Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain[1]
1810 - 1882 (71 years)
Person ID: I812
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Name Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain Born 13 Jul 1810 Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Died 3 Jun 1882 East Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States [3, 4] Notes - Oberlin College Connections
Oberlin Heritage Center https://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/
Oberlin was founded by Presbyterian minister John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart in 1833 as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute to educate ministers and schoolteachers for the West. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women.
• Brothers Uriah and Ebenezer Chamberlain were two of the 39 young men to found Oberlin College in 1833. Uriah was in the first graduating class, about 1836
• William Benton Chamberlain, son of Ebenezer, graduated from Oberlin College in 1875, completed the Theological Seminary in 1884, and became Professor or Rhetoric
• John Guiteau Welch Cowles was Oberlin Acting President 1902
Oberlin Anti-Slavery Society
Founded June 1835
Their constitution is online, brothers Uriah and Ebenezer Chamberlain, part of the founding group of the college, were signatories.
"Object. Our object is the immediate emancipation of the whole colored race within the United States: The emancipation of the slave from the oppression of the master, the emancipation of the free colored man from the oppression of public sentiment, and the elevation of both to an intellectual, moral, and political equality with the whites."
Karen Anderson Smith donated a quilt made by Emily Elizabeth Peck Chamberlain to the Oberlin Museum
Siblings + 1. Uriah Tracy Chamberlain, b. 1809, New York, United States , d. 10 Jan 1880 (Age 71 years)+ 2. Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain (current person), b. 13 Jul 1810, Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States , d. 3 Jun 1882, East Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 71 years)+ 3. Hannah K Chamberlain, b. 14 Aug 1813, New York, United States , d. 22 Mar 1875, Hartford, Trumbull, Ohio, United States (Age 61 years)4. Eliza Chamberlain, b. 1816, New York, United States , d. Yes, date unknown - Oberlin College Connections
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Parents
Father Isaac Chamberlain, b. 5 Feb 1780, New York, United States , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Amy Benton, b. 4 May 1780, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. Yes, date unknown Married Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Mary Ann Cowles, b. 25 Mar 1817, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 14 Jul 1874, Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 57 years) Married 2 Nov 1838 Austinburg, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States [3, 4] Children + 1. Henry Cowles Chamberlain, b. 3 Apr 1842, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States , d. 3 Aug 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 76 years)2. Albert Barnes Chamberlain, b. 29 Feb 1844, Vienna, Trumbull, Ohio, United States , d. 23 Jan 1921, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 76 years)3. Ellen Maria Chamberlain, b. 2 Jan 1846, Gustavus, Trumbull, Ohio, United States , d. Sep 1909, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States (Age 63 years)+ 4. William Benton Chamberlain, b. 1 Sep 1847, Gustavus, Trumbull, Ohio, United States , d. 7 Mar 1903, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 55 years) -
Other Personal Events
Education 1838 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Graduated Oberlin Theological Seminary Occupation From 1850 to 1880 [2, 3, 10, 11, 12] minister - He was a minister for the Presbyterian Church. His ministry took him and his family to:
Vienna and Gustavus Ohio
Humphreyville Connecticut
Wayne Ohio
Wiliiamsfield, Gustvus and Ashtabula Ohio
East Springfield, Pennsylvania
Census 1 Jun 1850 Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States [10] - James E Fisher family listed on same page, with Charlotte P, Mary E, Frances, and Frank - may not be related at all.
Witness Role: head of household Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: wife Mary Ann COWLES
Witness Role: son Henry Cowles CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: son Albert Barnes CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: daughter Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: son William Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: servant Name: Mary Ryan
Witness Role: Servant status is assumed. Young woman born in Ireland in the Connecticut home of a clergyman, his wife, and their 4 young children.
Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1850 - Witness Role: Principal Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Census 1 Jun 1860 Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States [2, 13] - The Oberlin Catalog of 1860 gives his residence as Williamsfield, a small township in Ashtabula county, not Wayne Township as on the Census.
