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Surnames: Chambers, Glover
Classification: Biography
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From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 947.
TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON
JOHN M. CHAMBERS, gallery of art, Bloomington; born in Fulton Co., N. Y., in 1828; came to
Wisconsin in 1847, and located at Patch Grove, where he engaged in farming, during the
time he assisted in taking a water level of the tributary of Little Grant River, running
through Bloomington; came to Bloomington in 1852, and has been engaged in farming and
mechanical business. Established present business in 1876; learned the business at
Platteville. Married in Boscobel, in 1860, to Miss Almira J. Glover, a native of
Wisconsin, by whom he has six children - two sons and four daughters, all living in
Bloomington; the oldest son, Wallace J., is assisting in the business; they keep up to the
times and take as good pictures, views and photographs, as any firm in the county. Mr. and
Mrs. Chambers are members of the Congregational Church of Bloomington. Mr. Chambers owns a
fine farm north of town; has always taken an active part in all town and school affairs;
is a self-made man.
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