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Charles Coker Chenault

Son of David Chenault · born 1858

Charles Coker Chenault

Confirmed

Son of David Chenault · born 1858

Born
28 December 1858
Died
19 March 1936
Parents
David Chenault & Louisa Quisenberry
Married
Maudante Bradley
Sources
14

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED (index) — added 24 September 2026 from an index record that names both parents; entered in the family tree the same day.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1858
Born 28 December 1858, Castalian Springs, Tennessee
Death1936
Died 19 March 1936, Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee; buried Gallatin Cemetery S425
Census1870
🆕 In 1870, aged 11, at school in the 3rd Civil District of Sumner County (Castalian Springs post office) S385. He farmed his own land in the First Civil District for the rest of his life: in 1900 with his wife Maudante (entered as Mordalite) and their children Neil, Mildred and Marian S386; in 1910 with a fourth, Eugenia, and his brother William next door S387; in 1920 aged 61 S388; and in 1930 aged 71, first married at 34, with his daughter Eugena Kelly and a granddaughter S389. Each census gives his wife as Mordante or Mordalite; added 24 September 2026.
Census1880
🆕 In 1880 he was Charlie Chenault, 21, single, farming in the 1st Civil District of Sumner County S587. added 25 September 2026.
Death1880
🆕 The 1880 agriculture schedule for the First District of Sumner County lists him as owner of his farm S654. His wife, entered on her death record as Mordant Chenault, was born 20 February 1873, a daughter of Thomas Bradley and Eugenia Huddleston. She died at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, on 24 June 1935 and was buried at Gallatin S656. added 26 September 2026.
Death1936
🆕 His administrators qualified in the Sumner County Court on 6 April 1936, less than three weeks after his death, and filed the final settlement of his estate that December Confirmed S802. Besides the farm's wheat, the accounts show $863 in the bank, a Fidelity Mutual Life policy worth $2,035.65, rent on a restaurant and upstairs room, and a gasoline rental from Pan American Petroleum. His son Neil appears in several entries. added 27 September 2026
Census1860
🆕 In June 1860, aged 2, Charles was at the head of page 49 with his brother Millard F., 4, the last two of the David Chenault household that begins on the previous page Confirmed S1162S206, P.O. Castalian Springs.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of David Chenault and Louisa Quisenberry; brother of Nannie
Marriage1893
Married Maudante Bradley, 15 November 1893, Wilson County, Tennessee S424
Marriage1893
🆕 The Wilson County return shows he married Mandante (or Maudante) Bradley on 15 November 1893, the day the licence was issued at Lebanon; the minister was T. B. Larimore; the clerk was Wm. Harkreader S424. His death certificate gives him as Charlie Cornelius Chenault, a widowed farmer, born 28 December 1858, son of David Chenault and Louise Quisenberry, both born in Kentucky. He died at Castalian Springs on 19 March 1936 and was buried in Gallatin Cemetery S425. The middle name Cornelius came from an informant in Murfreesboro and the tree has Coker; both are kept until a second record decides. added 25 September 2026.
Names1891
🆕 He is C. C. Chenault, 35, on the 1891 Tennessee list of male voters for Sumner County, District 1 S638. That age points to about 1856, but the 1870 and 1930 censuses support 28 December 1858, which is kept. added 26 September 2026.

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Charles Coker Chenault · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

