Jerome Hascall Chamberlain, son of Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain & his wife Phebe Ann Hascall Chamberlain
Married Sarah Rohrer Chamberlain, daughter of David Rohrer & his wife Elizabeth Bowman Rohrer
Son
John Ebenezer Chamberlain
Civil War Veteran
Union Navy - 1863 and '64
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1910 Rochester, Fulton Co,IN - Chamberlain, head John E 39 IN (both parents b IN & 1st married 12 yrs), wife Elsia 36 IN (parents b PA,IN & 1st married 12 yrs & 5 children, 4 living), son Clarence 11 CO (both parents b IN), son Jerome 9 IN (both parents b IN), son Robert 5 IN (both parents b IN), son Howard 3 IN (both parents b IN) & widowed mother Sarah 68 IN (both parents b IN & 6 children, 6 living) & Barkdall, father in law Samuel 75 PA (both parents b PA)
1900 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Gerome 58 IN (parents b ME,NY & married 30 yrs) & wife Sarah 58 IN (both parents b OH & married 30 yrs & 1 child, 1 living)
1880 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Jerome 38 IN (parents b ME,NY), wife Sarah 38 IN (both parents b OH) & son John 9 IN (both parents b IN)
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Mrs Jerome Chamberlain, of Bourbon, whose husband died last week, has gone to Rochester to spend the winter winter with her son, J E Chamberlain.
Plymouth Tribune (Plymouth, Marshall Co,IN)
Vol 3, No 16,
21 January 1904
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Obituary
Chamberlain - At Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, January 8, 1904,
Jerome Hascall Charmberlain.
Mr Chamberlain was born Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, December 15, 1841. His early life was born in his native town. In the civil was he served in the Union navy during the years of 1863 and '64. At the close of the war, he returned to Goshen and in 1865 came to Bourbon.
About 5 years ago he united with the Presbyterian Church and the officiating clergyman at his funeral was the Presbyterian pastor at Bourbon. But Mr Chamberlain had been baptized into the New Church many years ago by the Rev Henry Weller, and whatever views he may have had about his external church relations, he continued to hold the doctrines of the New Church.
He was truly patriotic and loved his county with an intense love, as is shown by the service he gave in the civil war and by his actions and utterance in after life. He hated shams of any sort, and as he was always outspoken and sincere, he expected others to be so. He was a friend indeed, for he was a friend in need. One who claimed his friendship, never asked for assistance of any kind without receiving it. No one ever appreciated a kindness more than he, as many well know. Although he may have failed to realize some of the ambitions of his early life, yet he never envied others who succeeded in part, but often gave utterance to the sentiment that he loved to see "our boys," meaning the boys that had grown up around him succeed.
He was a friend of education and took great pride in the public schools. He was intelligent and being fond of reading was well posted on the current topics and the public questions of the day. Always active in everything of public character, upright, and ruggedly honest, he did much to the upbuilding of his town.
The official positions which he has filled, speak of the grateful feelings entertained for him by his neighbors. He was in business in Bourbon for many years, both for himself and for others, and in his business relations as well as others, he was a soul of honor.
He was a brother of the late Judge Chamberlain of Goshen, who also came in to the church through the labors of the Rev Henry Weller, and who when representative to Congress, who was known by a few to refused an offer for $20,000 for his vote on a certain question. The judge was the father of Mrs Mary Grosh, an active and useful member of the Toledo Society.
At the same time of Jerome H Chamberlain, Ellen A Chamberlain, another daughter of the judge was baptized into the church by Mr Weller. She married Herbert H Tyrrell, one of the leading citizens of Bourbon, where she passed away January 17, 1903, her funeral being attended by Rev E D Daniels of LaPorte, on January 20th. She was intelligent and affectionate, a true wife and mother. Her home was the center of her activities, and she sought to make it heaven on earth. If her children could not find any article in quest, "mother always knew where it was." She seconded her husbands undertakings until finally they possessed a beautiful home and were surrounded by the blessings of education and culture. Her home was always a center of attraction for the young people of the town, and her husband and children bless her memory.
Soon after she passed away her uncle was stricken with the same disease that took her life.
New-Church Messenger
Vol 86 Pg 110
Swedenborg Press
1904
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*** his father ...
