Chambers, Hamline J. (1849-1927)

CHAMBERS

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Date: 9/16/2019 at 15:43:57

Hamline J. Chambers
July 1849 - Apr 30, 1927

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.458)
H.J. CHAMBERS, lawyer, is a resident of Council Bluffs, and has been identified with the interests of Pottawattamie County since the year 1878; is a native of Michigan, born at Utica, Macomb County; is the son of Rev. W.A. and Sarah M. (WRIGHT) CHAMBERS, natives of New York, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mr. CHAMBERS came to Iowa in the fall of 1865 with his parents, who located at Osage, Mitchell County, at which place the father filled the position of clergyman to the Methodist denomination. A graduate of the State University at Iowa City, in both the classics and law, the former in 1876, and the latter in 1878; came to Avoca in the year 1878, engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, and continued the practice until the fall of 1884, at which date he was elected to the office of Recorder of Deeds and Mortgages for Pottawattamie County, in which he served one term; in the fall of 1888, Mr. CHAMBERS was elected to the office of Clerk of the District Court of his county, which office he now fills.
He was married December 2, 1880, to Miss Ida FITCH, a native of Newton, Iowa and daughter of Edward and Clara (SLOAN) FITCH, who were formerly from New York, and of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. CHAMBERS have two children: a daughter Claribel, aged five years, and Fred, a little boy aged three years; they have lost one child, Eddie W., aged four years. Mr. CHAMBERS is a member of several secret orders, and in politics affiliates with the Republican party.