Married Laura Ligon (Clopton) Chambers on October 27, 1873 in Muskogee, GA
• Federal Judge
• Chief Justice of American Samoa
• Spanish War Claim Committee
Obituary
Frederick News-Post - August 28, 1933
Dickerson. Aug. 27.— Judge William Lea Chambers, 81, formerly Chief Justice of the Samoan Islands, died Saturday morning at his home, near here, supposedly of a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Carter.
A native of Georgia. Judge Chambers formerly lived in Washington, where he practiced law for many years. He came to this section about thirty years ago. He formerly was a member of the Spanish claims Commission and during the World War was a member of the United States Board of Mediation. While President, Woodrow Wilson was an occasional visitor at the Chambers' home.
Funeral services were held at 3:39 p. m. Sunday from the Methodist church, at Poolesville The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. William D. King. Burial in Monocacy cemetery, Beallsville.
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM LEA, lawyer, was born March 4, 1852, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; a son of William Henry and Anna Lane (Flewellen) Chambers (q.v.), who in 1854 removed to Eufaula, Ala., where he began his education, his first teachers being a Miss Sinkfield; followed by his uncle, Robert Alexander Chambers, who was killed in the battle of Rome, Ga.; Prof. Patterson; and Capt. S. H. Dent. He attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1869-71, leaving a few months before graduation to teach school; subsequently he received the degree of A.B.; and the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1909. His legal education was acquired in the office of Stone & Clopton at Montgomery, both of whom served on the supreme court bench.
Mr. Chambers began practice in Montgomery, in November, 1873, and continued there until May, 1888, as a member of the firm of Clopton, Herbert & Chambers; then removed to Sheffield. In the meantime he had served as cashier and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery; was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company, of which he was vice president; and became president of the company which founded Sheffield, which has become the second city in the south in iron production. Since then he has engaged in the practice of law of Washington, D.C. He was a member of the commission appointed by the United States, England and Germany to settle the trouble in Samoa in 1893 and in 1897 was chosen by the U.S. government as chief justice of Samoa; in 1901 was appointed a member of the Spanish treaty commission; and later was chairman of the arbitration board to settle the controversy between the labor brotherhoods and railroads. He has always supported the Democratic party and was secretary of the state Democratic committee in two campaigns; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; was chairman of the board of stewards of Court Street church, Montgomery, and of Mount Vernon Place church, Washington, D.C.; and is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently contributed articles to newspaper and magazines; and throughout life has been in some way identified with educational, social and religious movements; was a teacher for several years before entering upon the practice of law; was chairman of the board of education of Montgomery for several years; a member of the Society for Promotion of Religious Education, Washington, D.C.; regent of Fairmont Seminary; a member of the National Geographic Society and American Institute of Archaeology.
Married: October 17, 1873, in Montgomery to Laura Ligon Clopton, daughter of David and Martha (Ligon) Clopton, who lived at Tuskegee and later Montgomery. Mr. Clopton was a member of the U.S. congress prior to the War of Secession; enlisted as a private in the C.S. Army; and was a member of the Confederate congress at the time of Lee's surrender. Children: 1. Anne Laura, m. in 1900 Benjamin Palmer Carter, of New Orleans, a distinguished mining engineer and general manager of the greatest gold producing mine in the world at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa: 2. David Clopton, m. Elizabeth McLean, of Tuscumbia, and is a successful Farmer of Montgomery County, Md., having resigned a lucrative position in the department of justice; 3. William Henry, associated with his brother in the conduct of Bon Acre Farm, of which dairying is the principal feature; 4. Louise L., living with her parents at their country home near Washington, D.C. Residence: Washington, D.C.
[Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981]
• Federal Judge
• Chief Justice of American Samoa
• Spanish War Claim Committee
Obituary
Frederick News-Post - August 28, 1933
Dickerson. Aug. 27.— Judge William Lea Chambers, 81, formerly Chief Justice of the Samoan Islands, died Saturday morning at his home, near here, supposedly of a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Carter.
A native of Georgia. Judge Chambers formerly lived in Washington, where he practiced law for many years. He came to this section about thirty years ago. He formerly was a member of the Spanish claims Commission and during the World War was a member of the United States Board of Mediation. While President, Woodrow Wilson was an occasional visitor at the Chambers' home.
Funeral services were held at 3:39 p. m. Sunday from the Methodist church, at Poolesville The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. William D. King. Burial in Monocacy cemetery, Beallsville.
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM LEA, lawyer, was born March 4, 1852, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; a son of William Henry and Anna Lane (Flewellen) Chambers (q.v.), who in 1854 removed to Eufaula, Ala., where he began his education, his first teachers being a Miss Sinkfield; followed by his uncle, Robert Alexander Chambers, who was killed in the battle of Rome, Ga.; Prof. Patterson; and Capt. S. H. Dent. He attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1869-71, leaving a few months before graduation to teach school; subsequently he received the degree of A.B.; and the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1909. His legal education was acquired in the office of Stone & Clopton at Montgomery, both of whom served on the supreme court bench.
