Dear Dee,
Thank you for your quick reply. That Charles and Margaret are not
mine. They also had two children. Nancy and then Charles. I can't
find their marriage record or I could separate them with the wife's
maiden name. I have looked with all of Margaret's family after Charles
died and could not find them. I can only guess that they could be
living with some of his family, if I only knew who they were.
Thanks,
Barbara
On Jan 23, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Dee Yeager wrote:
Regarding the 1860 census....
In Widener Twp., Knox County, IN, there is a Charles Chambers, age
28, wife Margaret, age 24 and daughter Nancy, age 2. All born in IN.
Not sure they are your's because of the name of their daughter.
Thought I would pass it along anyway, just in case.
Dee
----- Original Message ----- From: "BARBARA"
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Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:52 AM
Subject: CHARLES CHAMBERS AND MARGARET KEITH 1857
> I am looking for information on Charles Chambers born in Knox County
> sometime between 1831 and 1836 (census and Civil War papers differ).
> I would like to know who his parents and siblings were. He married
> Margaret Keith, daughter of John Keith and Delilah Ruby of
> Subdivision 61, 28 Jan 1857. They had a daughter in Dec 1857 named
> Althea and/or Margaret Chambers. I can’t find them in 1860 census.
> Charles then joined the Union Army.
>
> He was in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. He
> entered the 51st Regime of the Indiana Infantry on 22 Oct. 1861 as a
> private for 3 years. He was captured at the battle of Lookout
> Mountain in Tennessee. He was held in Libby Prison until the war was
> over. He was discharged 17 Dec 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. His
> discharge papers indicate he was age 28.
>
> After he returned home, he and Margaret had a son, Edward Everett
> Chamber
> (my great-grandfather) on 22 Dec 1867. They were living in
> Freelandville,
> Widner, Knox, Indiana in the 1870 Census. On 5 Feb 1871, Margaret
> applied for
> Widow’s pension. Charles had been killed by a heart attach when he
> was
> struck by lighting. I can’t find Margaret or the children until the
> 1900
> Census. Margaret is living with her daughter Althea and both are
> widows.
> Edward has married Mary C. Armstrong in 1889 and had 5 daughters and
> 2 sons.
>
>
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