Happened upon the info below from an unsourced website. I'm not sure which
Chamblees they are referring to. Anyone related to these lines?
I have asked the website author where the info came from. Waiting for reply.
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3. Joseph Lewis. born ca. 1833 in NC. Married Mrs. Martha Chamblee, widow of
Lewis Chamblee. In 1860 Joseph was a farmer living near Mantua in Greene
County (at that time it was in Pickens Co.) and in 1870 he was living at
Pleasant Ridge in Greene County but had moved by 1880 to Oktibbeha County,
MS.
11. John Calhoun Lewis. Born Sept. 17, 1850. He left suddenly in 1870 for
Texas without saying goodbye to his mother, owing money, and leaving behind
his sweetheart, Mary Ann Chamblee. Despite the pleas of his family to return
to Alabama he remained in Texas. Married Sarah Nancy Jackson on Sept. 17,
1874. The family was hard shell Baptist and sang "Old Harp". He was a member
of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Pickens Co., AL. joining on Sept. 9, 1866 and
was granted letter of dismission on first Sabbath of June 1874. He was a
farmer living near Rome Church and Willow Springs School northeast of Cross
Roads, TX and was appointed postmaster of the post office at Bute, TX in
1893. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1896. He became ill with typhoid
fever that affected his mind and he was admitted to a State Hospital in
Terrell, TX where he died in January 28, 1918.