In the 1850 census, John was living in Franklin, Warren, Ohio. [9]
In the 1860 census, John was living in Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa, United States. [6]
In the 1863 census, John was living in Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa, United States. [10]
In the 1880 census, John was living in Greenfield, Warren, Iowa, United States.[11]
John was in military records:
Jun 1863: Drafted into Union Army/Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa, United States. Chambers, John T. Age 23. Residence Keokuk, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered Aug. 17, 1862.
Promoted Eighth Corporal Oct. 27, 1862;
Sixth Corporal June 24,1863;
Fourth Corporal July 31, 1863;
Third Corporal Oct. 10, 1864;
Second Corporal March 31, 1865.
Mustered out July 10, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
John died on 23 Dec 1898 in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States aged 66.
Burial
Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas, USA. Plot 146. [12]
We have plenty of exercise -- -- drills twice a day and was one our other duties they fill the time so that we do not have many idle hours. Our campus cleaned up daily and we have a kind of city with its regular rows of dwellings, its streets and alleys, and we carry on a kind of city business on a small scale among ourselves and we often have the crowds and confusion so often seen in the city. John T. Chambers received a promotion as a corporal in company "A" today by Vice E.. A. Dickey resigned.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ84-BN5 : 26 August 2019), John T. Chambers and Eliza A. Dearth, 10 Sep 1854; citing Marriage, Warren, Ohio, United States, vol 1 p 61, Franklin County.
Source: S1121 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Record Group.
Source: S239 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Source: S240 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Source: S243 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Source: S251 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006.
Source: S341 Title: dearth.FTW NOTE: Source Medium: Other
Source: S346 Title: chambers1.GED.FTW NOTE: Source Medium: Other
Source: S74 Author: National Park Service Title: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War.
See also:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7Z-DTR : 12 April 2016), John F Chamber in household of Jacob Chamber, Franklin, part of, Warren, Ohio, United States; citing family 467, NARA microfilm publication.
Source: S2271850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls).
Source: S228 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records; Repository: #R1
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