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Uriah Tracy Chamberlain

Uriah Tracy Chamberlain

Male 1809 - 1880  (71 years)
Person ID: I818 


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  • Name Uriah Tracy Chamberlain 
    Born 1809  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jan 1880  [2] 
    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
    • Uriah was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church of Fitchville, Ohio, in 1838, shortly after graduating from Oberlin College. His last pastorate was with the Congregational Church at Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he preached regularly one-half the time till the last Sabbath in October, 1878, at which time his health failing, he was obliged to discontinue his labors. He died at the residence of his son in Cambridge.
    Siblings
    +1. Uriah Tracy Chamberlain (current person),   b. 1809, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1880  (Age 71 years)
    +2. Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain,   b. 13 Jul 1810, Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1882, East Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Hannah K Chamberlain,   b. 14 Aug 1813, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1875, Hartford, Trumbull, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     4. Eliza Chamberlain,   b. 1816, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown

  • Parents

    Family ID: F283 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Isaac Chamberlain,   b. 5 Feb 1780, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Amy Benton,   b. 4 May 1780, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Yes, date unknown 

  • Family

    Family ID: F250 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Wife Sarah E. Sanborn,   b. 1809, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Feb 1838  [2] 
    Children 
      1. Mary F. Chamberlain,   b. 1839, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1885  (Age < 45 years)
      2. Isaac D. Chamberlain,   b. 1841, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1918, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
      3. Ebenezer B. Chamberlain,   b. 1842, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    + 4. Charles F. Chamberlain,   b. 5 Mar 1844, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
      5. Sarah S. Chamberlain,   b. 1846, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
      6. Uriah Tracy Chamberlain, Jr.,   b. 1848, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1885  (Age < 36 years)
      7. George A. Chamberlain,   b. Jan 1850, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1885  (Age < 34 years)

  • Other Personal Events

    Occupation From 1850 to 1860  [1, 3, 4] 
    Congregational Minister 
    Census 1 Jun 1850  Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1850 
    Residence 1853  Conneaut Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1 Jun 1860  Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1860 
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family Search ID L2V9-RY2 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1870 
    _UID 94269AD4D0AD4B1C8B123C798D21DC5038FD 

  • Event Map
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  • Source Citations

    1. [S1423] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1850 US Census, Ohio, Ashtabula, Andover, District 7, p.177", (1 June 1850), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 March 2023)..

    2. [S1418] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Family Search Family Tree Assertion of Fact or Familial Link", Family Tree Database, FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org)..

    3. [S1430] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1860 US Census, Pennsylvania, Crawford County, Cambridge Township, p.101", (1 June 1860), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 March 2023)..

    4. [S1339] Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman) Bates, R. C. (Robert C. ) Brown, John Brandt Mansfield, History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/historyofcrawfor00bate: accessed 6 June 2022)., pp.803-4.

    5. [S1431] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1870 US Census, Pennsylvania, Crawford County, Athens Township, p.1", (1 June 1870), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 March 2023)..