Robert H. Chamberlain

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Robert Horace Chamberlain
Robert Horace Chamberlain (1838–1910).png
19th Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts
In office
1892 – January 14, 1910[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded byBenjamin D. Dwinnell
Deputy Sheriff
of Worcester County, Massachusetts and keeper of the House of Correction[2]
In office
1888–1890
Appointed byAugustus B. R. Sprague
Deputy Sheriff
of Worcester County, Massachusetts and keeper of the House of Correction[2]
In office
1888–1892
Appointed by
Superintendent of Sewers for
The City of
Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
1870[3]–1888
Appointed byJames B. Blake[2]
Member of the
Worcester, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward 3[2]
In office
1869[3]–1870[3]
Personal details
Born(1838-06-16)June 16, 1838
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedJune 28, 1910(1910-06-28) (aged 72)
Worcester, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Esther Browning
​
(m. 1865)​
[2]
OccupationLaw enforcement officer
Corrections officer
Politician
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of serviceSeptember 25, 1862-July 27, 1863 (Company A) 51st Mass. Enlisted as a Sergeant;[4] (9 month enlistment)[4]
July 20, 1864-November 30, 1864[4] Company F; 60th Mass.[2] Enlisted as a Lieutenant; promoted to Captain[4]
RankUnion Army Infantry Sergeant.png Sergeant; (Company A) 51st Mass.
Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg Lieutenant;[4]
Union army cpt rank insignia.jpg Captain (Company F) 60th Mass.[2]
UnitCompany A; 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Company F; 60th Mass.[2]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Robert Horace Chamberlain (June 16, 1838 – June 28, 1910) was an American law enforcement officer, machinist, military officer and politician who served as the eighteenth Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.[2]

Early life[]

Chamberlain was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 16, 1838.[2] He was educated in public schools, and apprenticed as a machinist.[5]

When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the 51st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and was promoted from private to sergeant. He reenlisted in the 60th Regiment and was commissioned captain of Company F.[5]

He went on to serve as a brigadier general in the Massachusetts militia until 1876.[6]

Family life[]

On January 10, 1865[3][4] Chamberlain married Esther Browning of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, they had two daughters – Flora B. (Chamberlain) Weatherby and Mabel S. Chamberlain.[2][7]

Worcester County Sheriff[]

In the fall of 1891, Chamberlain, after winning a lively caucus, was elected Worcester County Sheriff.[2] Chamberlain resigned the Sheriff's position on January 14, 1910.[1]

Death[]

Chamberlain died at his home in Worcester on June 28, 1910.[1][4][6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c Worcester (Mass.) Board of Trade (June 1910), The Worcester Magazine:Devoted to Good Citizenship and Municipal Development, Volume XIII, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester (Mass.) Board of Trade, p. 194
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 324
  3. ^ a b c d Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 580
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Cutter, William Richard (1913), New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume I, New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 315
  5. ^ a b Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. p. 289. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Gen. Robert H. Chamberlain Dead". Fall River Daily Evening News. Worcester. June 28, 1910. p. 2. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Worcester (Mass.) Board of Trade (June 1910), The Worcester Magazine:Devoted to Good Citizenship and Municipal Development, Volume XIII, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester (Mass.) Board of Trade, p. 195
Political offices
Preceded by
 18th Sheriff of
Worcester County, Massachusetts
1892 – June 28, 1910 		Succeeded by
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