Clarissa B. Chamberlain (Mrs. Oliver Chamberlain) 1819-1884

BACCUS, CHAMBERLAIN

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CHAMBERLAIN, CLARISSA BACCUS (MRS. OLIVER CHAMBERLAIN) 1819-1884

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, April 24, 1884, page 8, column 2. “CAMBRIDGE ITEMS – DIED – At her home ¼ mile south of Cambridge, Friday Apr 11th, at 11 o’clock Mrs. Clarissa Chamberlain. She was born in Wheelersburg, Ohio, in May 1819, and was therefore nearly 65 years old. Her maiden name was Baccus. She married Oliver Chamberlain Jan 2nd 1838. Mrs. Chamberlain was the mother of 13 children; 8 boys and 5 girls, eight of whom (5 boys and 3 girls), are living. They moved to this county in 1857 and have lived here ever since. Mrs. Chamberlain has been an invalid for ten years. She bore her sufferings with a degree of patience seldom equaled. She was buried Sunday, April 13th in the graveyard N. W. of town.”

BURIAL: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. STORY COUNTY, IOWA GRAVE MARKER INSCRIPTIONS, Geneal. * F 627. S8, Vol. VIII, Union Township, City of Cambridge, Cambridge Cemetery, page 419: North Section, ROW – 22, LOTS 18 – 19. Lot – 18: Mother; Lot – 19: CHAMBERLAIN – Clarissa B. wife of O CHAMBERLAIN born May 29 1819 died April 11 1884, O CHAMBERLAIN died July 27 1892 age 76 ys 14 ds.