_Eliphalet CHAMBERLIN _+
| (1781 - 1837) m 1805
_Selah "Seely" (Peter) CHAMBERLAIN _|
| (1812 - 1868) |
| |_Julia Ann LANGDON ____
| (1786 - 1867) m 1805
|
|--Charles Edward CHAMBERLAIN
| (1851 - 1938)
| _James HENDERSON ______
| | (1777 - 1863)
|_Phoebe (Sarah) HENDERSON __________|
(1820 - 1851) |
|_Nancy _____ __________
(1780 - 1868)
[34949]
Charles Edward Chamberlain homesteaded in Rooks County Kansas, the SW Quarter
of 36-6-17 in the fall of 1878. His claim was 8 miles NE of Stockton,
and he received his patent June 21, 1904. Charles and his wife Martha MARIA
Biggs, came by covered wagon from Illinois to claim free undeveloped land being
offered by the government to settlers.
Charles' Homestead, was flat land covered with Buffalo grass, had lime quarries
,timber and a lot of rattle snakes and prairie dogs.
The pioneer couple and their children first lived in a dugout, a temporary home
dug out of the side of a hill. Later they lived in a sod house made with blocks
of buffalo sod laid like building bricks. Still later they built and lived in a
two story rock house built of limestone blocks from the quarry in the south
pasture. Later they, added two good sized rooms and porches on the south side
of the house. These rooms were of wooden construction. A Black Snake was kept
in the basement, and its job, was to catch rats & mice.
Across the road to the west of the house, Charles built an unusually large barn
,with a hay mow, the barn was used for milking cows, and has a center passage
way with stalls on both sides as well as large areas for animal shelter the ent-
ire length of both sides of the barn. The barn housed wagons and a handsome
buggy. The mow was large enough, to have barn dances. Livestock were fed and
sheltered in the barn in bad weather. There was an underground milk cooling
room that was built similar to a round cistern. It was lined with rock, and had
a large shelf at the bottom, for setting cans of milk on to cool down.
Discovered in about 1937 by Paul Alonzo Chamberlain and Charles Franklin Kee.
They had been cleaning a rather large amount of manure from the right wing and
near the back of the barn, the scraper they were using struck the top of the
cistern. Frank A. Chamberlain, supervised the opening of the lid at the top of
this underground milk cooling room, Frank Alonzo Chamberlain let a lantern
down on a rope, and it was some time, before he determined it would be safe to
go down and explore the room. At the bottom of the room, a tunnel was found, it
connected a stairway that led, outside of the barn near the Granary to the
milk cooling room. The milk apparently, was let down into the cooling room by
some sort of a windlass and then taken out the same way or out the stairs. A
purpose for the outside entrance, is thought to have been a way for the family
to get underground in times of tornados and sever wind storms.
Charles, had a special love for horses. He always had a good number of them,
including riding horses and strong draft horses for plowing. A garage north of
the barn near the road housed a touring automobile with convertible top which he
purchased in later years. Tin granaries and various grain storage sheds were
added in the barn area. A windmill behind the barn filled a livestock watering
tank with fresh water.
!Typical farm crops raised by Charles and his family, were wheat, corn, barley,
oats and milo. Most of the farm, was in pasture, because it was very rocky.
!Charles seemed to live a magic life. He survived many close calls with death.
Several times, he injured or broke his back when being thrown from a horse or
when riding a horse under small road bridges which connected his claim on parts
of three different sections. Once a Doctor falsely reported him dead with a
broken neck from an automobile accident.
His death ended nearly sixty years of living on his homestead.
!Much of this is taken from research done by PHYLLIS (SNYDER) Barber, from the
personal knowledge of ANNA BERYL (CHAMBERLAIN) Kee, Charles Franklin Kee, and
others.
!When Charles 1st came to Kansas, he worked for a George Chamberlain. Charles
called him Uncle George, other relatives have said they were not related.
(this was at a Mill in Bull City (now Alton, KA)
!An Esther Sell, believes Charles family moved from NY, to PA, to MI, to IL
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1860 Census, Woodward Twp, Lycoming Co., PA
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1860 Census, Woodward Twp, Lycoming Co., PA
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Illinois State marriage index
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[S3093]
Edna Lee Taylor, 1230 26th Rd., Woodston, KS 67675.
