Mary Belle (Chamberlin) Cox (1875 - 1903)

Born 15 Jan 1875 in Alpha, Henry, Illinois, United States

Wife of Clinton Clyde Cox — married 10 Feb 1897 in Alpha, Henry, Illinois, United States

Died 16 Mar 1903 at age 28 in Alpha, Henry, Illinois, United States

Biography

Mary was born on 15 Jan 1875 in Alpha, Henry Co., IL. She died on 16 Mar 1903 in Alpha, Oxford Township, Henry Co., IL.

1. Daughter of Lee Chamberlin and Urania M. Bundy.

2. "Lee Chamberlin, stock buyer and shipper, located at Alpha, was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, Aug. 11, 1845. His parents, who were John and Mary (Titus) Chamberlin, were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania respectively, came to Illinois in the year 1850, and settled in Whiteside County, near Morrison. They remained there for three years, when they moved to Henry County, locating in Oxford Township, where they purchased a quarter of section 32. To this they subsequently added 80 acres. In 1883 they sold out their Henry County property and removed into Iowa, settling in Taylor County. Lee, of whom we write, remained until 23 years of age with his parents, receiving during that time a good education in the ordinary branches. His first enterprise after leaving home was to embark in farming on a rented place in Oxford Township; here he remained for five years. In 1874 his mother died, when he returned to the old homestead and worked the farm until 1883. At that time he came into Aplha village to live, where he has since been engaged in buying and selling stock. Here he is well known and respected, and is recognized as one of the leading citizens of the place. During the year 1869 an important event occurred in the lives of Miss Urania M. Bundy and Mr. Lee Chamberlin. This was their union in the holy bonds of matrimony. Their home has been blessed with three children, to whom they have given the following names: Howard E., Mary B. and Clarence H." (p. 382, Portrait and biographical album of Henry County, Illinois : containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States : also containing a history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1885)

3. Found in the 1880 U.S Census Illinois, Henry Co., Oxford Townshp, T9-0213, p. 447D, age 5, b. Illinois.

4. Found in the 1900 U.S Census, Illinois Henry Co., Oxford Township, Alpha village, T623 Roll: 306 p. 265, sheet 2A, age 25, 2 of 2 children

5. Mary’s obituary indicates that she was a member of the Royal Neighbors and that: She was converted to Christ in Feb. 1894, and united with the Alpha Baptist church, where she has since been a devoted and valued worker for her master. Always a good girl, she easily and immediately became an earnest and conscientious christian.

Notes: CLARENCE H. CHAMBERLIN LITTLE YORK - Clarence H. Chamberlin, 78, Little York, livestock farmer, died Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Galesburg Cottage Hospital. He had been ill since September. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the Turnbull Funeral Home, Monmouth, where friends may call this evening. Burial will be in the Little York Cemetery. Mr. Chamberlin was born in Alpha Feb. 10, 1881, and was married to Myrtle Conley of Little York. She preceded him in death. Two sons, J. Halden and Rex, were killed in military service during World War II. There are no immediate family survivors. Mrs. M. C. Fosburg, Alpha, and Miss Dorothy Chamberlin, Galesburg, are nieces of the deceased, and H. Duane Cox, Lynwood, Calif., and Robert F. Chamberlin, Chicago, are nephews.

Sources

• Descendants of Philpot John Sutton, Fifth Generation