BIOGRAPHIES:  C. A. CHAMBERLIN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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C. A. CHAMBERLIN, one of the corporators of the Empire Lumber Company, Eau
Claire, was born in Manchester, N. H., Nov. 7, 1846.  During his infancy 
his parents moved to Massachusetts where he lived until 1853, when he came
to Portage, and in June, 1856, to Eau Claire.  He was for several years 
clerk of a steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.  In 1870, he became
connected with the firm of Ingram & Kennedy, serving as book-keeper for a 
year, then taking charge of office work for eight years, and afterward
attending to their Mississippi River lumber interests until the organization
of the Empire Lumber Co., since which time he has been assistant secretary
of that organization.  He was secretary and treasurer of the Charles Horton
Lumber Co., Winona, Minn., for one year, and Town Clerk of Eau Claire for
one term.  He was married in La Crosse, March 4, 1869, to Alice E. Black,
who was born in Cambridge, Mass.


--Taken from "The History of Northern Wisconsin containing an Account of its
Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; An extensive Sketch of its 
Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, 
Manufacturies; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early
Settlers; Views of County Seats, Etc."  Chicago:  The Western Historical
Company.  A. T. Andreas, Proprietor.  1881.  Page # 318