Son of George Chambers sr. & Edith (Davisson) Chambers.
Married: Mary Jane Hornbrook on 6 Jan 1820 in Princeton, Gibson Co. Indiana
Civil War: enlisted 27 Feb 1864 at Union, Indiana. Private in Company "I" 42nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Discharged: 21 July 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. Pension #2388185. Injury sustained to right eye. Civil War records list: Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light, Height: 6'1"
"He was at Resaca, Buzzard's Gap, in the battles before Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain and Nashville, Tennessee."
"after coming home he began farming, continuing until 1881, when he purchased a half interest in the Union Mill. In 1883 he sold his interest in the mill, and engaged extensively in general merchandise."
"George is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Republican Party and the Methodist Epiiscopal Church since he was seventeen years old."
quotes in part from: "History of Pike County, Indiana" pg#464
Children: Elijah D. b:1851, Sarah Elizabeth (Lindy) b: 1852, Anna E. (Allen) b:1854, Mary Ellen (Chambers) b:1856, Carl S. b:1861, Annette aka Nettie (Frederick) b:1866, Georgiana F. b:1869-d:1877
Died of Typhoid Fever duration 10 days.
Was Postmaster for Union, Indiana for a period of time.
Married: Mary Jane Hornbrook on 6 Jan 1820 in Princeton, Gibson Co. Indiana
Civil War: enlisted 27 Feb 1864 at Union, Indiana. Private in Company "I" 42nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Discharged: 21 July 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. Pension #2388185. Injury sustained to right eye. Civil War records list: Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light, Height: 6'1"
"He was at Resaca, Buzzard's Gap, in the battles before Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain and Nashville, Tennessee."
"after coming home he began farming, continuing until 1881, when he purchased a half interest in the Union Mill. In 1883 he sold his interest in the mill, and engaged extensively in general merchandise."
"George is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Republican Party and the Methodist Epiiscopal Church since he was seventeen years old."
quotes in part from: "History of Pike County, Indiana" pg#464
Children: Elijah D. b:1851, Sarah Elizabeth (Lindy) b: 1852, Anna E. (Allen) b:1854, Mary Ellen (Chambers) b:1856, Carl S. b:1861, Annette aka Nettie (Frederick) b:1866, Georgiana F. b:1869-d:1877
Died of Typhoid Fever duration 10 days.
Was Postmaster for Union, Indiana for a period of time.
Son of George Chambers sr. & Edith (Davisson) Chambers.
Married: Mary Jane Hornbrook on 6 Jan 1820 in Princeton, Gibson Co. Indiana
Civil War: enlisted 27 Feb 1864 at Union, Indiana. Private in Company "I" 42nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Discharged: 21 July 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. Pension #2388185. Injury sustained to right eye. Civil War records list: Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light, Height: 6'1"
"He was at Resaca, Buzzard's Gap, in the battles before Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain and Nashville, Tennessee."
"after coming home he began farming, continuing until 1881, when he purchased a half interest in the Union Mill. In 1883 he sold his interest in the mill, and engaged extensively in general merchandise."
"George is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Republican Party and the Methodist Epiiscopal Church since he was seventeen years old."
quotes in part from: "History of Pike County, Indiana" pg#464
Children: Elijah D. b:1851, Sarah Elizabeth (Lindy) b: 1852, Anna E. (Allen) b:1854, Mary Ellen (Chambers) b:1856, Carl S. b:1861, Annette aka Nettie (Frederick) b:1866, Georgiana F. b:1869-d:1877
Died of Typhoid Fever duration 10 days.
Was Postmaster for Union, Indiana for a period of time.
Married: Mary Jane Hornbrook on 6 Jan 1820 in Princeton, Gibson Co. Indiana
Civil War: enlisted 27 Feb 1864 at Union, Indiana. Private in Company "I" 42nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. Discharged: 21 July 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. Pension #2388185. Injury sustained to right eye. Civil War records list: Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light, Complexion: Light, Height: 6'1"
"He was at Resaca, Buzzard's Gap, in the battles before Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain and Nashville, Tennessee."
"after coming home he began farming, continuing until 1881, when he purchased a half interest in the Union Mill. In 1883 he sold his interest in the mill, and engaged extensively in general merchandise."
"George is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Republican Party and the Methodist Epiiscopal Church since he was seventeen years old."
quotes in part from: "History of Pike County, Indiana" pg#464
Children: Elijah D. b:1851, Sarah Elizabeth (Lindy) b: 1852, Anna E. (Allen) b:1854, Mary Ellen (Chambers) b:1856, Carl S. b:1861, Annette aka Nettie (Frederick) b:1866, Georgiana F. b:1869-d:1877
Died of Typhoid Fever duration 10 days.
Was Postmaster for Union, Indiana for a period of time.
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