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Title |
Rev. |
Birth |
2 Oct 1825 |
Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Birth |
2 Oct 1825 |
West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [3] |
Graduation |
1855 [2] |
Dartmouth College |
Graduation |
1858 [2] |
Andover Theological Seminary |
Census |
1860 |
Polk, Iowa |
Occupation |
1865 |
Congregational Clergyman, DesMoines, Monroe, Iowa |
Census |
1870 |
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa |
Occupation |
1870 |
Congregational Clergyman |
Census |
1880 |
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa |
Occupation |
1880 |
Minister and Treasurer, Iowa College |
Census |
1885 |
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa |
Census |
1895 |
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa |
Death |
11 Nov 1897 [4] |
Died |
12 Nov 1897 |
Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa [5] |
Buried |
Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa |
Person ID |
I4883 |
West Brookfield Families |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2024 |
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Father |
Eli Chamberlain, b. 4 Oct 1789, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 10 Mar 1858, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Achsah Forbes, b. 22 Jun 1794, Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , d. 16 Sep 1880, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
Married |
30 Nov 1815 |
Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
Family ID |
F2226 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 1 |
Ella Fay, b. 1 Apr 1845, New York, USA , d. 30 Mar 1878 |
Married |
20 Nov 1867 [2] |
Notes |
- There is a marriage record in Muscatine County, Iowa for J. M. Chamberlain and Ella Fay on Nov. 20, 1867. No further information is given.
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Children |
| 1. Mary Chamberlain, b. 28 Sep 1869, Eddyville, Iowa , d. Aft 1937 |
| 2. Olia Chamberlain, b. 1870, Iowa , d. 5 Feb 1871 |
| 3. Bessie Chamberlain, b. 1 Apr 1872, d. 3 Apr 1872 |
| 4. Ethel Chamberlain, b. 9 Aug 1873, d. 7 Nov 1875 |
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Family ID |
F2243 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 2 |
Eliza A. Herrick, b. 1 Dec 1825, Vermont , d. 1922 |
Married |
20 Jul 1881 [2] |
Notes |
- A marriage record is on file in Iowa for a J. M. Chamberlain and Eliza a Dike on July 21, 1880. [familysearch.org]
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Family ID |
F2244 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Joshua Chamberlain was a Congregational minister who worked in Dubuque, Des Moines, and Eddyville, Iowa. He did Christian Commission work and served the American Missionary Association as state agent. He was mostly identified with Iowa College in Grinnell, Iowa where he served for thirty-six years as trustee, nearly twenty years as treasurer and financial agent, and six years as librarian. He generously donated thousands to the college. A women's dormitory was built on the property where the Chamberlain home once stood. This land was also a gift to the college.
He was at different times editor of the Grinnell Herald, the Grinnell Independent and Congregational Iowa. He also contributed to various periodicals.
Sources:The pilgrims of Iowa; by Truman O. Douglass, Pilgrim Press, Boston, MA
Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2. Containing Parts II and III.
Date: 1899-01-01; Publication: Serial Set Vol. No. 3767, Session Vol. No.25; Report: H.Doc. 5 pt. 5.2 & 5.3;
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Sources |
- [S1693] Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, p. 59.
Joshua Medcalf, s. Eli and Achsah, Oct. 2, 1825.
- [S873] Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, who Came from Scotland about the Year 1655 and Settled in Marlborough, Mass., in 1675, 1892, Accessed 27 July 2016; p.50.
Achsah Forbes and her descendant information pp. 48-51
- [S439] Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2. Containin, (Name: 1/1/1899;), p. 2584 - Necrology.
Education Report 1897-98
Chamberlain, Joshua M. in Grinell, Iowa Nov. 12; b. in West Brookfield, Mass Oct. 2, 1825; fitted at Thetford, Vt Academy; graduated at Dartmouth College 1855 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1858.
- [S1621] The Pilgrims of Iowa, Truman O. Douglass, (Name: Boston :: Pilgrim Press,, 1911, 454 pgs;), p.22.
- [S1016] Iowa Cemetery Records, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000;).
d. 11/12/1897
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