Witness Role: head of household Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: wife Mary Ann COWLES
Witness Role: son Albert Barnes CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: daughter Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: son William Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1860 - Witness Role: Principal Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Military Service From 1861 to 1865 [14] Civil War, Union Army - 83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E
Entered the military a Private, was a Sergeant upon discharge.
Pension record gives 15 Jan 1864 as his end of service, and rank of Sergeant.
Census 1 Jun 1870 Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States [9, 11] - Witness Role: head of household Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: wife Mary Ann COWLES
Witness Role: daughter Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1870 - Witness Role: Principal Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Census 1 Jun 1880 Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States [12] - Witness Role: head of household Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: daughter Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
Witness Role: sister Eliza CHAMBERLAIN
Family Search ID L7PQ-Z3S Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1880 - Witness Role: Principal Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
_UID 2684496CF04049BCB3045B48C550C510D8E8 - He was a minister for the Presbyterian Church. His ministry took him and his family to:
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Event Map
Born - 13 Jul 1810 - Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States 
Education - 1838 - Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States 
Married - 2 Nov 1838 - Austinburg, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States 
Census - 1 Jun 1850 - Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States 
Census - 1 Jun 1860 - Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States 
Census - 1 Jun 1870 - Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Census - 1 Jun 1880 - Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died - 3 Jun 1882 - East Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S72] Compiler: Price, Debbie, Genealogical Papers of the Price and Chamberlain Families, Present Owner: Leslie Price, Compiler Address: Casper, WY and Houston, TX (Houston, TX, 1976-1990).
- [S254] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1860 US Census, Ohio, Ashtabula County, Wayne, p.196", (1 June 1860), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 11 January 2012)..
- [S846] Calvin Duvall Cowles, compiler, "1890. Mary Ann Cowles," in Genealogy of the Cowles families in America: Volume I, p. 593, (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1929), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/genealogyofcowle00cowl: accessed 28 February 2019)..
- [S1408] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #488318 Mary E Chamberlain Waite to Ancestor #A026941 Samuel Cowles", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..
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- [S1359] Oberlin College, "Triennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Oberlin College for the College Year 1854-55: Graduates, Theological Department", (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1855), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/4224619:2203?tid=&pid=&queryId=279be1d60b6cb1b583e135c80f3ca665&_phsrc=eVX31&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 June 2022)., p. 35.
- [S1360] Oberlin College, "Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Oberlin College for the College Year 1859-60: Alumni, Theological Department", (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1860), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2699429:2203?tid=&pid=&queryId=279be1d60b6cb1b583e135c80f3ca665&_phsrc=eVX31&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 June 2022)., p. 11.
- [S1361] Oberlin College, "Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Oberlin College for the College Year 1865-66: Alumni, Theological Department", (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1866), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2703882:2203?tid=&pid=&queryId=279be1d60b6cb1b583e135c80f3ca665&_phsrc=eVX31&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 June 2022)..
- [S1362] Oberlin College, "Triennial Catalogue of Oberlin College 1870: Alumni, Theological Department", (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1870), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/4081847:2203?tid=&pid=&queryId=279be1d60b6cb1b583e135c80f3ca665&_phsrc=eVX31&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 June 2022)..
- [S253] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1850 US Census, Connecticut, New Haven County, Seymour, p.345", (1 June 1850), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 12 January 2012)..
- [S793] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1870 US Census, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Springfield, p.7", (1 June 1870), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 8 January 2018)..
- [S794] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1880 US Census, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Springfield, ed.171, p.24", (1 June 1880), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 18 January 2018)..
- [S1360] Oberlin College, "Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Oberlin College for the College Year 1859-60: Alumni, Theological Department", (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1860), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2699429:2203?tid=&pid=&queryId=279be1d60b6cb1b583e135c80f3ca665&_phsrc=eVX31&_phstart=successSource: accessed 11 June 2022)..
- [S809] "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSFS-D2H : 4 December 2014), Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain, Private, Company E, 83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M554 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 882,354..
- [S72] Compiler: Price, Debbie, Genealogical Papers of the Price and Chamberlain Families, Present Owner: Leslie Price, Compiler Address: Casper, WY and Houston, TX (Houston, TX, 1976-1990).