CHAMBERS, EDWARD
ED CHAMBERS
E-mail from Cheryl Gibson
Edward was the son of Lewis Chambers that served in the Texas Legislature. [In] The regiments they belonged to Ed Chambers was the Major of the Battalion and Z. T. [Zachariah Taylor] Chambers was a private in Co. C.... The battalion was not given a number it was officially known as Chamber’s Battalion Reserve Corps.
In Zachariah Chambers wife’s application for his pension, the following information is given as a sworn affidavit by a friend J. R. Herndon: “I have always understood he enlisted with his father Col. Ed Chambers, in the Militia of Texas and served in South Texas at the time the federals bombarded Galveston, Texas and then they were sent to North Texas, and were located near Bonham, Texas, until they were disbanded, after the close of the war.”
The following is part of the sworn affidavit by R. C. Horn who was also a friend:
“... In 1864 the confederate congress and President Davis called all boys between 17 and 18 years old and men between 45 and 50 to organize confederate state troops for defense. Ed Chambers, raised a company composed of boys under 18 and men under 50. My father, then 48 and the husband of the applicant, Z. T. Chambers, were members of the said company. Other companies were raised and a regiment was formed. J. B. Wilmeth was elected Colonel and Ed. Chambers Lieut. Colonel. They were order to Galveston to prevent the Union gun boats from landing soldiers in Texas. Later they were returned to North Texas and stationed on Red River to defend North borders. I received this information from my father, Col. Wilmeth and Lieut. Col. Chambers and Z. T. Chambers.”
EDWARD CHAMBERS - 1816 - 1886
Family history.
Edward Chambers was age 40 when he, his wife and seven children came to the Vineland Community in Collin County in 1856 from Wilson County, Tennessee. He was born in Wilson County to Lewis and Annie Hunter Chambers in 1816. Little is known about his education. It is recorded that he served in the House of the 26th General Assembly 1845-47 representing Wilson County, Tennessee in 1836. Children born to this union were Eliza, Jane, Ann, Mildred, Taylor, John, William, and Susan. He farmed in the Foncine Community and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1884. He also was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Texas in 1875 which formed our present Constitution in 1876.
Also not so much is known of his Confederate War service but recorded in the Texas Archives at Austin, Captain Edward Chambers, age 48, of company D, 15th Battalion, Texas State Army, enlisted 15 July 1863 at McKinney, Texas. He was always referred to in the Legislature and newspaper articles as Colonel. That must have been his discharged rank.
Mildred and Taylor Chambers were the only two descendents to stay in Collin County. Taylor’s son Jack Chambers was born and spent his 94 years all in this county. Edward, his son Taylor and his grandson Jack are all buried at Rowlett Cemetery.
Jack Chambers and Sally Perry had six children born in Collin County, named, Julia, Bill, Kenneth, Lois, Doris and Perry. Four of the six served in World War II. Three are retired and are living in McKinney.
E-mail from Cheryl Gibson
Edward was the son of Lewis Chambers that served in the Texas Legislature. [In] The regiments they belonged to Ed Chambers was the Major of the Battalion and Z. T. [Zachariah Taylor] Chambers was a private in Co. C.... The battalion was not given a number it was officially known as Chamber’s Battalion Reserve Corps.
In Zachariah Chambers wife’s application for his pension, the following information is given as a sworn affidavit by a friend J. R. Herndon: “I have always understood he enlisted with his father Col. Ed Chambers, in the Militia of Texas and served in South Texas at the time the federals bombarded Galveston, Texas and then they were sent to North Texas, and were located near Bonham, Texas, until they were disbanded, after the close of the war.”
The following is part of the sworn affidavit by R. C. Horn who was also a friend:
“... In 1864 the confederate congress and President Davis called all boys between 17 and 18 years old and men between 45 and 50 to organize confederate state troops for defense. Ed Chambers, raised a company composed of boys under 18 and men under 50. My father, then 48 and the husband of the applicant, Z. T. Chambers, were members of the said company. Other companies were raised and a regiment was formed. J. B. Wilmeth was elected Colonel and Ed. Chambers Lieut. Colonel. They were order to Galveston to prevent the Union gun boats from landing soldiers in Texas. Later they were returned to North Texas and stationed on Red River to defend North borders. I received this information from my father, Col. Wilmeth and Lieut. Col. Chambers and Z. T. Chambers.”
EDWARD CHAMBERS - 1816 - 1886
Family history.
Edward Chambers was age 40 when he, his wife and seven children came to the Vineland Community in Collin County in 1856 from Wilson County, Tennessee. He was born in Wilson County to Lewis and Annie Hunter Chambers in 1816. Little is known about his education. It is recorded that he served in the House of the 26th General Assembly 1845-47 representing Wilson County, Tennessee in 1836. Children born to this union were Eliza, Jane, Ann, Mildred, Taylor, John, William, and Susan. He farmed in the Foncine Community and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1884. He also was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Texas in 1875 which formed our present Constitution in 1876.
Also not so much is known of his Confederate War service but recorded in the Texas Archives at Austin, Captain Edward Chambers, age 48, of company D, 15th Battalion, Texas State Army, enlisted 15 July 1863 at McKinney, Texas. He was always referred to in the Legislature and newspaper articles as Colonel. That must have been his discharged rank.
Mildred and Taylor Chambers were the only two descendents to stay in Collin County. Taylor’s son Jack Chambers was born and spent his 94 years all in this county. Edward, his son Taylor and his grandson Jack are all buried at Rowlett Cemetery.
Jack Chambers and Sally Perry had six children born in Collin County, named, Julia, Bill, Kenneth, Lois, Doris and Perry. Four of the six served in World War II. Three are retired and are living in McKinney.
CHAMBERS, EDWARD
Dallas Herald, November 22, 1873.
....We think Collin county ought to have re-elected Colonel Ed. Chambers to the House, He, too, is an old Tennessee legislator. He was in the legislature in 1866 and again last winter. He voted himself out of office as a means of one year earlier relieving Texas of Radicalism and, in gratitude, ought to have been re-elected. White this is our view, we recognize in Dr. Foote, the nominee, a high-toned gentlemen, who will reflect credit on his district.
Dallas Herald, November 22, 1873.
....We think Collin county ought to have re-elected Colonel Ed. Chambers to the House, He, too, is an old Tennessee legislator. He was in the legislature in 1866 and again last winter. He voted himself out of office as a means of one year earlier relieving Texas of Radicalism and, in gratitude, ought to have been re-elected. White this is our view, we recognize in Dr. Foote, the nominee, a high-toned gentlemen, who will reflect credit on his district.
