William Henry Chambers and Harriet E. Burgess

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Husband William Henry Chambers ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1839 3
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         Father: David Chambers (1805-1890) 1 3
         Mother: Mabel Nash (1801-1840) 1 3

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       Marriage: 20 Oct 1872 2

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Wife Harriet E. Burgess ²

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           Born:  - Erie Co, PA
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         Father: L. A. Burgess (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Clemanda Hitchcock (      -      ) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Henry Chambers

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He was born November 10. [HMEF, 344]
He was reared on his father's farm, where he was taught lessons of thrift and self-dependence. When he commenced for himself he embarked in the grocery business, which he continued until 1868, when he sold out and moved to the lower oil country, where he was employed two years. In 1877 he came to McKean County, Pennsylvania, where he bought property and began drilling oil wells for himself, in which he met with good success.
In politics Mr. Chambers was a Prohibitionist, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 137.

2 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 344.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 592.