Levi Bartholomew (or Bert) was the 6th child and first son of Alexander Chambers and Miranda Isabell Menefee. He was born in Hico, then Erath County, Texas, and was likely named for his grandfathers, Levi Chambers and J Bartholomew Menefee. He appeared on the 1900 census with his parents and siblings in Erath County (ED 72, p 17-B). Levi moved with his widowed mother to Baca County, Colorado, where he appeared in her household on the 1910 Census (ED 201, p 7-A). It was in Baca County that he registered for the draft during what became the First World War. Like many other young men, he was eligible for enlistment despite his claim for exemption as the sole support of his mother and his occupation as a farmer, and he subsequently served as a private in the Army.

Shortly after the end of the war, on 6 Mar 1919, Levi married Mary Ann "Annie" Howerton in Hamilton County, Texas. The couple took up residence in Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma, by the 1920 Census (ED 192, p 12-B), residing near Levi's mother, 2 younger sisters, and younger brother, but Levi had by this time forsaken his previous occupation of farming and was a "common laborer." Whether his Army experience had given him a wanderlust or it was the pioneer drive of his parents and ancestors, he didn't stay settled in Oklahoma long as he and Annie appeared on the 1925 Kansas state census (lines 28-29) in Elkhart, Morton County, where his occupation was listed as an "elevator man." The 1930 Census (ED 15, pp 11-B) found the couple with two young children back in Hooker, Oklahoma, near Levi's mother and Annie's brother Bluford ("Blue") Howerton and family.

Annie's death in 1933 left him a widower with young children during the Great Depression, and he moved, perhaps several times, winding up in Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, where he registered for the Second World War in April of 1942 and was employed by the Klickitat Pine Box Company. He remained in Washington state and died there at the age of 84.

Paternal Grandparents
Levi Chambers (abt 1818 IN - unk TX or MO?)
Martha Buckles Chambers (abt 1822 IN - ?)

Maternal Grandparents
J Bartholomew Menefee (1827 KY - bef 1880 TX)
Mary Ann Manson Menefee (1839-1921)

Siblings
Martha Ann Chambers Cook (1876 TX - 1940 TX)
Euretta Ellen Chambers Robertson (1877-1967)
Margaret Josephine Chambers Williamson (1877 TX - 1958 CA)
Rosetta Pearl Chambers (1881 TX - 1884 TX)
Mary Levicy Chambers Robertson (1884-1963)
(Levi B Chambers)
Lucy Jane Chambers Robertson (1890-1983)
Joseph Richard Chambers (1892-1964)
Ethel May Chambers Malmberg (1895-1991)
Alice Blanch Chambers (1899 TX - 1961 WA?) [Possibly F/G 18949237]
Rutha Indamile Chambers Parker (1901-1976)

Children
Bertha M Chambers (abt 1926 - ?)
Anna Lee Chambers (abt 1928 - ?)
Dorothy Chambers (abt 1930 - ?)