Hon Ebenezer M Chamberlain
One of the earliest lawyers to practice law in Northern Indiana, including Elkhart County, for years a dignified and upright judge of the District Court, holding sessions over many counties, and riding circuit horseback and by other conveyance from county seat to county seat, afterwards a member of Congress, Judge Ebenezer M Chamberlain was one of the most distinguished men of the state from the early '30s until about the time of the Civil war. Judge Chamberlain is remembered as a man of unusual intellectual endowment, of unimpeachable character, with a thorough understanding of the law, and by his fidelity to every trust confided to his care, his life was lived as the highest type of Christian manhood. His career is a part of the history of Elkhart County, and for that reason this sketch belongs among those of Elkhart County's representative men of the past.
He was born at Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 20, 1805. He grew up in the primitive years of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He attended common schools only during the winter months and worked almost continuously on the farm, giving his labor as a share to the support of his father's family.
His father, Col Joshua Chamberlain, of Brewer, Maine, was a ship builder, and while serving in the war of 1812, as colonel, his ships, in which nearly all his property was invested, were seized by the British and burned, which left him in straitened circumstances. At sixteen Ebenezer M Chamberlain left the farm and worked in a shipyard for six years. However, his wages, according to the custom of the time, were paid to his father until he reached his majority.
After becoming of age he continued employment in the shipyard until he had saved enough to enable him to pass six months in an academy. He was ambitious for an education and for a sphere of usefulness commensurate with his excellent talent. For three years he was a student of law in the office of Elisha S Allen at Bangor, Maine, and taught school in the meantime. At Bangor he was a member of the Forensic Club and in the debates among its members he found an excellent opportunity for training his talent for oratory and public speaking. During 1831 he made something of a local name and reputation for himself by his prominence in the debates over the subject of the Sunday mail question, a matter which engrossed a considerable part of the public mind at the time. He argued against the prohibition of Sunday delivery of mail so ably that those who favored his views printed them in a pamphlet form and this pamphlet was extensively circulated.
At that time the laws of Maine required seven years of preliminary study before admission to the bar. As already indicated Mr Chamberlain's means were very limited, and rather than "mark time" during this long period of seven years, he determined to come west. In June, 1832 with only a few dollars which he had earned by a term of winter school teaching, he set out for Indiana, arriving in Fayette County a month later. Again he secured acceptance of his services as a school teacher, but soon entered the law offices of Samuel W Park at Connersville, and on August 9, 1833, he was regularly admitted to the Indiana bar. Northern Indiana at that time was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Elkhart County had been organized only two or three years, and it was to Elkhart County that the young attorney at law came to begin practice. He soon secured his own share in the litigation of the time, and also became a prominent figure in Indiana politics. In 1835 he was elected representative to the Legislature from the Northern Indiana District, and it shows how small a population there was in this part of the state when it is stated that this district comprised in territory nearly on-fifth of the entire state of Indiana.
Early in his promising career and ascent to prominence Judge Chamberlain established a home of his own by his marriage on November 28, 1838, to Phebe Ann Hascall, daughter of Amasa Hascall of Le Roy, New York. In the following year, 1839, he was elected a member of the State Senate for a three year term, and was soon marked as one of the influential leaders of the democratic party in Indiana. He was especially admired for the strength and eloquence of his oratory, and his reputation as an orator became a matter of state wide recognition through his anniversary address on the battle of New Orleans, delivered before the Democratic State Convention in 1841.
In 1842 the legislature elected him prosecuting attorney of the old Ninth Judicial District. A year later he was chosen presiding judge of the same district. After eight years of service on the bench he was re-elected without opposition in 1851. That was a time of bitter partisanship in Indiana as elsewhere, and being a democratic judge was perhaps only natural that he should be made a target for criticism from the whig press. But this criticism was silenced by a remarkable unanimity of loyalty in behalf of the judge. The entire bar in attendance at courts united in signature to a letter testifying to the "creditable, dignified, courteous and satisfactory" manner in which Judge Chamberlain discharged the duties of his office. This testimonial was emphasized by the fact that the two associate judges, both of whom were whigs, also added their written statement of praise to the same effect. Judge Chamberlain was for nine years judge of the District Court, and in that time he made his office an instrument for upholding peace and order and justice over a large part of Northern Indiana.
