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CHAMBERSBURG
, a See also:borough and the See also:county-seat of See also:Franklin county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., at the confluence of Conococheague See also:Creek and Falling See also:Spring, 52 in
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S.W. of See also:Harrisburg
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(1890) 7863; (1900) 8864, of whom 769 were negroes; (1910) 11,800
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It is served by the See also:Cumberland Valley and the Western See also:Maryland See also:railways, and is connected by electric lines with See also:Greencastle, See also:Waynesboro, See also:Caledonia, a beautiful See also:park in the Pennsylvania See also:timber See also:reservation, on See also:South See also:Mountain, 12 M. See also:east of Chambersburg, and See also:Pen See also:Mar, a summer resort, on South Mountain, near the boundary See also:line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Chambersburg is built on an elevated site in the broad and fertile Cumberland Valley, and commands a See also:fine view of the distant hills and dales
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The borough is the seat of Chambersburg See also:Academy, a preparatory school; See also:Penn See also:
The shops of the Cumberland Valley railway are at Chambersburg; and among the borough's manufactures are milling machinery, boilers, engines, See also:hydraulic presses, See also:steam-hammers, See also:engineering and See also:bridge supplies, See also:hosiery, shoes, gloves, See also:furniture, See also:flour, See also:paper, See also:leather, carriages and agricultural implements; the See also:total value of its factory product in 1905 was $1,o85,185
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The waterworks and the electric-See also:lighting plant are owned and operated by the See also:municipality
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A See also:settlement was founded here in 1730 by See also:Benjamin See also:Chambers, in whose See also:honour the borough was named, and who, immediately after See also:General See also:Edward See also:Braddock's defeat in 1755, built a See also: |
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8 April 2006 Bezahn (Greetings), My name is Ken Lonewolf and I am the 6x great grandson of the founder of Chambersburg, Penna. I am of Shawnee-Seneca-Oneida Native American heritage from the Allegheny Valley area, near Pittsburgh. My white 6x great grandfather, Benjamin Chambers (founder), didn't particularly like Indians, since one of his family members was suppossedly killed by Indians, which may or may not have been the case, since the family member in question, simply disappeared in the woods. Old Ben built "Fort Chambers" to protect the good citizens of Falling Springs(Chambersburg) from my marauding "savage" ancestors (back then, we thought the whites to be "savage", as well)! One of his sons was Ezekial, who served in the American Revolution with the 8th Battalion of the Cumberland County Militia. He also served with the First Battalion. Ezekial Chambers, whose wife was Rebecca Stewart, is my 5x great grandfather. His daughter Margaret, married Robert Hazlett. Some of the Chambers family founded Chambersville, Penna. in Indiana County. Margaret Chambers (Hazlett), wife of Robert Hazlett, is my white 4x great grandmother from this area. Margaret was born about 1754 in America. This same year, my Shawnee ancestors helped to defeat British Lt. Col. George Washington at Fort Neccesity, wich ushered in the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Ezekial helped build either the first or second log cabin at Chambersville in 1789, along with a group of Seneca Indians. They certainly would not have been Shawnees. The Senecas were our enemies at the time, as were the Chambers family. The Chambers descendants and the Shawnee descendants only came together into "one family" in the early 1900's. The irony of history! Ken Lonewolf / Kispokotha Shawnee
Hi Ken, my name is Evelyn Morrison (Chambers). Reynolds Chambers,was my gggggrandfather. Alexander Chambers was my Grandfather and Henry M. Chambers my Father.,they were both from Kentucky. I was born in 1957,in Seymour,Indiana,but was raised in Selma,California. I live in Franklin,Indiana,now. My Dad,past away in 1998, and I don't have much family left on my Dad's side. I have Uncle Pete Chambers,he lives in Crothersville,Indiana and Uncle John, he lives in arizona and my Uncle Sherman lives in Doniphan,Mo. This is just alittle information,that I have. I would like to find out more about Benjamin Chambers and his family, as they are my family. Would also like you to e-mail me if it is okay, my e-mail address is eviessong@yahoo.com Thank you, Evelyn
My gggfather was Pious Chambers... Understand that '3' brothers founded Chambersburg.PA... and ... that one headed south!... Trying to find where Pious Chambers came from ... He settled/died in Shorterville, Alabama as a large land owning farmer. THis would be in somewhere in the early 1600s... Can you assist in making a connection to Pious? Thanks, James Bennett Chambers
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