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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name=Cheston Folkes
| image =
| office=Louisiana State Representative for West Feliciana Parish
| term_start=1908
| term_end=1920
| preceded=W. L. Stirling
| succeeded=W. L. Stirling
| term_start2=1924
| term_end2=1932
| preceded2=W. L. Stirling
| succeeded2=George M. Lester
| term_start3=1936
| term_end3=1940
| preceded3=George M. Lester
| succeeded3=Thomas D. Gilmore
| birth_date=September 27, 1863
| birth_place=Fairview Plantation, West Feliciana Parish<br>[[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date=June 10, 1941 (aged 77)
| resting_place=Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| occupation=Farmer
| spouse=Jessie Davis Folkes (married 1888-1938, her death)
| children=Lucy Folkes Reid<br>
Jessie Davis Folkes Williams<br>
Cheston D. Folkes<br>
Mary Converse Folkes Pitcher<br>
Warren Davis Folkes<br>
Feltus Barrow Folkes<br>
Lawrence Folkes
| parents=Advill and Elizabeth Raeborn Folkes
| footnotes=
}}
'''Cheston Folkes''' (September 27, 1863 – June 9, 1941) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native West Feliciana Parish, [[Louisiana]]. During the period of one-party rule, he was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
Born on the Fairview Plantation, his father was Adville Atkins Folkes (1820-1975). His mother, the former Elizabeth Raeborn , died in 1868, when Cheston was five years of age. A [[farmer]] by occupation, Folkes served on the West Feliciana Parish School Board from 1904 to 1908, when he was elected as state representative for West Feliciana Parish. At the time each Louisiana parish had at least one representative in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Folkes was representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940. In 1887, he married the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). One of their sons, Warren Davis Folkes (1898-1997), was a representative too, from 1944 to 1955, after which he moved up to the state Senate, where he remained until 1968. <ref name=bio/>
Cheston, Jessie, Warren, Adville, and Elizabeth Folkes are interred at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville, the seat of government for West Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Folkes, Cheston" in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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| name=Cheston Folkes
| image =
| office=Louisiana State Representative for West Feliciana Parish
| term_start=1908
| term_end=1920
| preceded=W. L. Stirling
| succeeded=W. L. Stirling
| term_start2=1924
| term_end2=1932
| preceded2=W. L. Stirling
| succeeded2=George M. Lester
| term_start3=1936
| term_end3=1940
| preceded3=George M. Lester
| succeeded3=Thomas D. Gilmore
| birth_date=September 27, 1863
| birth_place=Fairview Plantation, West Feliciana Parish<br>[[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date=June 10, 1941 (aged 77)
| resting_place=Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| occupation=Farmer
| spouse=Jessie Davis Folkes (married 1888-1938, her death)
| children=Lucy Folkes Reid<br>
Jessie Davis Folkes Williams<br>
Cheston D. Folkes<br>
Mary Converse Folkes Pitcher<br>
Warren Davis Folkes<br>
Feltus Barrow Folkes<br>
Lawrence Folkes
| parents=Advill and Elizabeth Raeborn Folkes
| footnotes=
}}
'''Cheston Folkes''' (September 27, 1863 – June 9, 1941) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native West Feliciana Parish, [[Louisiana]]. During the period of one-party rule, he was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
Born on the Fairview Plantation, his father was Adville Atkins Folkes (1820-1975). His mother, the former Elizabeth Raeborn , died in 1868, when Cheston was five years of age. A [[farmer]] by occupation, Folkes served on the West Feliciana Parish School Board from 1904 to 1908, when he was elected as state representative for West Feliciana Parish. At the time each Louisiana parish had at least one representative in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Folkes was representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940. In 1887, he married the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). One of their sons, Warren Davis Folkes (1898-1997), was a representative too, from 1944 to 1955, after which he moved up to the state Senate, where he remained until 1968. <ref name=bio/>
Cheston, Jessie, Warren, Adville, and Elizabeth Folkes are interred at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville, the seat of government for West Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Folkes, Cheston" in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Folkes, Cheston}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]