[34945]
[S7191]
1880 Census, Farmington Twp, Rooks Co., KS
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1900 Census, Lanark Twp, Rooks Co., KS
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Edna Lee Taylor, 1230 26th Rd., Woodston, KS 67675.
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[S3093]
Edna Lee Taylor, 1230 26th Rd., Woodston, KS 67675.
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|
_William DIETRICH ___|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--John Milton DEEDRICK
| (1872 - 1930)
| __
| |
|_Jane _____ _________|
|
|__
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1900 Census, McConnelsville, Morgan Twp, Morgan Co., OH
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1880 Census, McConnelsville, Morgan Co., OH
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1900 Census, McConnelsville, Morgan Twp, Morgan Co., OH
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1910 Census, Nelsonville, Athens Co., OH
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1920 Census, Athens Twp, Athens Co., OH
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1930 Census, Athens Twp, Athens Co., OH
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1930 Census, Athens Twp, Athens Co., OH
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1900 Census, McConnelsville, Morgan Twp, Morgan Co., OH
_John MCCONNELL _____+
| (1804 - ....) m 1830
_Oscar H. MCCONNELL _|
| (1833 - 1904) m 1864|
| |_Cecilia TURNER _____
| (1804 - ....) m 1830
|
|--Ella MCCONNELL
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Eleanor TINDALL ____|
(1843 - 1865) m 1864|
|_____________________
_____________________
|
_James R. MCCONNELL _|
| (1818 - 1896) m 1834|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Henry Clay MCCONNELL
| (1846 - 1900)
| ______ SMITH ________
| |
|_Amanda M. SMITH ____|
(1819 - 1902) m 1834|
|_Nancy _____ ________
(1766 - ....)
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1850 Census, District 97, Rush Co., IN
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1850 Census, District 97, Rush Co., IN
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1860 Census, Rushville, Rush Co., IN
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1870 Census, Hanging Grove, Jasper Co., IN
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1880 Census, Oxford Twp, Benton Co., IN
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Indiana death index, 1882 to 1920
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1880 Census, Oxford Twp, Benton Co., IN
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[S8750]
Indiana Marriages, 1811 to 1959
_____________________
|
_Michael MCCONNELL __|
| (1775 - 1829) m 1799|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Michael MCCONNELL
| (1821 - ....)
| _William EVANS ______
| |
|_Hannah EVANS _______|
(1776 - 1872) m 1799|
|_Unknown ____________
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Civil War Draft Registration
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1850 Census, Newton Twp, Licking Co., OH
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1850 Census, Newton Twp, Licking Co., OH
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1860 Census, Newton Twp, Licking Co., OH
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[S10465]
Civil War Draft Registration
_Robert MCCONNELL ___+
| (1729 - 1813) m 1747
_William "Tanner" MCCONNELL _|
| (1751 - 1831) m 1775 |
| |_Nancy "Agnes" BOYD _+
| (1732 - ....) m 1747
|
|--William MCCONNELL
| (1790 - 1860)
| _Peter JANUARY ______
| | (1725 - 1787) m 1753
|_Sarah Janvier JANUARY ______|
(1754 - 1790) m 1775 |
|_Deborah MCMICHAN ___
(1736 - 1798) m 1753
[26644] One old family letter says there were 12 children those mentioned were: Adam, Aron, Andrew, William, Soloman, Robert, Levi, Joseph, John, and Jonathan. One of their sons, Soloman McConnell was born 1823, St.Charles, Mo. He married Susan Amanda Jan uary in 1850 Boone Co., Mo.
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1810 Census, Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co., PA
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1850 Census, District 99, Warren Co., MO
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1830 Census, Elkhorn Twp, Montgomery Co., MO
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1840 Census, Elkhorn Twp, Warren Co., MO
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1850 Census, Warren Co., MO
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1850 Census, District 99, Warren Co., MO
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1860 Census, Hickory Grove Twp, Warren Co., MO
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1860 Census, Hickory Grove Twp, Warren Co., MO