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CHAMBERS, JOSEPH, stone mason, res. Kane. Joseph Chambers is a native of the State of Ohio; born in 1817; he was the fourth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Chambers, natives of Ireland, who settled in Ohio in 1812. Here our subject passed his early years, and became apprenticed to the trade of a stone mason, in due process of time becoming a skillful journeyman workman; in his 20th year, 1839, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Welch, a daughter of Robert Welch, a native Irishman; of this marriage ten children were born, of whom nine are living. When war was declared between Mexico and the United States he enlisted in the 2d Ohio Regiment, and shortly after proceeded to the front, where he was destined to take an active part in the famous battles of Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Monterey, and others of note; during the last year of his service, for meritorious conduct, he was promoted a first lieutenant; when the war closed he returned to Ohio, where he followed the occupation of stone mason and farming. The second wife of Mr. Chambers was Miss Jane Haney, a daughter of Isaac Robbins, by whom he has one child; in 1862 he moved to Indiana, from this point wending his way to Greene Co. in 1869, where he has since resided, a well-respected citizen of the place, few being better known for their generosity and energy.