Mr. Chambers began practice in Montgomery, in November, 1873, and continued there until May, 1888, as a member of the firm of Clopton, Herbert & Chambers; then removed to Sheffield. In the meantime he had served as cashier and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery; was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company, of which he was vice president; and became president of the company which founded Sheffield, which has become the second city in the south in iron production. Since then he has engaged in the practice of law of Washington, D.C. He was a member of the commission appointed by the United States, England and Germany to settle the trouble in Samoa in 1893 and in 1897 was chosen by the U.S. government as chief justice of Samoa; in 1901 was appointed a member of the Spanish treaty commission; and later was chairman of the arbitration board to settle the controversy between the labor brotherhoods and railroads. He has always supported the Democratic party and was secretary of the state Democratic committee in two campaigns; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; was chairman of the board of stewards of Court Street church, Montgomery, and of Mount Vernon Place church, Washington, D.C.; and is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently contributed articles to newspaper and magazines; and throughout life has been in some way identified with educational, social and religious movements; was a teacher for several years before entering upon the practice of law; was chairman of the board of education of Montgomery for several years; a member of the Society for Promotion of Religious Education, Washington, D.C.; regent of Fairmont Seminary; a member of the National Geographic Society and American Institute of Archaeology.
Married: October 17, 1873, in Montgomery to Laura Ligon Clopton, daughter of David and Martha (Ligon) Clopton, who lived at Tuskegee and later Montgomery. Mr. Clopton was a member of the U.S. congress prior to the War of Secession; enlisted as a private in the C.S. Army; and was a member of the Confederate congress at the time of Lee's surrender. Children: 1. Anne Laura, m. in 1900 Benjamin Palmer Carter, of New Orleans, a distinguished mining engineer and general manager of the greatest gold producing mine in the world at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa: 2. David Clopton, m. Elizabeth McLean, of Tuscumbia, and is a successful Farmer of Montgomery County, Md., having resigned a lucrative position in the department of justice; 3. William Henry, associated with his brother in the conduct of Bon Acre Farm, of which dairying is the principal feature; 4. Louise L., living with her parents at their country home near Washington, D.C. Residence: Washington, D.C.
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Married Laura Ligon (Clopton) Chambers on October 27, 1873 in Muskogee, GA
• Federal Judge
• Chief Justice of American Samoa
• Spanish War Claim Committee
Obituary
Frederick News-Post - August 28, 1933
Dickerson. Aug. 27.— Judge William Lea Chambers, 81, formerly Chief Justice of the Samoan Islands, died Saturday morning at his home, near here, supposedly of a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Carter.
A native of Georgia. Judge Chambers formerly lived in Washington, where he practiced law for many years. He came to this section about thirty years ago. He formerly was a member of the Spanish claims Commission and during the World War was a member of the United States Board of Mediation. While President, Woodrow Wilson was an occasional visitor at the Chambers' home.
Funeral services were held at 3:39 p. m. Sunday from the Methodist church, at Poolesville The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. William D. King. Burial in Monocacy cemetery, Beallsville.
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM LEA, lawyer, was born March 4, 1852, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; a son of William Henry and Anna Lane (Flewellen) Chambers (q.v.), who in 1854 removed to Eufaula, Ala., where he began his education, his first teachers being a Miss Sinkfield; followed by his uncle, Robert Alexander Chambers, who was killed in the battle of Rome, Ga.; Prof. Patterson; and Capt. S. H. Dent. He attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1869-71, leaving a few months before graduation to teach school; subsequently he received the degree of A.B.; and the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1909. His legal education was acquired in the office of Stone & Clopton at Montgomery, both of whom served on the supreme court bench.
Mr. Chambers began practice in Montgomery, in November, 1873, and continued there until May, 1888, as a member of the firm of Clopton, Herbert & Chambers; then removed to Sheffield. In the meantime he had served as cashier and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery; was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company, of which he was vice president; and became president of the company which founded Sheffield, which has become the second city in the south in iron production. Since then he has engaged in the practice of law of Washington, D.C. He was a member of the commission appointed by the United States, England and Germany to settle the trouble in Samoa in 1893 and in 1897 was chosen by the U.S. government as chief justice of Samoa; in 1901 was appointed a member of the Spanish treaty commission; and later was chairman of the arbitration board to settle the controversy between the labor brotherhoods and railroads. He has always supported the Democratic party and was secretary of the state Democratic committee in two campaigns; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; was chairman of the board of stewards of Court Street church, Montgomery, and of Mount Vernon Place church, Washington, D.C.; and is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently contributed articles to newspaper and magazines; and throughout life has been in some way identified with educational, social and religious movements; was a teacher for several years before entering upon the practice of law; was chairman of the board of education of Montgomery for several years; a member of the Society for Promotion of Religious Education, Washington, D.C.; regent of Fairmont Seminary; a member of the National Geographic Society and American Institute of Archaeology.
