He was the son of Merrit Allen Chambers of Buckingham County, Va. and Martha Catherine Trice of Louisa County, Va.
Married Margaret (Maggie) Martin McDade on Nov. 26. 1886 in Waller County, TX.
Maggie married second Walter T. Keith on May 28, 1890 (per marriage record).
Marriages indexed at FamilySearch.Org.
She died Dec. 20, 1934 in Waller, Texas and is also buried in Hempstead City Cemetery.
Richard (Dick) Chambers was a deputy sheriff shot and killed by Steven Allchin. The trouble arose over a newspaper article written by Allchin condemning the conduct of Chambers and his father-in-law, Sheriff Thomas S. McDade. According to newspaper articles, both men fired simultaneously. It was first reported that Allchin was fatally wounded and would not live. Another article indicated that Allchin had been wounded in the thigh; it was serious, but not fatal. He apparently recovered and on May 19, 1888 Allchin was shot off his horse and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Dick Springfield and Jack (also found as Jake) McDade, a nephew of Sheriff Thomas McDade.
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The Hutchinson Daily News, Hutchinson, Kansas, April 5, 1888
A Fatal Affray.
HEMPSTEAD, Tex., April 4. -- Deputy Sheriff Richard C. Chambers was shot and instantly killed here this afternoon by Stephen W. Alchin, a well-known citizen. The latter wrote a communication in a weekly paper, reflecting upon the official conduct of Sheriff McDade and Deputy Chambers. When Chambers met Alchin to-day a quarrel ensued, and both opened fire simultaneously. A bullet pierced Chambers' heart, and Alchin was fatally wounded and cannot live, it is believed, twenty-four hours.
The San Antonio Daily Light. Friday, April 6, 1888, p. 1.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Hempstead day before yesterday. Richard C. Chambers, deputy sheriff, was shot dead by Stephen W. Allchin. The trouble arose over a newspaper article written by Allchin condemning certain public acts of the deputy sheriff, and his father-in-law, Sheriff McDade.
Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Saturday, April 7, 1888, Pg. 3, last col. at bottom of page.
CHAMBERS – Died April 4th, at Hempstead, Texas, RICHARD C. CHAMBERS, formerly of this city, aged twenty-four years.
He was the son of Merrit Allen Chambers of Buckingham County, Va. and Martha Catherine Trice of Louisa County, Va.
Married Margaret (Maggie) Martin McDade on Nov. 26. 1886 in Waller County, TX.
Maggie married second Walter T. Keith on May 28, 1890 (per marriage record).
Marriages indexed at FamilySearch.Org.
She died Dec. 20, 1934 in Waller, Texas and is also buried in Hempstead City Cemetery.
Richard (Dick) Chambers was a deputy sheriff shot and killed by Steven Allchin. The trouble arose over a newspaper article written by Allchin condemning the conduct of Chambers and his father-in-law, Sheriff Thomas S. McDade. According to newspaper articles, both men fired simultaneously. It was first reported that Allchin was fatally wounded and would not live. Another article indicated that Allchin had been wounded in the thigh; it was serious, but not fatal. He apparently recovered and on May 19, 1888 Allchin was shot off his horse and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Dick Springfield and Jack (also found as Jake) McDade, a nephew of Sheriff Thomas McDade.
Articles found on Chronicling America
(typed as shown in the papers)
The Hutchinson Daily News, Hutchinson, Kansas, April 5, 1888
A Fatal Affray.
HEMPSTEAD, Tex., April 4. -- Deputy Sheriff Richard C. Chambers was shot and instantly killed here this afternoon by Stephen W. Alchin, a well-known citizen. The latter wrote a communication in a weekly paper, reflecting upon the official conduct of Sheriff McDade and Deputy Chambers. When Chambers met Alchin to-day a quarrel ensued, and both opened fire simultaneously. A bullet pierced Chambers' heart, and Alchin was fatally wounded and cannot live, it is believed, twenty-four hours.
The San Antonio Daily Light. Friday, April 6, 1888, p. 1.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Hempstead day before yesterday. Richard C. Chambers, deputy sheriff, was shot dead by Stephen W. Allchin. The trouble arose over a newspaper article written by Allchin condemning certain public acts of the deputy sheriff, and his father-in-law, Sheriff McDade.
Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Saturday, April 7, 1888, Pg. 3, last col. at bottom of page.
CHAMBERS – Died April 4th, at Hempstead, Texas, RICHARD C. CHAMBERS, formerly of this city, aged twenty-four years.
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