George Baker Chambers, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

George Baker Chambers, farmer, of Jefferson Township, Chambersville post office, was born in Baldwin County, Georgia,
November 22, 1841. His father, Thomas G. Chambers, a son of James Henry Chambers, a native of Virginia, was born in
Halifax County, Virginia, July 14, 1802, and died in Dallas County, Arkansas, in 1875. Early in life he moved from Virginia to
Georgia, where he engaged in merchandising and farming and was married at Milledgeville, in the latter State, to Miss Leodica
M. Smith, a native of Virginia, born in Halifax County, in 1814. She was a daughter of Joel Smith, a soldier in the War of 1812.
He was taken sick and died in the hospital during the war. They had a family of six children, but five of whom are living, of
whom our subject is the fourth. Mrs. Chambers died December 18, 1887. When the subject of this sketch was but five years
of age, his parents moved from Alabama, where they had lived for two years after leaving Georgia, and settled in what is now
Calhoun County, Arkansas. Chambersville post office, which was established in 1846, was named in honor of Mr. Chambers.
Here it was that our subject was reared and schooled, but owing to his limited educational advantages, his education was
meager. Part of the time he rode seven miles to school. He resided with his parents until nineteen years of age, when he enlisted
in the Confederate army in Talbot County, and served throughout the war. He was in the battles of Pleasant Hill (Louisiana) and
Poison Springs (Arkansas). In 1866, he was married to Miss Catherine C. Councill, a native of Arkansas born in 1845. She is
the daughter of Jesse and Harriett N. Councill, early settlers of Arkansas. This union was blessed with five children, but four of
whom are living, viz: Thomas G., Harriet N., James H., and George B.. Mr. Chambers has been a resident of this county since
1848.