Horace Chamberlin Family

Horace Chamberlin was born January 21, 1843 to Levi and Mary Chamberlin, natives of New Jersey, who came to Seneca County, Ohio. They were farmers. They had the following children: William, Jane, Horace, Laura and Martha, all born in Ohio.

The Roster of Ohio Soldiers, 1861-1866, Volume 5 lists Horace M. Chamberlin with the rank of sergeant, age eighteen entered service, September 25, 1861, served three years, appointed corporal September, 1864, sergeant, June 1865, mustered out with company July 11, 1865, veteran. Member of the 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Horace Chamberlin and Emma Louisa Fawcett were married at Sandusky City, Ohio, on April 27, 1866. Emma was born in Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio, on September 9, 1849, the third daughter of Robert and Louisa Fawcett. Her sisters were Catherine born in New York in 1841 and Frances born in Margaretta Township in 1846. Their father, Robert Fawcett, was born in England in 1800, came to New York and married Louisa Daugerty of that state.

The Chamberlin family bible lists the following children of Horace and Emma Chamberlin.

William E., born October 24, 1866; Drayton H., born October 26, 1868; Empress E., born July 7, 1870; Ida Frances, born July 17, 1872; Horace H., born June 2, 1875.

William E. Chamberlin left Ohio as a young man and went west to Wichita, Kansas, married and raised a family and died there out-living all his brothers and sisters.

Drayton H. Chamberlin died as a young man, unmarried.

Empress E. Chamberlin married William Hoy of Napoleon, Ohio. She died at the age of twenty-seven years, leaving two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Clara Hoy, married Emanuel Markley and had two children, Daniel and Winifred Markley. Dalia Hoy married Jack Thompson.

Ida Frances Chamberlin, born July 17, 1872 in Venice, Erie County, Ohio, married Frank B. Suydam of Harrison Township, Henry County, Ohio. Their children were: Herman who served his country in World War I along the Mexican border. He married Jessie Sterling of Garden City, Kansas, and never returned to Ohio, but lived in Marshall, Arkansas where he died in 1935. He had a daughter, Irene. Jayne Belle Suydam married Zebulon H. Travis of Napoleon Township. They had one son, Robert. Jayne now widowed, lives in Napoleon. The Travis history is in this book.

Clement Suydam married Laura Gilson. Their children were Franklin B., Marian, and Clinton who died from injuries received in an auto accident in 1939. Clem died in 1976.

Mary Elizabeth Suydam married Earl Deily of Napoleon Township. They had three children: Mildred, Kenton, and Gwendolyn Irene who died in infancy. Mary, a widow, lives in Florida.

Frances Kathryn Suydam married Earl Wilson of Flatrock Township. They have no children. They live in Fulton County.

Richard West Suydam history is in this book.

Horace H. Chamberlin drowned when a young man. He never married.

Emma's husband, Horace M. Chamberlin, died August 15, 1875 in Venice, Erie County, Ohio of derangement of the stomach. He is buried with the Chamberlin family in Castalia, Ohio. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a miller by occupation.

After the death of Horace, Emma married William Holmes on July 15, 1877. To this union were born: Almeda Holmes, born October 2, 1878; Robert Nanby Holmes, born September 28, 1880; Grimmer Fawcett Holmes, born April 13, 1883.

Almeda Holmes married William Stykemain and their history is in this book.

Robert Nanby Holmes married an English woman, had children, lived in Fremont when last heard from, but could not be located when his sister and mother died.

Grimmer Fawcett Holmes was scalded to death when he pulled some hot water off the stove when he was about two years old.

After the death of Mr. Holmes in 1885, Emma was married a third time. Reverend M.L. Donahey married J.T. Lloyd and Emma L. Holmes on October 24, 1889. To this union, one son, Ernest Earl Lloyd was born on September 6, 1890. J.T. Lloyd died February 16, 1893 at Toledo State Hospital.

Ernest Earl Lloyd served during World War I, returned to Napoleon and remained a bachelor until his death about 1970. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery on his mother's lot.

Emma Lloyd kept house for many years for Jacob Poorman, a Civil War veteran, who lived on Daggett Avenue, Napoleon, in the home now owned by Richard W. Suydam.

After the death of Mr. Poorman, Emma lived alone until failing health made it necessary for her to go live with her daughter, Ida Suydam, for the remainder of her life. Emma had been almost totally deaf for over thirty years and did not know what radio was. One day, while sitting in a chair at her daughter's home, she placed her hand on the radio, pulled it back -suddenly and exclaimed, "I didn't know that box had noise in it!"

Emma survived the many tragedies in her life and lived to the age of eiFhty-three years and passed away in May, 1932. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Napoleon, Ohio.

Submitted by: Robert Travis