Married: October 17, 1873, in Montgomery to Laura Ligon Clopton, daughter of David and Martha (Ligon) Clopton, who lived at Tuskegee and later Montgomery. Mr. Clopton was a member of the U.S. congress prior to the War of Secession; enlisted as a private in the C.S. Army; and was a member of the Confederate congress at the time of Lee's surrender. Children: 1. Anne Laura, m. in 1900 Benjamin Palmer Carter, of New Orleans, a distinguished mining engineer and general manager of the greatest gold producing mine in the world at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa: 2. David Clopton, m. Elizabeth McLean, of Tuscumbia, and is a successful Farmer of Montgomery County, Md., having resigned a lucrative position in the department of justice; 3. William Henry, associated with his brother in the conduct of Bon Acre Farm, of which dairying is the principal feature; 4. Louise L., living with her parents at their country home near Washington, D.C. Residence: Washington, D.C.
[Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981]
• Federal Judge
• Chief Justice of American Samoa
• Spanish War Claim Committee
Obituary
Frederick News-Post - August 28, 1933
Dickerson. Aug. 27.— Judge William Lea Chambers, 81, formerly Chief Justice of the Samoan Islands, died Saturday morning at his home, near here, supposedly of a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Carter.
A native of Georgia. Judge Chambers formerly lived in Washington, where he practiced law for many years. He came to this section about thirty years ago. He formerly was a member of the Spanish claims Commission and during the World War was a member of the United States Board of Mediation. While President, Woodrow Wilson was an occasional visitor at the Chambers' home.
Funeral services were held at 3:39 p. m. Sunday from the Methodist church, at Poolesville The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. William D. King. Burial in Monocacy cemetery, Beallsville.
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM LEA, lawyer, was born March 4, 1852, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; a son of William Henry and Anna Lane (Flewellen) Chambers (q.v.), who in 1854 removed to Eufaula, Ala., where he began his education, his first teachers being a Miss Sinkfield; followed by his uncle, Robert Alexander Chambers, who was killed in the battle of Rome, Ga.; Prof. Patterson; and Capt. S. H. Dent. He attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1869-71, leaving a few months before graduation to teach school; subsequently he received the degree of A.B.; and the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1909. His legal education was acquired in the office of Stone & Clopton at Montgomery, both of whom served on the supreme court bench.
Mr. Chambers began practice in Montgomery, in November, 1873, and continued there until May, 1888, as a member of the firm of Clopton, Herbert & Chambers; then removed to Sheffield. In the meantime he had served as cashier and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery; was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company, of which he was vice president; and became president of the company which founded Sheffield, which has become the second city in the south in iron production. Since then he has engaged in the practice of law of Washington, D.C. He was a member of the commission appointed by the United States, England and Germany to settle the trouble in Samoa in 1893 and in 1897 was chosen by the U.S. government as chief justice of Samoa; in 1901 was appointed a member of the Spanish treaty commission; and later was chairman of the arbitration board to settle the controversy between the labor brotherhoods and railroads. He has always supported the Democratic party and was secretary of the state Democratic committee in two campaigns; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; was chairman of the board of stewards of Court Street church, Montgomery, and of Mount Vernon Place church, Washington, D.C.; and is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently contributed articles to newspaper and magazines; and throughout life has been in some way identified with educational, social and religious movements; was a teacher for several years before entering upon the practice of law; was chairman of the board of education of Montgomery for several years; a member of the Society for Promotion of Religious Education, Washington, D.C.; regent of Fairmont Seminary; a member of the National Geographic Society and American Institute of Archaeology.
Married: October 17, 1873, in Montgomery to Laura Ligon Clopton, daughter of David and Martha (Ligon) Clopton, who lived at Tuskegee and later Montgomery. Mr. Clopton was a member of the U.S. congress prior to the War of Secession; enlisted as a private in the C.S. Army; and was a member of the Confederate congress at the time of Lee's surrender. Children: 1. Anne Laura, m. in 1900 Benjamin Palmer Carter, of New Orleans, a distinguished mining engineer and general manager of the greatest gold producing mine in the world at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa: 2. David Clopton, m. Elizabeth McLean, of Tuscumbia, and is a successful Farmer of Montgomery County, Md., having resigned a lucrative position in the department of justice; 3. William Henry, associated with his brother in the conduct of Bon Acre Farm, of which dairying is the principal feature; 4. Louise L., living with her parents at their country home near Washington, D.C. Residence: Washington, D.C.
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