Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Chambers, Leroy E. 1848 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

   LEROY E. CHAMBERS, stock-dealer, P. O. Hutsonville, is a native of Orange
County, Ind., born September 13, 1848, a son of Charles F. and Mary S. (Elrod)
Chambers, both natives of Orange County. The father was born May 3, 1823, a son
of Samuel and Eleanor (Lindley) Chambers, he, born October 20, 1783, in North
Carolina, and she, August 18, 1784. The grandparents of our subject were blessed
with nine children, Charles F. being the youngest of the family, and his
brother, William G., is the only living representative of the old family. He was
born March 27, 1816. The father of our subject was a harness-maker by trade, but
was also engaged in farming. He was also a great inventor, and the many untimely
hours which he spent in this direction, perceptably hastened his death, which
occurred May 12, 1876. The mother of our subject was born February 24, 1828, and
died in June, 1851. She was the mother of two children, our subject being the
only one who lived to maturity. The father was married a second time, to Mary
Lindley, born May 16, 1830, and died June 26, 1876. She was the mother of nine
children. Our subject's great-grandfather, Jonathan Lindley, was the founder of
Paoli, Ind., and his grandfather, Samuel Chambers, laid out Chambersburg, of the
same State, and was once Judge of Orange County. Our subject received but a
meager education, mostly in his native county. He was married, March 10, 1870,
to Lucetta Newlin, born September 13, 1848, in this county, a daughter of Cyrus
and Eliza Ann (Hill) Newlin. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are the parents of six
children- Oscar E., born July 23, 1871; Estella B., November 1, 1873; Everett
A., March 9, 1875; Elmer A., September 4, 1877; Alice C., November 12, 1879, and
Arthur C, December 6, 1881. Our subject has a farm of 416 acres, and he engages
in general farming and stock-dealing. He is a Republican in politics.

Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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