In 1844 he was delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1848 he was one of the senatorial candidates for presidential elector, and aided in giving the vote of the state to General Cass. In 1851 Judge Chamberlain resigned from the bench to accept the democratic nomination to Congress in the reorganized Tenth Indiana District. Congressman Brenton was also a candidate for reelection and though an able and popular man the superior qualifications of Judge Chamberlain for the office were manifest, and the latter was elected by nearly a thousand majority.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
Married Sarah Rohrer Chamberlain, daughter of David Rohrer & his wife Elizabeth Bowman Rohrer
Son
John Ebenezer Chamberlain
Civil War Veteran
Union Navy - 1863 and '64
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1910 Rochester, Fulton Co,IN - Chamberlain, head John E 39 IN (both parents b IN & 1st married 12 yrs), wife Elsia 36 IN (parents b PA,IN & 1st married 12 yrs & 5 children, 4 living), son Clarence 11 CO (both parents b IN), son Jerome 9 IN (both parents b IN), son Robert 5 IN (both parents b IN), son Howard 3 IN (both parents b IN) & widowed mother Sarah 68 IN (both parents b IN & 6 children, 6 living) & Barkdall, father in law Samuel 75 PA (both parents b PA)
1900 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Gerome 58 IN (parents b ME,NY & married 30 yrs) & wife Sarah 58 IN (both parents b OH & married 30 yrs & 1 child, 1 living)
1880 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Jerome 38 IN (parents b ME,NY), wife Sarah 38 IN (both parents b OH) & son John 9 IN (both parents b IN)
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Mrs Jerome Chamberlain, of Bourbon, whose husband died last week, has gone to Rochester to spend the winter winter with her son, J E Chamberlain.
Plymouth Tribune (Plymouth, Marshall Co,IN)
Vol 3, No 16,
21 January 1904
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Obituary
Chamberlain - At Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, January 8, 1904,
Jerome Hascall Charmberlain.
Mr Chamberlain was born Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, December 15, 1841. His early life was born in his native town. In the civil was he served in the Union navy during the years of 1863 and '64. At the close of the war, he returned to Goshen and in 1865 came to Bourbon.
About 5 years ago he united with the Presbyterian Church and the officiating clergyman at his funeral was the Presbyterian pastor at Bourbon. But Mr Chamberlain had been baptized into the New Church many years ago by the Rev Henry Weller, and whatever views he may have had about his external church relations, he continued to hold the doctrines of the New Church.
He was truly patriotic and loved his county with an intense love, as is shown by the service he gave in the civil war and by his actions and utterance in after life. He hated shams of any sort, and as he was always outspoken and sincere, he expected others to be so. He was a friend indeed, for he was a friend in need. One who claimed his friendship, never asked for assistance of any kind without receiving it. No one ever appreciated a kindness more than he, as many well know. Although he may have failed to realize some of the ambitions of his early life, yet he never envied others who succeeded in part, but often gave utterance to the sentiment that he loved to see "our boys," meaning the boys that had grown up around him succeed.
He was a friend of education and took great pride in the public schools. He was intelligent and being fond of reading was well posted on the current topics and the public questions of the day. Always active in everything of public character, upright, and ruggedly honest, he did much to the upbuilding of his town.
The official positions which he has filled, speak of the grateful feelings entertained for him by his neighbors. He was in business in Bourbon for many years, both for himself and for others, and in his business relations as well as others, he was a soul of honor.
He was a brother of the late Judge Chamberlain of Goshen, who also came in to the church through the labors of the Rev Henry Weller, and who when representative to Congress, who was known by a few to refused an offer for $20,000 for his vote on a certain question. The judge was the father of Mrs Mary Grosh, an active and useful member of the Toledo Society.
At the same time of Jerome H Chamberlain, Ellen A Chamberlain, another daughter of the judge was baptized into the church by Mr Weller. She married Herbert H Tyrrell, one of the leading citizens of Bourbon, where she passed away January 17, 1903, her funeral being attended by Rev E D Daniels of LaPorte, on January 20th. She was intelligent and affectionate, a true wife and mother. Her home was the center of her activities, and she sought to make it heaven on earth. If her children could not find any article in quest, "mother always knew where it was." She seconded her husbands undertakings until finally they possessed a beautiful home and were surrounded by the blessings of education and culture. Her home was always a center of attraction for the young people of the town, and her husband and children bless her memory.
Soon after she passed away her uncle was stricken with the same disease that took her life.
New-Church Messenger
Vol 86 Pg 110
Swedenborg Press
1904
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*** his father ...
