Chambers Family Heritage


Joseph Dunn LAUGHLIN [Parents] was born on 1 Feb 1845 in Martin County, Indiana. He died on 4 Jan 1925 in Daviess County, Indiana. He married Laka Jane LEDGERWOOD on 26 Oct 1873 in Daviess County, Indiana.

Laka Jane LEDGERWOOD [Parents] was born on 9 May 1851 in Indiana. She died on 9 Oct 1938 in Daviess County, Indiana. She married Joseph Dunn LAUGHLIN on 26 Oct 1873 in Daviess County, Indiana.

Some records show her first name spelled Lacha.


John Osmon Monroe LAUGHLIN 1 died . He married Elizabeth Nicholson GEIGER.

Elizabeth Nicholson GEIGER 1 died . She married John Osmon Monroe LAUGHLIN.

They had the following children:

  M i John Duncan LAUGHLIN 1 was born on 14 Jan 1843 in Lawrence County, Indiana. He died on 30 Oct 1909 in Martin County, Indiana.
  M ii Joseph Dunn LAUGHLIN
  F iii Miranda Carolina LAUGHLIN
  M iv Ulysses Gillis LAUGHLIN 1 was born on 27 Oct 1848 in Martin County, Indiana. He died on 17 Jan 1904 in Daviess County, Indiana.
  M v Osmyn Alonzo LAUGHLIN 1 was born on 7 Jul 1854 in Martin County, Indiana. He died on 24 Aug 1898 in Martin County, Indiana.

Milton Buchannon LEDGERWOOD [Parents] was born on 27 Mar 1857 in Indiana. He died on 11 Jul 1944 in Suffield, Ohio. He married Elizabeth BAKER on 11 Mar 1891 in Daviess County, Indiana.

Elizabeth BAKER "Eliza" died . She married Milton Buchannon LEDGERWOOD on 11 Mar 1891 in Daviess County, Indiana.


Winfield BROWN was born about 1852 in Tennessee. He died before 1900 in Scott County, Tennessee. He married Nancy C. CHAMBERS on 9 Apr 1872 in Scott County, Tennessee.

Nancy C. CHAMBERS [Parents] 1 was born in 1852 in Scott County, Tennessee. She died . She married Winfield BROWN on 9 Apr 1872 in Scott County, Tennessee.


William J. JEFFERS [Parents] was born in 1837 in Scott County, Tennessee. He died in 1870. He married Lakey Jane CHAMBERS on 4 Sep 1857 in Scott County, Tennessee.

Lakey Jane CHAMBERS [Parents] 1 was born in Jan 1836 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee. She died after 1900 in Scott County, Tennessee. She married William J. JEFFERS on 4 Sep 1857 in Scott County, Tennessee.

Some records show her first name spelled Laky.

They had the following children:

  F i Rebecca Ann JEFFERS

Archabald JEFFERS was born in 1798 in Tennessee. He died after 1860. He married Lydia JEFFERS in 1822.

Lydia JEFFERS was born in 1797 in Tennessee. She died 1850 - 1860 in Scott County, Tennessee. She married Archabald JEFFERS in 1822.

Lydia Jeffers' maiden name is not known.

They had the following children:

  M i William J. JEFFERS

William C. CHAMBERS Sr. [Parents] 1 was born in 1780 in North Carolina. He died on 24 Apr 1864 in Centertown, Cole County, Missouri. He was buried in Centertown, Cole County, Missouri. He married Elizabeth METCALF in 1812 in Lookout Mountain, Marion County, Tennessee.

The first members of the Chambers family appear to have arrived in Missouri about the same time the territory was admitted as a state into the union. Sources vary as to the exact year of their arrival, with the dates given ranging from 1816 to 1822. They arrived in present day Cole County, Missouri, settling on the rich bottomlands near the junction of Moniteau Creek with the Missouri River, just west of our modern capital, Jefferson City.

Elizabeth METCALF [Parents] 1 was born in 1794 in Tennessee. She died on 10 Jun 1876 in Centertown, Cole County, Missouri. She married William C. CHAMBERS Sr. in 1812 in Lookout Mountain, Marion County, Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  M i William C. CHAMBERS Jr. 1 was born on 7 Jan 1813 in Lookout Mountain, Marion County, Tennessee. He died on 6 Mar 1870.
  F ii Elizabeth CHAMBERS 1 was born in 1815 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. She died .
  M iii Ezekiel CHAMBERS
  M iv Julius CHAMBERS 1 was born on 1 Feb 1818 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. He died on 24 Jan 1885.
  F v Sarah Jane CHAMBERS 1 was born in 1819 in Tennessee. She died .
  M vi James K. CHAMBERS 1 was born in Mar 1820 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. He died on 2 Feb 1881.

Some records show his date of birth as 1831.
  M vii David L. CHAMBERS 1 was born in 1824 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. He died on 14 Dec 1858.

Some records show his date of birth as 01 January 1829.
  F viii Sarah Margaret CHAMBERS "Peggy" 1 was born in 1825 in Tennessee. She died on 20 Dec 1898.

Sarah Margaret Chambers went by her middle name.
  F ix Mary Jane CHAMBERS

Ezekiel CHAMBERS [Parents] 1 was born in 1816 in Tennessee. He died . He married Anna Elizabeth CHAMBERS on 4 Aug 1831 in Tennessee.

Anna Elizabeth CHAMBERS died . She married Ezekiel CHAMBERS on 4 Aug 1831 in Tennessee.


Benjamin HENLEY died . He married Mary Jane CHAMBERS on 12 Nov 1848 in Cole County, Missouri.

Mary Jane CHAMBERS [Parents] 1 was born in 1828 in Tennessee. She died . She married Benjamin HENLEY on 12 Nov 1848 in Cole County, Missouri.


William METCALF was born about 1772. He died . He was married about 1792.

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth METCALF

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