Chalmers, Thomas – Chambers, Robert William
Chalmers, Thomas
manufacturer, inventor, was born in 1815, in Scotland.
In 1871 the firm of Fraser and Chalmers started. He invented and patented improved machines for milling, smelting and refining ores, which soon came into general demand, bringing to their works in Chicago an immense business.
Chalmers, William J
manufacturer, was born July 10, 1852, in Chicago, and is a son of Thomas Chalmers. In 1871, when Fraser and Chalmers succeeded to the Eagle works, William J. Chalmers took charge of the finances and has since steadily risen through intermediate grades to the presidency of the concern. He is a director in the Commercial National bank and the Field Columbian museum of Chicago, Ill.
Chamberlain, D. H
soldier, lawyer, governor, was born June 23, 1835, in West Brookfield, Mass. He served in the fifth Massachusetts cavalry from 1863 to 1865; and settled in Charleston, S. C., in 1866. He was elected attorney-general of the state in 1868; and in 1874 was elected governor of South Carolina.
Chamberlain, Ebenezer M
congressman, was born in Maine. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1853 to 1855.
Chamberlain, Hiram S
railroad president, was born Aug. 6, 1835, in Franklin, Ohio. He is the president of the Belt railroad of Chattanooga.
Chamberlain, Jacob
missionary, author, was born in 1835, in Connecticut.
He is a Reformed Dutch missionary to India; and The Bible Tested is his most important work.
Chamberlain, Jacob P
congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Chamberlain, John C
congressman, was born in 1772. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1809 to 1811. He died Dec. 8, 1834, in Utica, N. Y.
Chamberlain, Joshua Law- Rence
soldier, educator, college president, governor, was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Brewer, Maine. In 1856-62 he was professor of rhetoric in Bowdoin college; and in 1857 professor of modern languages. In 1861 enlisted in the civil war, and in 1864 attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1866 he became governor of Maine, and in 1871 he became president of Bowdoin college.
Chamberlain, Nathan Henry
clergyman, author, was born in 1830, in Massachusetts. He is an episcopal clergyman of Massachusetts, whose principal writings include The Autobiography of a New England Farm House; Samuel Sewell and the World He Lived In; and The Sphinx in Aubrey Parish.
Chamberlain, Selah
railroad builder, was born May 14, 1812, in Brattleborough, Vt. The construction of the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul system gave him a large amount of work. In 1871 he began building the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley, now the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroad, and was its president at his deatn. He died Dec. 27, 1890, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Chamberlain, William
jurist, congressman. He was a presidential elector in 1801; was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1809 to 1811; and was a state councilor from 1796 to 1803. He served five years in the state legislature; was lieutenant-governor of Vermont from 1813 to 1815; and was chief justice of a state court from 1801 to 1803, and in 1814. a
Chamberlayne, Israel
clergyman, author, was born in 1795, in New York. He was the author of Past and the Future; The Australian Captive; Saving Faith: its Rationale; and The Great Specific Against Despair of Pardon.
Chamberlin, Edward Payson
merchant, was born Sept. 16, 1832, in Parishville, N. Y. In 1866 he moved to Atlanta, Ga., and organized the dry goods firm of Chamberlin, Cole and Boynton.
He was a member of the city council in 1876-77; and director of a number of prosperous corporations of Atlanta, Ga.
Chamberlin, Franklin
lawyer, author, was born April 14, 1821, in Dalton, Mass. He is a successful lawyer of Hartford, Conn.; and in 1870 published a work on American commercial law.
Chamberlin, Humphrey Bark- Er
capitalist, philanthropist, was born Feb. 7, 1847, in England. In 1881 he was president of the shoe manufacturing company of Denver, Colo.; in 1889 president of the Beaver Brook water company; and is also the president of the Denver, Colorado Canon and Pacific Railroad company. He has donated large sums of money to university extensions, and the erection of a number of churches.
Chamberlin, Jekiel Weston
physician, was born Oct. 28, 1857, at Rock Falls, Wis. He is oculist and aurist on the staff of St. Luke's hospital; the city and county hospital; and the Babies' Home in St. Paul, Minn.
Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar
journalist, author, was born in 1851, in Vermont. He is a Boston journalist on the staffs of the Transcript and the Youth's Companion; and the author of The Listener in the Town; and The Listener in the Country.
