1919 pioneer recollections of
c. w. chambers
C. W. circa 1880, at about age 27, shared by Marilyn Smith
Photo 953 -- That's C. W. on the far right. This depot burned down in the early 1890s. C. W. was probably in his 30s when this picture was taken.
Chambers - C.W. and his wife Ida are third and from the the left. The others are three of their children: Ward, Ruth, and James. Shared by Marilyn Smith/.
"My sixty-two years in nebraska"
published in the nebraska state journal
In a 1919 article that was reprinted in the Argus, C. W. Chambers set forth a few recollections about his life in Nebraska. C. W. was then 66 years old, and had been Nebraska since a tyke.
C. W. described his father -- a reader, dreamer, visionary, inventory -- and his father's death at age 46. He mentions his brother "Cad." He mentioned Table Rock people such as Uncle Joe Parrish and, with great compliments, Henry Freeman, who lived in a dug out. He also mentioned Polk Nesbitt, Rice Martin (G. R. Martin), and Dr. Gandy, who set his father's broken leg. He also mentions R. V. Muir of Brownville, who was one of the officers of the Nebraska Settlement Company, and whose mother is buried in Table Rock.
C. W. described his father -- a reader, dreamer, visionary, inventory -- and his father's death at age 46. He mentions his brother "Cad." He mentioned Table Rock people such as Uncle Joe Parrish and, with great compliments, Henry Freeman, who lived in a dug out. He also mentioned Polk Nesbitt, Rice Martin (G. R. Martin), and Dr. Gandy, who set his father's broken leg. He also mentions R. V. Muir of Brownville, who was one of the officers of the Nebraska Settlement Company, and whose mother is buried in Table Rock.
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C. W.'s mother, Marilla Chambers, donated by Ken Boyd, from the collection of his mother, 1st wave pioneer Nellie Griffing Boyd.
The child is C. W.'s first wife, Julia Allison, with her mother Lydia. Shared by Marilyn Smith.
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The R. V. Muir that C. W. mentions was one of the men of the original Nebraska Settlement Company. who brought a big group of settlers to Table Rock in 1857. Giddings was president, Muir was treasurer.
Tombstone of C. W.'s father, in the Table Rock Cemetery. C. W.'s story at left talks much of his father. He also tells of the circumstances of his death at the age of 46.
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Henry Freeman, whose dugout C. W.'s family were so impressed by, is buried in the Table Rock Cemetery, as is wife Eleanor, his son Harry, Harry's son Edwin, and Edwin's son Rob. When C. W. wrote this story in 1919, Henry had gone 27 years, Harry was 58, Edwin was 17 and Rob was a twinkle in Edwin's eye.
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