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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY of
BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
and
Its Centennial Celebration
By Rev. Joseph H(enderson) Bausman, A. M.
Member American Historical Society of
Pennsylvania of Western Pennsylvania
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In Two Volumes
VOLUME I
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The Knickerbocker Press
New York
1904
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E. K. CHAMBERLIN,
a brother of the preceding, practised his profession in New
Brighton for some years successfully. In 1842 he removed
to Cincinnati, Ohio, and later served as a surgeon in Taylor's
army in the Mexican War. He was a great favorite with the
troops, who lovingly nicknamed him "Old Medicine." Afterwards he
served in the Mexican Boundary Survey and as State Senator in
California. During the cholera epidemic of 1834 Dr.
Chamberlin was very active in the work of relief. He
died in 1852 or 1853, while on his way from Panama to San
Francisco.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 374 |
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WILLIAM H. H.
CHAMBERLIN was born in Litchfield, Conn., June 22, 1810.
He graduated in 1834 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of New York City. The same year he came to New Brighton,
where he formed a partnership with Dr. D. K. Chamberlin,
which lasted eight years. He died Dec. 21, 1847, in New
Brigton, of Typhus fever.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 373 |
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WILLIAM B. CLARKE
was born in Beaver in 1804. His education was obtained at
the Beaver Academy and at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.,
where he graduated. He studied law with Robert Moore,
Esq., in Beaver and was admitted to the bar of this county
May 21, 1827. He was a Whig in politics, and afterwards a
democrat and became a staunch supporter of the Federal
Government during the Civil War. He was appointed in 1830
Deputy Attorney-General for Beaver County. Shortly after
the war he removed to Pittsburg, making his home with a
daughter, Mrs. Arthurs, who lived on the line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, three or four miles out of the city.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 343 |
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THOMAS CUNNINGHAM
was a very influential citizen and an excellent lawyer. He
was born in Ohio, Feb. 21, 1811. He read law under John
R. Shannon, Esq., and was admitted to the bar of Beaver
County, Mar. 4, 1835. Mr. Cunningham held the
office of district attorney for some time, and filled many
positions of public and private trust in the town and county.
He was appointed by President Buchanan one of the Supreme
Court judges of Kansas, but preferring to practise, he left the
bench. Judge Cunningham was a leading Democrat in
this county, receiving many honors from his party, being one of
the electors in 1856 and a delegate to the Charleston convention
in 1860. Becoming a Republican, he was one of the electors
at large in 1864. When the Union was threatened, his voice
was heard in no uncertain tones in rebuke of its enemies and in
loyal support of the National Government. He died in
Beaver, Sept. 19, 1865, and is buried in the old cemetery.
Strong and heartfelt expressions of regret at his death were
heard in private, and formally uttered in public assemblies.
A large meeting of the bench and bar was held in his memory.
His widow, the youngest daughter of Judge Joseph Hemphill,
died in Beaver, Nov. 23, 1903.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 345 |
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