L. F. Chilton was born in Hardin County, KY., and was educated at the Medical University in Louisville, KY, beginning the practice of medicine at Pembroke, KY.  He was twice married, his second wife being Miss Sarah W. Killebrew of Montgomery County, Tenn.  Dr. L. F. Chilton represented the county of Christian in the Legislature, and introduced a bill to build the insane asylum at Hopkinsville, which institution now stands a monument to his memory."

 

Goodspeed History of Tennessee,1886

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