Hon Ebenezer M Chamberlain
One of the earliest lawyers to practice law in Northern Indiana, including Elkhart County, for years a dignified and upright judge of the District Court, holding sessions over many counties, and riding circuit horseback and by other conveyance from county seat to county seat, afterwards a member of Congress, Judge Ebenezer M Chamberlain was one of the most distinguished men of the state from the early '30s until about the time of the Civil war. Judge Chamberlain is remembered as a man of unusual intellectual endowment, of unimpeachable character, with a thorough understanding of the law, and by his fidelity to every trust confided to his care, his life was lived as the highest type of Christian manhood. His career is a part of the history of Elkhart County, and for that reason this sketch belongs among those of Elkhart County's representative men of the past.
He was born at Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 20, 1805. He grew up in the primitive years of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He attended common schools only during the winter months and worked almost continuously on the farm, giving his labor as a share to the support of his father's family.
His father, Col Joshua Chamberlain, of Brewer, Maine, was a ship builder, and while serving in the war of 1812, as colonel, his ships, in which nearly all his property was invested, were seized by the British and burned, which left him in straitened circumstances. At sixteen Ebenezer M Chamberlain left the farm and worked in a shipyard for six years. However, his wages, according to the custom of the time, were paid to his father until he reached his majority.
After becoming of age he continued employment in the shipyard until he had saved enough to enable him to pass six months in an academy. He was ambitious for an education and for a sphere of usefulness commensurate with his excellent talent. For three years he was a student of law in the office of Elisha S Allen at Bangor, Maine, and taught school in the meantime. At Bangor he was a member of the Forensic Club and in the debates among its members he found an excellent opportunity for training his talent for oratory and public speaking. During 1831 he made something of a local name and reputation for himself by his prominence in the debates over the subject of the Sunday mail question, a matter which engrossed a considerable part of the public mind at the time. He argued against the prohibition of Sunday delivery of mail so ably that those who favored his views printed them in a pamphlet form and this pamphlet was extensively circulated.
At that time the laws of Maine required seven years of preliminary study before admission to the bar. As already indicated Mr Chamberlain's means were very limited, and rather than "mark time" during this long period of seven years, he determined to come west. In June, 1832 with only a few dollars which he had earned by a term of winter school teaching, he set out for Indiana, arriving in Fayette County a month later. Again he secured acceptance of his services as a school teacher, but soon entered the law offices of Samuel W Park at Connersville, and on August 9, 1833, he was regularly admitted to the Indiana bar. Northern Indiana at that time was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Elkhart County had been organized only two or three years, and it was to Elkhart County that the young attorney at law came to begin practice. He soon secured his own share in the litigation of the time, and also became a prominent figure in Indiana politics. In 1835 he was elected representative to the Legislature from the Northern Indiana District, and it shows how small a population there was in this part of the state when it is stated that this district comprised in territory nearly on-fifth of the entire state of Indiana.
Early in his promising career and ascent to prominence Judge Chamberlain established a home of his own by his marriage on November 28, 1838, to Phebe Ann Hascall, daughter of Amasa Hascall of Le Roy, New York. In the following year, 1839, he was elected a member of the State Senate for a three year term, and was soon marked as one of the influential leaders of the democratic party in Indiana. He was especially admired for the strength and eloquence of his oratory, and his reputation as an orator became a matter of state wide recognition through his anniversary address on the battle of New Orleans, delivered before the Democratic State Convention in 1841.
In 1842 the legislature elected him prosecuting attorney of the old Ninth Judicial District. A year later he was chosen presiding judge of the same district. After eight years of service on the bench he was re-elected without opposition in 1851. That was a time of bitter partisanship in Indiana as elsewhere, and being a democratic judge was perhaps only natural that he should be made a target for criticism from the whig press. But this criticism was silenced by a remarkable unanimity of loyalty in behalf of the judge. The entire bar in attendance at courts united in signature to a letter testifying to the "creditable, dignified, courteous and satisfactory" manner in which Judge Chamberlain discharged the duties of his office. This testimonial was emphasized by the fact that the two associate judges, both of whom were whigs, also added their written statement of praise to the same effect. Judge Chamberlain was for nine years judge of the District Court, and in that time he made his office an instrument for upholding peace and order and justice over a large part of Northern Indiana.
