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From: Maggie Stewart[SMTP:maggieohio@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 12:20 PM
To: CO-ROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: P. H. CHAMBERS, D. D. S.
"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918) Vol. II
p. 163-164
P. H. CHAMBERS, D. D. S.
Dentistry stands unique among the professions In that its
successful representatives must be possessed of qualifications of a
threefold character They must not only have intimate knowledge of the
scientific principles of dentistry, but they must also possess marked
mechanical skill and Ingenuity, and added to this, must have that
business discernment which enables them to successfully control the
financial end of the business. Dr. Chambers is well qualified in all of
these respects and has made for himself a most creditable place as a
representative of the dental fraternity of Denver. He was born in
Lexington, Missouri, March 8. 1857, and is a son of Dr. P. H. and Mary
(Wallace) Chambers, both of whom were natives of Lexington, Kentucky,
whence they removed to Missouri in early life. There the father became
a well known physician and surgeon, residing for many years at
Lexington. where his marked professional skill won for him a large
practice. He continued to devote his attention thereto until his death,
which occurred in 1903. He had long survived his wife, who passed away
in Lexington in 1860.
Dr. Chambers of this review was the second in order of birth in a
family of tour children. In his youthful days he was a pupil in the
public schools and mastered the branches of learning taught in
successive grades until he became a high school pupil. After leaving
the high school he entered the St. Louis Dental College at St. Louis,
Missouri, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1875. He then
removed to southeastern Missouri and took up his professional work, in
which he continued successfully for three years, after which he removed
to Fairfield, Illinois. There he remained for eight years and was
successfully engaged in a lucrative practice at that point, but
contemplating a change, he decided upon Denver and soon afterward came
to this city. He has since ranked with the leading dental surgeons of
his adopted city and is one of the four oldest members of the
profession in the state in years of continuous connection with active
practice. He has always been accorded a liberal practice and throughout
the intervening years he has kept in touch with the latest researches
and scientific discoveries which have had to do with professional skill
and efficiency. He belongs to the Denver Dental Society, of which he
has been the president, and he also has membership in the Colorado
State Dental Society. In addition to his profession he is president of
the Minerals Recovery Company.
On March 8, 1887, in Fairfield, Illinois, Dr. Chambers was united
in marriage to Miss Anna Bennett and to them were born four children:
Mrs. Sally Bryan, who pursued her education in the schools of
Fairfield, Illinois; Mrs. Hattie Hudson, who was born in Fairfield in
1891 and later attended the Denver high school; and Lilburn, who was
born in Fairfield, Illinois, in 1892, and is now in the aviation
service of the United States Army with the rank of major.
Dr. Chambers is identified with the Knights of Pythias and with
the Fraternal Union. In politics he maintains an independent course,
voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to
party ties. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Chambers and his family are widely and
favorably known in Denver, where he has so long resided, and his
personal worth as well as his professional ability have gained for him
the high regard in which he is uniformly held.
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