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Surnames: Chambers, Coombs
Classification: Biography
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From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 948.
TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON
J. C. CHAMBERS, boot and shoe manufacturer, Bloomington; a native of Canada; born in 1836;
came to Bloomington in 1860, and engaged in farming. Enlisted in 1861 in the 2d W. V. C.,
Co. C; mustered out in 1865; was with regiment all through, and came out as a veteran.
Married, in Grant Co., to Miss Rachael Coombs, a native of Hurricane, Grant Co., by whom
has six children - three sons and three daughters. Owns a beautiful farm of 83 acres on
Sec. 25, adjoining village. Mr. Chambers started a poor boy and worked his own way; now
has a flourishing business and commands the respect of the community.
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