William
Richard
Chambers
Born about in Virginia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Ann (Whitehead) Bean
— married
1842 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Jane (Chambers) Simpson, Payton Gifford Chambers, William Crumel Chambers and Elizabeth Ann Chambers
Died after
after about age 30
in Laclede, Missouri, United States
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Biography
William Richard Chambers, born circa 1820, in Virginia, is found on the United States Census of 1850, living in Texas county, Missouri, with his wife, Elizabeth Ann "Biddy/Bida" (Whitehead) Chambers and four small children. Also living in the household with them are Pleasant Whitehead, Whitehead-4661 age 14 and Martha Whitehead, age 12, both born in Tennessee and probably younger siblings of 24 year old "Bida Ann" Whitehead, who was born in Kentucky. [1]
William Richard Chambers died after the census was taken in 1850, and is buried in the Wood Cemetery, in Laclede county, Missouri. [2]
1850 Census
Name: William Chambers Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Texas county, Texas, Missouri, United States Gender: Male Age: 30 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1820 Birthplace: Virginia House Number: 26
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- William Chambers M 30 Virginia
- Bida Ann Chambers F 24 Kentucky
- Sarah Jane Chambers F 7 Missouri
- Maylin G Chambers M 6 Missouri
- William Chambers M 4 Missouri
- Eliza Ann Chambers F 2 Missouri
- Pleasant Whitehead M 14 Tennessee
- Martha Whitehead F 12 Tennessee
Household ID: 26 Line Number: 12 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 420 GS Film Number: 14876 Digital Folder Number: 004195946 Image Number: 00414
Education
- Education: According to the census he was able to read and write.
- Date: AUG 1850
- SDATE 15 AUG 1850
Immigration
- Immigration:
- Date: AFT AUG 1850
- SDATE 1 SEP 1850
- Place: Drynob, Laclede Co., Missouri
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PD-MQZ : 29 October 2019), William Chambers, Texas county, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing family 26, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58536597/william-richard-chambers
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Chambers-746 created through the import of ChambersBarneshistory.ged on Oct 19, 2011 by Charlene Chambers
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