James Allen Chiles: Our Family Genealogy

1916 - 1996 (79 years)

Generation: 1

James Allen Chiles was born on 5 Oct 1916 in Short Creek, Pendleton County, Kentucky (son of Ira Chancellor Chiles and Melinda E. Colvin); died on 26 Jun 1996 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

James married Ruth Faye Bentle on 24 Dec 1938 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky. Ruth was born on 13 Feb 1920 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 2009 in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Jerry Chiles

Generation: 2

Ira Chancellor Chiles was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 12 Feb 1954 in Short Creek, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Ira married Melinda E. Colvin. Melinda (daughter of Nimrod Rouse Colvin and Sarah Arabelle Wright) was born in Dec 1881 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 21 Aug 1958 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melinda E. Colvin was born in Dec 1881 in Pendleton County, Kentucky (daughter of Nimrod Rouse Colvin and Sarah Arabelle Wright); died on 21 Aug 1958 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Children:

1. James Allen Chiles was born on 5 Oct 1916 in Short Creek, Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 26 Jun 1996 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Generation: 3

Nimrod Rouse Colvin was born on 22 May 1837 in Short Creek, Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 21 Aug 1895 in Short Creek, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Nimrod married Sarah Arabelle Wright on 13 Jan 1870 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Richard Wright and America Ellen Newell) was born on 30 Apr 1846 in Bracken County, Kentucky; died on 16 Dec 1928 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Arabelle Wright was born on 30 Apr 1846 in Bracken County, Kentucky (daughter of Richard Wright and America Ellen Newell); died on 16 Dec 1928 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Children:

William Leslie Colvin was born on 24 Aug 1874 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 15 May 1950 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
3. Melinda E. Colvin was born in Dec 1881 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 21 Aug 1958 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Generation: 4

14.

Richard Wright was born on 1 Jan 1824 in Kentucky (son of Lewis Wilson Wright and Agnes Nancy Forsythe); died on 25 Jun 1882 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Mount Vernon Cemetery, McKinneysburg, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Richard married America Ellen Newell. America was born on 16 Nov 1827 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 27 Nov 1912 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Mount Vernon Cemetery, McKinneysburg, Pendleton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

America Ellen Newell was born on 16 Nov 1827 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 27 Nov 1912 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Mount Vernon Cemetery, McKinneysburg, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Children:

7. Sarah Arabelle Wright was born on 30 Apr 1846 in Bracken County, Kentucky; died on 16 Dec 1928 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Benjamin Franklin Wright was born on 26 Feb 1848 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 7 May 1909 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Mount Vernon Cemetery, McKinneysburg, Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Martha Ella Wright was born on 12 Jun 1858 in Bracken County, Kentucky; died on 13 Jul 1933 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Mary Lucy Wright was born on 12 Jun 1863 in Kentucky; died on 18 Mar 1945 in Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio; was buried in Showalter Cemetery, Bracken County, Kentucky.