Husband George Chambers 1 2 3 4
Born: 24 Feb 1786 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 5 6
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Died: 25 Mar 1866 6 7
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Father: Capt. Benjamin Chambers (1755-1813) 1 2 4 8
Mother: Sarah Brown (1759-1837) 4
Marriage: 6 Mar 1810 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 9 10 11
• Biographical Sketch: Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876).
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• Biographical Sketch: from History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887).
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Wife Alice Armstrong Lyon 3 10
Born: 25 Sep 1781 3 10
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Died: 10 May 1848 10
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Father: William Lyon (1729-1809) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Mother: Ann Fleming ( - ) 18 19 20
Children
1 F Sarah Anne "Sally" Chambers 10 11
Born: 1812 10
Christened:
Died: 18 Jul 1886 10
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Margaretta Chambers 10 11
Born: 1814 10
Christened:
Died: 21 Feb 1884 10
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Mary Lyon Chambers 10
Born: 1816 10
Christened:
Died: 4 Jul 1827 10
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 M George Chambers 10 11
Born: 15 Sep 1818 10
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Died: 30 Nov 1849 10
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Benjamin Chambers 10 11
Born: Jul 1820 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 21
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Died: 4 Apr 1895 21
Buried:
Spouse: Eleanor Thomas ( - ) 11 21
6 M William Lyon Chambers 22 23
Born: 13 Jan 1823 21
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Died: 26 Apr 1889 21
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Spouse: Emmaline Kennedy (1829- ) 22 24
Marr: 7 Oct 1847 25
General Notes: Husband - George Chambers
He was educated at the Chambersburg Academy under its founder, James Ross, and his successor, Rev. David Denny, and was graduated at Princeton College with honors in 1804. He studied law with William M. Brown, Esq., in Chambersburg, and with Judge Duncan, in Carlisle, and was admitted to the Franklin County Bar, Nov. 9, 1807. He practiced his profession in Chambersburg, and continued in active practice until 1851, when he retired. He was prominent in affairs, and was recognized as the leading citizen of the town and county throughout his long life. He was a member of the Chambersburg town council in 1821, and burgess of Chambersburg, 1829-33. He was a representative in Congress, 1833-37, being elected as a Whig. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Convention that formed the Constitution of 1838. In 1851, Governor Johnston commissioned him as Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Burnside. He was nominated by the Whig State Convention of the same year as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, under the Constitution of 1831, which made the office elective, but was defeated with the rest of the Whig ticket at the ensuing election. Mr. Chambers was always active in business enterprises, and in promoting the educational and religious interests of the town and county. In 1814 he was elected a manager of the Chambersburg Turnpike Company, and was afterward its president. In the same year he assisted in organizing the Franklin County Bible Society, and was one of its officers for many years. In 1815 he was chosen a trustee of the Chambersburg Academy, and was president of the board for forty-five years. He was also one of the trustees of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church and president of the board for many years before his retirement in 1864. He was all his life a student of agriculture as a science. His knowledge of soils, and of fertilizers best adapted to them, was extensive and accurate. At the time of his death he was the largest land owner in the county. His familiarity with the boundaries of his farms, and the variety of the timber trees growing upon them, was often surprising to his tenants. He assisted in organizing the first agricultural society of Franklin County, and was at one time its president. As a lawyer he was well read in all branches of the law, but he especially excelled in his knowledge of the land laws of Pennsylvania. His preparation of his cases was laborious and thorough, and he spared no pains in the vindication in the rights of his clients. His diction was pure and elegant, his statement of facts lucid, his reasoning severe and logical, and his manner, earnest and impressive. Judge Chambers was an ardent friend of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In 1856 he published "A Tribute to the Principles, Virtues, Habits, and Public Usefulness of the Irish and Scotch Early Settlers of Pennsylvania." He also wrote an exhaustive biography of Dr. John McDowell, a native of the county and at one time Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, the manuscript of which was destroyed in the burning of Chambersburg, in 1864. In 1861 he received the degree of LL.D from Washington College, of Washington, Pennsylvania.
General Notes: Wife - Alice Armstrong Lyon
from Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA