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Surnames: Chambliss, Adams
Classification: Query
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I'm seeking the parents of Sarah E. Chambliss, who married William T. Gamble in DeSoto
Parish, LA, in 1849. The couple, along with his two children, are listed in the 1850
census for Mansfield, DeSoto Parish. Her age is given as 17. The only Chambliss family
I've found in that parish in the 1850 census is that of Horatio Chambliss, 40, born in
AL. There are three Chambliss families listed in neighboring Sabine Parish: that of Thomas
Chambliss, 35, born in AL; that of Littleton Chambliss, 55, born in GA; and that of G.Y.
Chambliss, 28, born in Alabama.
Following the death of William Gamble in 1851, Sarah married W.G. Adams. The couple and
their first son moved to Walker County, Texas, where Sarah died about 1858. Family lore
holds that Sarah was disinherited when she married W.G. Adams. If so, there may be no
mention of her in a paternal will. I'd welcome any leads to solving this family
mystery.
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