Chamberlin, Joshua Lawrence
soldier, educator, college president, governor, was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Bangor, Maine. He was professor of Bowdoin college from 1855 to 1862, when he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the twentieth Maine infantry, and was brevetted major-general. His command received the formal surrender of the arms and colors of Lee's army. He resumed his professorship of modern languages in 1865; and in 1871 was elected president of Bowdoin college. He was governor of Maine from 1866 to 1870.
Chamberlin, Thomas Chrow- Der
geologist, author, was born Sept. 25, 1843, in Mattoon, Ill. He is a prominent geologist of Wisconsin; and the author of Outline of a Course of Oral Instruction; and Geology of Wisconsin.
Chambers, Charles Julius
journalist, author, was born Nov. 21, 1850, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He is a journalist long connected with the New York Herald. He is the author of A Mad World and its Inhabitants, a description of lunatic asylums founded on the author's personal experience in one in disguise; On a Margin, a Story of These Times; and Lovers Four and Maidens Five, a Story.
Chambers, David
journalist, author, was born in 1780, in Allentown, Pa. He was elected state printer; and when the seat of government was removed to Columbus, he was appointed secretary of the senate. During the years 1812 and 1813 he was aid-de-camp to General Cass; and was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1821 to 1823. He subsequently served a number of years in the state legislature of Ohio; was speaker in 1844; was a member of the constitutional convention of 1851; and was also elected mayor of Zanesville. He died Aug. 8, 1864, in Zanesville, Ohio.
Chambers, Ezekiel F
soldier, jurist, United States senator, was born.
Feb. 28, 1788, in Kent county, Md. He was elected to the state senate against his will. He was a senator in congress from.
Maryland from 1826 to 1834. In 1834 he was appointed chief judge of the second judicial district, and a judge of the court of appeals, which offices he held until. 1851. In 1864 he was the democratic candidate for governor of Maryland. he died Jan. 30, 1867, in Chestertown, Md.
Chambers, George
jurist, con-- gressman, was born in 1786, in Chambersburg, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1837; was then elected a delegate to the Pennsylvania constitutional convention; and in 1851 was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the state. He died.
March 25, 1866, in Chambersburg, Pa.
Chambers, Henry
United States. senator, was born in 1785. He was a senator in congress from Alabama from 1825. to 1826. He died Jan. 25, 1826, in Mecklenburg county, Va.
Chambers, John
jurist, was born about 1710. He was a member of the executive council in 1754, and attended. as one of the commissioners the congress at Albany in that year. He was soon afterward appointed judge, and still later became the chief justice of New York.
He died April 10, 1765, in New York.
Chambers, John
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 4, 1779, in New Jersey. He was appointed governor of the territory of Iowa by President.
Harrison, manifesting great ability and prudence in his intercourse with the Indians, and was appointed by President Taylor a commissioner to make a. treaty with the Sioux Indians. He was a member of congress from Kentucky from 1827 to 1829, and again from 1835 to 1839. He died Sept. 21, 1852, near Paris, Ky.
Chambers, John Wesley
clergyman, college president, was born May 17, 1857, at Toms River, N. J. He has attained eminence as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church south, was financial agent of Millsaps college of Jackson, Miss.; and is now president of Whitworth Female college of Brook- < haven, Miss.
Chambers, Julius
journalist, author, was born Nov. 21, 1850, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He is the author of A Mad World; On a Margin; Lovers Four and Maidens Three; The Human Comedy of Balzac; and Missing.
Chambers, Robert Craig
miner, financier, state senator, was born Jan. 16, 1832, in Lexington, Ohio. He is president of the Daly Mining Co., now engaged in working the Daly mine, near Park City, Utah; and is also largely interested in the Excelsior and Diamond mines of Eureka, Nev. He is a principal owner of the Salt Lake City Street Railway company. He was elected a state senator in 1896.
Chambers, Robert William
artist, author, was born in 1865, in Long Island. He is a novelist and artist of New York city, and the author of In the Quarter; The King in Yellow; The Red Republic; The Maker of Moons; The Mystery of Choice; A King and a Few Dukes; and With the Band, a book of ballads.