[p. 422] who was once one of North Beaver Township's most esteemed citizens, was a native of this township and belonged to one of the oldest and most honorable families of this part of Lawrence County. He was born June 16, 1856, and died April 9, 1893, aged thirty-seven years. His parents were Hugh and Phebe (Myers) Chambers.
Hugh Chambers was also born and reared in North Beaver Township. He was twice married and was the father of fourteen children, five being born to his first union and nine to the second. Of the first family but one survives, Agnes, who married George W. Pitzer. The survivors of the second family are: Charles who lives on the old homestead; Harvey, who is a farmer, near Bozeman, Mont.; William, a clergyman, who is pastor of the United Presbyterian Church at Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Jessie B. Taylor, who resides in Big Beaver Township; Harry B., and Mary Lu, who lives on the old home place.
The late Alexander Chambers was the third oldest of the large family born to his parents. He was reared and educated in his native township and devoted his life entirely to agricultural pursuits. He married Jennie Hulton, who is a daughter of James and Susanna (Warwick) Hulton. She was born and reared in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, twelve miles from Pittsburg, in the village of Hulton, which had been named in honor of her grandfather, Jonathan Hulton. The latter was a prominent early settler in that locality. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Chambers spent six years on the farm which is now occupied by Harry B. Chambers, and then moved to the farm which Mrs. Chambers has occupied ever since. It contains eighty-seven acres and lies on the Mahoningtown-Covert road, about one-half mile north-west of the former place. Her four children reside with her, namely: Hugh H., Addison H., Stewart H., and Susan. Mrs. Chambers and family belong to the Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Chambers was also a valued member.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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