In 1844 he was delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1848 he was one of the senatorial candidates for presidential elector, and aided in giving the vote of the state to General Cass. In 1851 Judge Chamberlain resigned from the bench to accept the democratic nomination to Congress in the reorganized Tenth Indiana District. Congressman Brenton was also a candidate for reelection and though an able and popular man the superior qualifications of Judge Chamberlain for the office were manifest, and the latter was elected by nearly a thousand majority.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
Jerome Hascall Chamberlain, son of Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain & his wife Phebe Ann Hascall Chamberlain
Married Sarah Rohrer Chamberlain, daughter of David Rohrer & his wife Elizabeth Bowman Rohrer
Son
John Ebenezer Chamberlain
Civil War Veteran
Union Navy - 1863 and '64
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1910 Rochester, Fulton Co,IN - Chamberlain, head John E 39 IN (both parents b IN & 1st married 12 yrs), wife Elsia 36 IN (parents b PA,IN & 1st married 12 yrs & 5 children, 4 living), son Clarence 11 CO (both parents b IN), son Jerome 9 IN (both parents b IN), son Robert 5 IN (both parents b IN), son Howard 3 IN (both parents b IN) & widowed mother Sarah 68 IN (both parents b IN & 6 children, 6 living) & Barkdall, father in law Samuel 75 PA (both parents b PA)
1900 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Gerome 58 IN (parents b ME,NY & married 30 yrs) & wife Sarah 58 IN (both parents b OH & married 30 yrs & 1 child, 1 living)
1880 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Jerome 38 IN (parents b ME,NY), wife Sarah 38 IN (both parents b OH) & son John 9 IN (both parents b IN)
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Mrs Jerome Chamberlain, of Bourbon, whose husband died last week, has gone to Rochester to spend the winter winter with her son, J E Chamberlain.
Plymouth Tribune (Plymouth, Marshall Co,IN)
Vol 3, No 16,
21 January 1904
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Obituary
Chamberlain - At Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, January 8, 1904,
Jerome Hascall Charmberlain.
Mr Chamberlain was born Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, December 15, 1841. His early life was born in his native town. In the civil was he served in the Union navy during the years of 1863 and '64. At the close of the war, he returned to Goshen and in 1865 came to Bourbon.
About 5 years ago he united with the Presbyterian Church and the officiating clergyman at his funeral was the Presbyterian pastor at Bourbon. But Mr Chamberlain had been baptized into the New Church many years ago by the Rev Henry Weller, and whatever views he may have had about his external church relations, he continued to hold the doctrines of the New Church.
He was truly patriotic and loved his county with an intense love, as is shown by the service he gave in the civil war and by his actions and utterance in after life. He hated shams of any sort, and as he was always outspoken and sincere, he expected others to be so. He was a friend indeed, for he was a friend in need. One who claimed his friendship, never asked for assistance of any kind without receiving it. No one ever appreciated a kindness more than he, as many well know. Although he may have failed to realize some of the ambitions of his early life, yet he never envied others who succeeded in part, but often gave utterance to the sentiment that he loved to see "our boys," meaning the boys that had grown up around him succeed.
He was a friend of education and took great pride in the public schools. He was intelligent and being fond of reading was well posted on the current topics and the public questions of the day. Always active in everything of public character, upright, and ruggedly honest, he did much to the upbuilding of his town.
The official positions which he has filled, speak of the grateful feelings entertained for him by his neighbors. He was in business in Bourbon for many years, both for himself and for others, and in his business relations as well as others, he was a soul of honor.
He was a brother of the late Judge Chamberlain of Goshen, who also came in to the church through the labors of the Rev Henry Weller, and who when representative to Congress, who was known by a few to refused an offer for $20,000 for his vote on a certain question. The judge was the father of Mrs Mary Grosh, an active and useful member of the Toledo Society.
At the same time of Jerome H Chamberlain, Ellen A Chamberlain, another daughter of the judge was baptized into the church by Mr Weller. She married Herbert H Tyrrell, one of the leading citizens of Bourbon, where she passed away January 17, 1903, her funeral being attended by Rev E D Daniels of LaPorte, on January 20th. She was intelligent and affectionate, a true wife and mother. Her home was the center of her activities, and she sought to make it heaven on earth. If her children could not find any article in quest, "mother always knew where it was." She seconded her husbands undertakings until finally they possessed a beautiful home and were surrounded by the blessings of education and culture. Her home was always a center of attraction for the young people of the town, and her husband and children bless her memory.
Soon after she passed away her uncle was stricken with the same disease that took her life.