14 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S2061860 U.S. Federal Census — David Chenault household, District 3, Sumner County, Tennessee (P.O. Gallatin). Ancestry record 22605797; page 48, dwelling 323. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. David Chenault, 60, farmer, born Kentucky, RE $52,600, PE $31,120; Louisa, 48, born Kentucky; Nancy, 15; with Harvy 23, [Lucy?] 12, Milton 11, Mariah 8 and William 6. 🔑 Nannie at fifteen in her father's house, ten years after [S97]. ⚠ The household may continue on page 49 (not fetched); one sister's name is not certain.
  2. S3851870 U.S. Federal Census — 3rd Civil District, Sumner Co., Tennessee, P.O. Castalian Springs, page 6, line 1. Ancestry record 14378915. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed “Chenault Chas”, 11, born Tennessee, attended school within the year; enumerated 19 July 1870. He is the last line of a household that begins on page 5, which this image does not show; Ancestry's index places him with David and Louisa Chenault and their children.
  3. S3861900 U.S. Federal Census — C. C. Chenault household, Civil District 1, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 109, sheet 6-B, line 51). Ancestry record 61297225. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed C. C. Chenault, head, born December 1858, 41, married 7 years, farmer owning his farm free of mortgage; both parents born Kentucky; wife Mordalite (born February 1873, mother of 3, 3 living) and children Neil, Mildred and Marian. His brother M. W. (Milton) Chenault farms four dwellings down the sheet. Also Ancestry record 61297253 (the same page, filed under Milton). Mordalite is the census taker's spelling of Maudante.
  4. S3871910 U.S. Federal Census — C. C. Chenault household, Civil District No. 1, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 131, sheet 4-B, line 69). Ancestry record 27544610. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed C. C. Chenault, 52, farmer and employer, owning his farm free; married 16 years; parents born Kentucky; wife Mordante, 36, mother of 5 children, 4 living; children Neil, Mildred L., Marion and Eugenia. Next door, his brother William Chenault, 56, with his wife Lydia and nine children.
  5. S3881920 U.S. Federal Census — Charles Chenault household, First District, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 117, sheet 2-B, lines 67–72). Ancestry record 36253715. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Charles Chenault, 61, farmer, owning his farm free of mortgage; wife Mordante, 45; children Charles C., 25, Mildred, 24, Marion, 21, and Eugenia, 18; enumerated 7 January 1920. This sheet gives his parents' birthplace as Tennessee; 1900, 1910 and 1930 say Kentucky.
  6. S3891930 U.S. Federal Census — Charles C. Chenault household, 1st Civil District, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 83-1, sheet 6A, lines 46–49). Ancestry record 66186681. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Charles C. Chenault, 71, farmer owning his farm, first married at 34, born Tennessee of Kentucky-born parents; wife Mordante, 56, first married at 21; daughter Eugena Kelly, 27, and granddaughter Carnelia; enumerated 11 April 1930. First married at 34 fits his marriage of 15 November 1893.
  7. S424Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records — Wilson County marriage record, no. 181 (printed pp. 382–383): Chas. C. Chenault to Mandante Bradley, 15 November 1893. Ancestry record 3220078. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Licence issued at Lebanon, Tenn., on 15 November 1893 “to Chas. C. Chenault to marry Mandante Bradley”, Wm. Harkreader, clerk; the return, Wilson County, says the rite was solemnized the same day, 15 November 1893, by T. B. Larimore, M.G. The bride's given name reads Mandante, or equally Maudante: n and u cannot be told apart in this hand. The censuses give Mordalite and Mordante; the tree's Maudante is kept and the spelling stays open.
  8. S425Tennessee death certificate no. 8387 — Charlie C. Chenault, 19 March 1936, Castalian Springs, Sumner County. Ancestry record 654969. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Charlie Cornelius Chenault (written “Cornenlis”), white, widowed, farmer for 50 years, born 28 December 1858 in Tennessee, died 19 March 1936 at Castalian Springs, Civil District 1, Sumner County, aged 77, of a cerebral haemorrhage; father David Chenault, born Kentucky; mother Louise Quisenberry, born Kentucky; buried Gallatin Cemetery, 21 March 1936. The middle name Cornelius comes from an informant in Murfreesboro; the tree has Coker. Neither is settled, and both are recorded. Gallatin is his burial place, not where he died.
  9. S5871880 U.S. census — 1st Civil District, Sumner County, Tennessee, ED 208, p. 19. Ancestry record 11151522. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Charlie Chenault, 21, single, farmer, his parents born in Kentucky; the Jo Turner family in the same dwelling.
  10. S638Tennessee enumeration of male voters, 1891 — Sumner County, District 1. Ancestry record 1129749. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed C. C. Chenault, 35. On the same list: W. C. Chenault, 30, and Colby L.(?) Chenault, 65. An age of 35 points to about 1856; the 1870 and 1930 censuses support his 28 December 1858 birth, which is kept.
  11. S6541880 U.S. census, agriculture schedule — First District, Sumner County, Tennessee, ED 208, p. 16. Ancestry record 8222218. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Line 1: Chenault, Charles, owner of the farm he worked. The acreage and values are too small to read reliably at this resolution and are not given here.
  12. S656Tennessee death record, 1935, certificate 12557. Ancestry record 339854. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Mordant Chenault, wife of C. C. Chenault, of Castalian Springs; born 20 February 1873, Tennessee; died 24 June 1935, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville; parents Thomas Bradley and Eugenia Huddleston; buried at Gallatin. The Ancestry index files her as Maudante Bradley.
  13. S802Sumner County, Tennessee, administrators' and executors' settlements, p. 383: estate of Charles C. Chenault, final settlement, December 1936. Ancestry record 3363106. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 27 September 2026. Confirmed The administrators of Charles C. Chenault, deceased, qualified in the Sumner County Court on 6 April 1936 and filed their complete and final settlement in December 1936. The receipts include $863.13 on deposit in the bank, a Fidelity Mutual Life policy and refund of $2,035.65, wheat sold to Gillette Grain Co., rent on a restaurant and upstairs room, a gasoline rental from Pan American Petroleum, and a Plymouth car; Neil Chenault appears in several entries. Consistent with his death on 19 March 1936 (S425). The administrators' names and the division among the heirs are on the next page, p. 384, which has not been read. Collection: Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records.
  14. S11621860 U.S. census, District No. 3, Sumner County, Tennessee, P.O. Castalian Springs, p. 49 (stamped 178), lines 1–2 (24 June 1860). Ancestry record 22605803. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 25 September 2026. Confirmed Continuing the household from the foot of the previous page: Millard F. Chenault, 4, male, born Tennessee; Charles [Chenault], 2, male, born Tennessee. The head is on the previous page, the David Chenault household of S206 (page 48, dwelling 323), so this image itself names no parent.

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