BIO: JESSE CHAMBERLIN, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 464-465
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    JESSE CHAMBERLIN, one of the well known citizens and agriculturists of
  Hopewell township, was born there in 1848, son of Charles and grandson of
  Jesse Chamberlin.
    
    The Chamberlin family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Jesse Chamberlin,
  grandfather of our subject, followed day's labor in Southampton township,
  Cumberland county, and was an industrious, respected man. He married Rebecca
  Smith, who died in Hopewell township, aged eighty-three years, and was buried
  at the Fogelsonger Church. The grandfather died in Southampton township, and
  was buried at Shippensburg. They had these children: Isaac, who married Mary
  Myers, died in Oakville, Cumberland county; William, who married Sarah
  Hoffer, died with his wife in Ohio; John, who married Sarah Maxiel, died in
  Hopewell township; Charles, the father of our subject; Sophia, who married
  Steel Thrush, and died in Ohio; and Sarah Ann, who married Martin Railing,
  and died in Franklin county.
    
    Charles Chamberlin was born in 1820, in Southampton township, where he was
  educated in the common schools, attending during the winter seasons only
  until he was nine years old, when he was hired by strangers, and from that
  time he fought his own life's battles. One of his first employers was John
  Cressler, a farmer on the Chambersburg pike road. In 1841 he married Annie
  Railing, daughter of Adam and Eve Railing, of Mifflin township at one time,
  but later of Southampton township, Franklin county. Locating in Hopewell
  township after his marriage, he followed the life of a day laborer for six
  years, and then bought a small tract of land along the Ridge road, consisting
  of forty-four acres. At a later date he bought two more small farms, one
  containing thirty-six and the other, fifty-two acres, both in Hopewell
  township. The latter farm was bought in 1892, and there he died in May, 1892.
  His widow survived until July, 1902, and both were buried at Shippensburg.
    
    Mr. Chamberlin had been a strong Democrat all his life. He was a man much
  respected in his locality, and served two terms as school director, served on
  the election board, and at one time was supervisor. He was reliable, honest
  and upright, both in private and in public life. In his younger days he
  attended the Presbyterian Church at Middlespring, but later was active in the
  Fogelsonger Church in Hopewell township, although not a member. He was highly
  respected by all who knew him. The children of Charles Chamberlin and wife
  were: Rebecca Jane resides at Newburg, widow of David Tritt, who died in
  1904; Jesse; and Charles, who lives on the homestead in Hopewell township,
  married Elizabeth Reese.
    
    Jesse Chamberlin attended the schools of his neighborhood until he was
  nineteen years old, and then spent the years until his marriage, working for
  his father. In 1872 he was united in marriage with Sarah F. Garver, a
  daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Mentzer) Garver, natives of Maryland,
    
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  who settled in Southampton township, Franklin county. Our subject and wife
  settled in Southampton township, for five years, following farming, and then
  came to Hopewell township. Here Mr. Chamberlin bought a fine farm of 140
  acres, and during his long residence of nineteen years here, made many
  substantial improvements. His present farm of nineteen acres along the Ridge
  road, close to the Fogelsonger Church, he bought in 1897, and is now devoting
  himself to its cultivation and improvement. He is known as one of the
  first-class farmers as well as highly respected citizens of the township.
    
    Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin's children are: Frank, a mechanic in Shippensburg,
  married Elizabeth Newcomer; Clark, residing on his father's old farm in
  Hopewell township, married Emma Clippinger, a daughter of John Clippinger;
  and Clara B. and Anna J., both of whom are at home.
    
    Like his respected father, Mr. Chamberlin has always been identified with
  the Democratic party, and at various times has held township offices, such as
  school director, supervisor and member of the election board. He is one of the
  reliable citizens who make up the list of representative men in his locality,
  those who support schools and churches, pay the taxes, insist on good roads
  and are the ones who are called on when any important public measure comes up.
    
    Since 1876 Mr. Chamberlin has been a member of the Middlespring
  Presbyterian Church, to which his wife and daughter Clara also belong. Miss
  Clara is assistant organist of the Church.