New-Church Messenger
Vol 86 Pg 110
Swedenborg Press
1904
******************************************
*** his father ...
Hon Ebenezer M Chamberlain
One of the earliest lawyers to practice law in Northern Indiana, including Elkhart County, for years a dignified and upright judge of the District Court, holding sessions over many counties, and riding circuit horseback and by other conveyance from county seat to county seat, afterwards a member of Congress, Judge Ebenezer M Chamberlain was one of the most distinguished men of the state from the early '30s until about the time of the Civil war. Judge Chamberlain is remembered as a man of unusual intellectual endowment, of unimpeachable character, with a thorough understanding of the law, and by his fidelity to every trust confided to his care, his life was lived as the highest type of Christian manhood. His career is a part of the history of Elkhart County, and for that reason this sketch belongs among those of Elkhart County's representative men of the past.
He was born at Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 20, 1805. He grew up in the primitive years of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He attended common schools only during the winter months and worked almost continuously on the farm, giving his labor as a share to the support of his father's family.
His father, Col Joshua Chamberlain, of Brewer, Maine, was a ship builder, and while serving in the war of 1812, as colonel, his ships, in which nearly all his property was invested, were seized by the British and burned, which left him in straitened circumstances. At sixteen Ebenezer M Chamberlain left the farm and worked in a shipyard for six years. However, his wages, according to the custom of the time, were paid to his father until he reached his majority.
After becoming of age he continued employment in the shipyard until he had saved enough to enable him to pass six months in an academy. He was ambitious for an education and for a sphere of usefulness commensurate with his excellent talent. For three years he was a student of law in the office of Elisha S Allen at Bangor, Maine, and taught school in the meantime. At Bangor he was a member of the Forensic Club and in the debates among its members he found an excellent opportunity for training his talent for oratory and public speaking. During 1831 he made something of a local name and reputation for himself by his prominence in the debates over the subject of the Sunday mail question, a matter which engrossed a considerable part of the public mind at the time. He argued against the prohibition of Sunday delivery of mail so ably that those who favored his views printed them in a pamphlet form and this pamphlet was extensively circulated.
At that time the laws of Maine required seven years of preliminary study before admission to the bar. As already indicated Mr Chamberlain's means were very limited, and rather than "mark time" during this long period of seven years, he determined to come west. In June, 1832 with only a few dollars which he had earned by a term of winter school teaching, he set out for Indiana, arriving in Fayette County a month later. Again he secured acceptance of his services as a school teacher, but soon entered the law offices of Samuel W Park at Connersville, and on August 9, 1833, he was regularly admitted to the Indiana bar. Northern Indiana at that time was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Elkhart County had been organized only two or three years, and it was to Elkhart County that the young attorney at law came to begin practice. He soon secured his own share in the litigation of the time, and also became a prominent figure in Indiana politics. In 1835 he was elected representative to the Legislature from the Northern Indiana District, and it shows how small a population there was in this part of the state when it is stated that this district comprised in territory nearly on-fifth of the entire state of Indiana.
Early in his promising career and ascent to prominence Judge Chamberlain established a home of his own by his marriage on November 28, 1838, to Phebe Ann Hascall, daughter of Amasa Hascall of Le Roy, New York. In the following year, 1839, he was elected a member of the State Senate for a three year term, and was soon marked as one of the influential leaders of the democratic party in Indiana. He was especially admired for the strength and eloquence of his oratory, and his reputation as an orator became a matter of state wide recognition through his anniversary address on the battle of New Orleans, delivered before the Democratic State Convention in 1841.
In 1842 the legislature elected him prosecuting attorney of the old Ninth Judicial District. A year later he was chosen presiding judge of the same district. After eight years of service on the bench he was re-elected without opposition in 1851. That was a time of bitter partisanship in Indiana as elsewhere, and being a democratic judge was perhaps only natural that he should be made a target for criticism from the whig press. But this criticism was silenced by a remarkable unanimity of loyalty in behalf of the judge. The entire bar in attendance at courts united in signature to a letter testifying to the "creditable, dignified, courteous and satisfactory" manner in which Judge Chamberlain discharged the duties of his office. This testimonial was emphasized by the fact that the two associate judges, both of whom were whigs, also added their written statement of praise to the same effect. Judge Chamberlain was for nine years judge of the District Court, and in that time he made his office an instrument for upholding peace and order and justice over a large part of Northern Indiana.
