Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Preston Chambers and Lizzie Carpenter




Husband Preston Chambers 1 2

           Born:  - Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: John Chambers (1803-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Maria Hartzell (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 30 May 1865 1



Wife Lizzie Carpenter 1

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         Father: Thomas Carpenter (      -      ) 1
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1 F Hermie M. Chambers 1

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2 M J. Clarence C. Chambers 1

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3 M Orr C. Chambers 1

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4 F Maggie B. Chambers 1

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General Notes: Husband - Preston Chambers


He received his education in the common schools and Sewickley academy. Leaving school he engaged in farming and for some years he was engaged in selling agricultural im­plements. He owned one of the best farms in the county. It contained over one hundred acres of land adjoining Pleasant Unity. He was a stanch republican in politics. He was a member and trustee and treasurer of Pleasant Unity Presbyterian church.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 436.

2 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 87.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 605.


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