Biography of Louis R Chamberlain, Mississippi County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Delos Reeds Date: 10 May 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** LOUIS REUBEN CHAMBERLAIN, of Carson Lake, Mississippi County, Arkansas was born at Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois on 24 October 1854. He married Mittie Juanita Vandiver 19 May 1880 at Whitton, Mississippi County, Arkansas. As a young man he was employed in a store and for a time worked in the timberlands of Randolph County, Illinois. In later years he raised cotton at Carson Lake. He also served as postmaster and Justice of the Peace there. Mr. Chamberlain died at home 13 August 1901 and was buried in the Pittman Cemetery. Mrs. Chamberlain was born at Vanndale, Cross County, Arkansas 18 December 1859 and died at Carson Lake 18 December 1939. She was buried in Thayer City Cemetery, Thayer, Oregon County, Missouri in the family plot of their son Reuben Grover Chamberlain. Children: FRED LOUIS CHAMBERLAIN, cotton farmer, of Carson Lake, born 09 April 1882 at Steeleville, Randolph County, Illinois. Married Ora Edith Adams, daughter of Hilliard Adams and Matilda Jane Myers at Harrisburg, Poinsett County on 22 April 1926. He died 31 October 1960 and was buried in Bassett Cemetery. She was born 23 February 1900 at Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi and died 12 April 1998 and is buried at Bassett Cemetery. They had eight children. JOHN O. CHAMBERLAIN, of Carson Lake, born 25 May 1886 in Missouri, died at Carson Lake 12 February 1904. Buried Pittman Cemetery. REUBEN GROVER CHAMBERLAIN, of Thayer, Missouri, Frisco Railway engineer, was born 13 March 1888 at Carson Lake and died 16 August 1918 at a hospital in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri as result of a railway accident near Marked Tree, Arkansas. He is buried at Thayer, Missouri. he married Ethel Gertrude Gamel, daughter of William Gamel and Melissa Rapert. She was born 12 May 1893 and died April 1977 at San Bernardino, California. They had two children. CLARENCE NAPOLEON CHAMBERLAIN, cotton farmer of Carson Lake, born there 17 September 1892. he married Frankie Steele, born 08 Feb 1897 at Cora City, Randolph County, Illinois daughter of Edward Steele and Deamer Gardner. He died 19 March 1945 and is buried in Bassett Cemetery. She died Jan 1982 at Blytheville, Arkansas. they had nine children, two of which died as infants. EFFIE M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Thayer, Missouri was born at Carson Lake, 08 August 1894 and died at Thayer 24 Dec 1972. She married 30 April 1911, William Henry Jackson who later was a conductor for the Frisco Railway. He was born 13 Aug 1889 and died 30 November 1972. Both are buried at Thayer City Cemetery. They had three children. LEON H. CHAMBERLAIN, World War I Veteran, of Joiner, Arkansas was born at Carson Lake 11 December 1896 and died at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee 10 May 1970. He was buried in Bassett Cemetery. He was married to Jessie Gobel at Wilson, Mississippi County, Arkansas on 08 March 1926. They had no children.