BIOGRAPHIES: Charles R. CHAMBERS, Maple Grove Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 25 June 2001 ==================================================================== Charles R. Chambers, Section 32, West, Maple Grove Township, was born in Emmet County, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1874, son of Dudley and Mettie (Goff) Chambers, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New York state. They came to Barron County with their sons, Charles R. and Fred, in 1896, and here spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1919 and the mother in 1905. Charles R. was reared in his native county, was educated there and devoted his early life to farm work. When the family came to Barron County in 1896 he and his brother purchased 80 acres in Section 31, West, Maple Grove Township, moved a house onto the farm, built a log barn, cleared a part of the land, and made a number of other improvements. In 1898 he sold his interest to his brother and took up work in the woods in Sawyer County, this state. He came back to Maple Grove Township in the spring of 1900 and bought 80 acres in Section 31, West. Of the 45 acres which he cleared, he broke 35 acres, erected a set of buildings and constructed suitable fences. In the fall of 1917 he sold and purchased his present place of 80 acres. He renovated the buildings standing thereon, and built a machine shed and milk house. Here he now successfully conducts general farming and dairying. He is a member of the school board of his district, and his fraternal relations are with the Odd Fellows. Mr. Chambers was married March 28, 1898, to Mary Coon, daughter of Rufus and Susan (Tio) Coon, natives respectively of New York state and Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Coon came to Barron County in 1881 and settled in Maple Grove Township where they farmed until 1903 when they moved to Hillsdale village. Mrs. Coon died there April 2, 1917, and Mr. Coon moved to Barton, in this state, where he now resides. In the Coon family there are three children, Cora, Myron and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are the parents of five children: Nora L. was born March 7, 1900, married Rollo Skimmerhorn of St. Paul; Mabel was born June 6, 1901, and is now Mrs. Raymond Brownlee, of Barron; Bernard F. was born April 20, 1903; Benjamin D. was born March 20, 1907, and Gladys I. was born Nov. 17, 1909. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 347.