In 1844 he was delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1848 he was one of the senatorial candidates for presidential elector, and aided in giving the vote of the state to General Cass. In 1851 Judge Chamberlain resigned from the bench to accept the democratic nomination to Congress in the reorganized Tenth Indiana District. Congressman Brenton was also a candidate for reelection and though an able and popular man the superior qualifications of Judge Chamberlain for the office were manifest, and the latter was elected by nearly a thousand majority.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
Married Sarah Rohrer Chamberlain, daughter of David Rohrer & his wife Elizabeth Bowman Rohrer
Son
John Ebenezer Chamberlain
Civil War Veteran
Union Navy - 1863 and '64
************************************************
1910 Rochester, Fulton Co,IN - Chamberlain, head John E 39 IN (both parents b IN & 1st married 12 yrs), wife Elsia 36 IN (parents b PA,IN & 1st married 12 yrs & 5 children, 4 living), son Clarence 11 CO (both parents b IN), son Jerome 9 IN (both parents b IN), son Robert 5 IN (both parents b IN), son Howard 3 IN (both parents b IN) & widowed mother Sarah 68 IN (both parents b IN & 6 children, 6 living) & Barkdall, father in law Samuel 75 PA (both parents b PA)
1900 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Gerome 58 IN (parents b ME,NY & married 30 yrs) & wife Sarah 58 IN (both parents b OH & married 30 yrs & 1 child, 1 living)
1880 Bourbon, Marshall Co,IN - Chamberlain, head Jerome 38 IN (parents b ME,NY), wife Sarah 38 IN (both parents b OH) & son John 9 IN (both parents b IN)
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Mrs Jerome Chamberlain, of Bourbon, whose husband died last week, has gone to Rochester to spend the winter winter with her son, J E Chamberlain.
Plymouth Tribune (Plymouth, Marshall Co,IN)
Vol 3, No 16,
21 January 1904
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Obituary
Chamberlain - At Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, January 8, 1904,
Jerome Hascall Charmberlain.
Mr Chamberlain was born Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, December 15, 1841. His early life was born in his native town. In the civil was he served in the Union navy during the years of 1863 and '64. At the close of the war, he returned to Goshen and in 1865 came to Bourbon.
About 5 years ago he united with the Presbyterian Church and the officiating clergyman at his funeral was the Presbyterian pastor at Bourbon. But Mr Chamberlain had been baptized into the New Church many years ago by the Rev Henry Weller, and whatever views he may have had about his external church relations, he continued to hold the doctrines of the New Church.
He was truly patriotic and loved his county with an intense love, as is shown by the service he gave in the civil war and by his actions and utterance in after life. He hated shams of any sort, and as he was always outspoken and sincere, he expected others to be so. He was a friend indeed, for he was a friend in need. One who claimed his friendship, never asked for assistance of any kind without receiving it. No one ever appreciated a kindness more than he, as many well know. Although he may have failed to realize some of the ambitions of his early life, yet he never envied others who succeeded in part, but often gave utterance to the sentiment that he loved to see "our boys," meaning the boys that had grown up around him succeed.
He was a friend of education and took great pride in the public schools. He was intelligent and being fond of reading was well posted on the current topics and the public questions of the day. Always active in everything of public character, upright, and ruggedly honest, he did much to the upbuilding of his town.
The official positions which he has filled, speak of the grateful feelings entertained for him by his neighbors. He was in business in Bourbon for many years, both for himself and for others, and in his business relations as well as others, he was a soul of honor.
He was a brother of the late Judge Chamberlain of Goshen, who also came in to the church through the labors of the Rev Henry Weller, and who when representative to Congress, who was known by a few to refused an offer for $20,000 for his vote on a certain question. The judge was the father of Mrs Mary Grosh, an active and useful member of the Toledo Society.
At the same time of Jerome H Chamberlain, Ellen A Chamberlain, another daughter of the judge was baptized into the church by Mr Weller. She married Herbert H Tyrrell, one of the leading citizens of Bourbon, where she passed away January 17, 1903, her funeral being attended by Rev E D Daniels of LaPorte, on January 20th. She was intelligent and affectionate, a true wife and mother. Her home was the center of her activities, and she sought to make it heaven on earth. If her children could not find any article in quest, "mother always knew where it was." She seconded her husbands undertakings until finally they possessed a beautiful home and were surrounded by the blessings of education and culture. Her home was always a center of attraction for the young people of the town, and her husband and children bless her memory.
Soon after she passed away her uncle was stricken with the same disease that took her life.
