenoweths, Lawrence, Hill, Bowen, Peacock                                                  The Chenoweths                     John T. Chenoweth and his third wife, Emily (Lawrence) were the first of the Chenoweths to arrive in the Jericho neighborhood. He purchased the farm originally taken by Eenoni Hill (S31-T15E). He also owned land in S6 T19N R15E. John T. Chenoweth brought with him four children (all from the third wife), namely, Elenora, William L., John Franklin, and George Edwin. The first two of these married and remained at Jericho. Both belonged to the Jericho Friends Meeting, The two younger boys left no permanent record in the Community. Neither John T nor his wife were ever members of the Meeting.  They came a littlebefore 1875 and remained until their deaths about the turn of the century.  Edwin MiltonChenoweth was the second to come. He was a younger brother of John T. Chenoweth and had married Ruth Bowen, daughter of Squire Bowen, of near Spartansburg. Edwin Chenoweth purchased the Henry Hill farm and much of the old Abram Peacock farm and lived there till his death in 1919. He moved here in 1875 and brought with him four children; Hannah Belle, George Fremont, James Lincoln, and John William (Wick).  The Chenoweths were members of the Christian Church. Edwin Chenoweth was never a member of the Jericho Meeting. However,his wife, Ruth, and her son, John William (Wick), joined the Meeting in 1894. She remained a member until her death in 1900. Wick was released at an unknown date, perhaps when he removed from the neighborhood to become an oculist in Winchester.