Thomas Douglas CHENAULT

                   Dates of birth, marriage, and death and names of wife and children as listed in both Rogers, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, p. 40 (Beck Printing Co., St. Louis 1978) and 3 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, p. 479-80 (S.J. Clarke Publ. Co., Chicago-Louisville 1928). Both sources also list parents, and paternal grandparents.
Biography in History of Kentucky states that he was educated in district schools and became a farmer at age 16, a breeder of shorthorn cattle; was involved in a succession of banks, Second National Bank of Richmond, State Bank & Trust Company, and Madison National Bank of Richmond; and was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church of Richmond, serving as deacon;