New-Church Messenger
Vol 86 Pg 110
Swedenborg Press
1904
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Hon Ebenezer M Chamberlain
One of the earliest lawyers to practice law in Northern Indiana, including Elkhart County, for years a dignified and upright judge of the District Court, holding sessions over many counties, and riding circuit horseback and by other conveyance from county seat to county seat, afterwards a member of Congress, Judge Ebenezer M Chamberlain was one of the most distinguished men of the state from the early '30s until about the time of the Civil war. Judge Chamberlain is remembered as a man of unusual intellectual endowment, of unimpeachable character, with a thorough understanding of the law, and by his fidelity to every trust confided to his care, his life was lived as the highest type of Christian manhood. His career is a part of the history of Elkhart County, and for that reason this sketch belongs among those of Elkhart County's representative men of the past.
He was born at Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 20, 1805. He grew up in the primitive years of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He attended common schools only during the winter months and worked almost continuously on the farm, giving his labor as a share to the support of his father's family.
His father, Col Joshua Chamberlain, of Brewer, Maine, was a ship builder, and while serving in the war of 1812, as colonel, his ships, in which nearly all his property was invested, were seized by the British and burned, which left him in straitened circumstances. At sixteen Ebenezer M Chamberlain left the farm and worked in a shipyard for six years. However, his wages, according to the custom of the time, were paid to his father until he reached his majority.
After becoming of age he continued employment in the shipyard until he had saved enough to enable him to pass six months in an academy. He was ambitious for an education and for a sphere of usefulness commensurate with his excellent talent. For three years he was a student of law in the office of Elisha S Allen at Bangor, Maine, and taught school in the meantime. At Bangor he was a member of the Forensic Club and in the debates among its members he found an excellent opportunity for training his talent for oratory and public speaking. During 1831 he made something of a local name and reputation for himself by his prominence in the debates over the subject of the Sunday mail question, a matter which engrossed a considerable part of the public mind at the time. He argued against the prohibition of Sunday delivery of mail so ably that those who favored his views printed them in a pamphlet form and this pamphlet was extensively circulated.
At that time the laws of Maine required seven years of preliminary study before admission to the bar. As already indicated Mr Chamberlain's means were very limited, and rather than "mark time" during this long period of seven years, he determined to come west. In June, 1832 with only a few dollars which he had earned by a term of winter school teaching, he set out for Indiana, arriving in Fayette County a month later. Again he secured acceptance of his services as a school teacher, but soon entered the law offices of Samuel W Park at Connersville, and on August 9, 1833, he was regularly admitted to the Indiana bar. Northern Indiana at that time was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Elkhart County had been organized only two or three years, and it was to Elkhart County that the young attorney at law came to begin practice. He soon secured his own share in the litigation of the time, and also became a prominent figure in Indiana politics. In 1835 he was elected representative to the Legislature from the Northern Indiana District, and it shows how small a population there was in this part of the state when it is stated that this district comprised in territory nearly on-fifth of the entire state of Indiana.
Early in his promising career and ascent to prominence Judge Chamberlain established a home of his own by his marriage on November 28, 1838, to Phebe Ann Hascall, daughter of Amasa Hascall of Le Roy, New York. In the following year, 1839, he was elected a member of the State Senate for a three year term, and was soon marked as one of the influential leaders of the democratic party in Indiana. He was especially admired for the strength and eloquence of his oratory, and his reputation as an orator became a matter of state wide recognition through his anniversary address on the battle of New Orleans, delivered before the Democratic State Convention in 1841.
In 1842 the legislature elected him prosecuting attorney of the old Ninth Judicial District. A year later he was chosen presiding judge of the same district. After eight years of service on the bench he was re-elected without opposition in 1851. That was a time of bitter partisanship in Indiana as elsewhere, and being a democratic judge was perhaps only natural that he should be made a target for criticism from the whig press. But this criticism was silenced by a remarkable unanimity of loyalty in behalf of the judge. The entire bar in attendance at courts united in signature to a letter testifying to the "creditable, dignified, courteous and satisfactory" manner in which Judge Chamberlain discharged the duties of his office. This testimonial was emphasized by the fact that the two associate judges, both of whom were whigs, also added their written statement of praise to the same effect. Judge Chamberlain was for nine years judge of the District Court, and in that time he made his office an instrument for upholding peace and order and justice over a large part of Northern Indiana.
In 1844 he was delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1848 he was one of the senatorial candidates for presidential elector, and aided in giving the vote of the state to General Cass. In 1851 Judge Chamberlain resigned from the bench to accept the democratic nomination to Congress in the reorganized Tenth Indiana District. Congressman Brenton was also a candidate for reelection and though an able and popular man the superior qualifications of Judge Chamberlain for the office were manifest, and the latter was elected by nearly a thousand majority.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
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