Sarah Jane CHAMBERS

1841 -

• Name	Sarah Jane CHAMBERS
  Born	Jun 1841	Russell Co. VA
  Gender	Female
  _UID	BE894FD891A442A29BF38946751C3BF7A7F5
  Died	Buchanan Co. VA
  Notes	1850 Census, Russell Co, VA, household 1250. Listed as Sarah Jane Chambers, age 9, born in Russell Co, VA, in household of mother, Nancy Chambers. "Tazewell County (VA) Marriages", Register #3, Year 1862, transcribed by Pauline Haga. William (sic, Witten) Elswick, age 19, born in Tazewell Co, VA, son of William and Lucinda Elswick, married on 11 Feb 1862 Sarah Jane Robbins, age 20 yr, 8 mon, born in Russell Co, VA, widow, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Chambers. Married by Patton J. Lockhart.
  Person ID	I3917	Master File
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas CHAMBERS,   b. Abt 1811,   d. Abt 1849, Russell Co. VA  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Mother	Nancy CHRISTIAN,   b. Abt 1811, Tazewell Co. VA ,   d. Aft 1880, Buchanan Co. VA  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	Abt 1827
  Family ID	F2759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry H. Robbins,   b. ca 1837, Russell Co. VA ,   d. Bef 1862  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Married	10 Apr 1856	Russell Co. VA
  	Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Henry H. Robins Birth Date: 1837 Birthplace: Russell Co Age: 19 Spouse's Name: Sarah J. Chambers Spouse's Birth Date: 1840 Spouse's Birthplace: Russell Co Spouse's Age: 16 Event Date: 10 Apr 1856 Event Place: Russell, Virginia Father's Name: Mother's Name: Elizabeth Robins Spouse's Father's Name: Thos Chambers Spouse's Mother's Name: Nancy Chambers Marital Status: Single Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86866-6 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 33850 Reference ID: page 5 line 35
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F6442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Witten ELSWICK,   b. 1842, Tazewell Co VA
  Married	11 Feb 1862	Tazewell Co., Va.
  	Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: William Elswick [Witten Elswick] Birth Date: 1843 Birthplace: Tazewell County, Va Age: 19 Spouse's Name: Sarah Jane Robbins Spouse's Birth Date: 1842 Spouse's Birthplace: Russell County, VA Spouse's Age: 20 Event Date: 11 Feb 1862 Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia Father's Name: William Elswick Mother's Name: Lucinda Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Chambers Spouse's Mother's Name: Nancy Marital Status: Single Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01695-4 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 34214 Reference ID: Page 14 Line6
  Children	+ 1. John Witten ELSWICK,   b. 08 Oct 1863, Buchanan Co. VA ,   d. 07 Feb 1932, Dry Fork, Big Prater Mountain, Buchanan Co. VA  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F2761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Robert Shortridge Murphy,   b. 1847, Buchanan Co. VA ,   d. 1905, Buchanan Co. VA  (Age 58 years)
  Divorced	ca 1883
  Notes	Robert was the son of Polly Shortridge (daughter of Robert Shortridge and Rebecca Brown) and Edmond Murphy. In 1859, Edmond was murdered by Joseph Staton. The murderer escaped from jail and was a fugitive. In order to protect herself and her children, Polly began to use Shortridge as their surname. Later on, some of the children returned to using Murphy, some did not. Note: Some of his siblings used Shortridge and Murphy as their surnames at different times, which can be confusing, while others kept the name Shortidge and others used Murphy. Robert is the brother of Clarissa Shortridge who married Sarah's brother, John T. Chambers. He was a deputy sheriff in Grundy and was murdered transporting a prisoner in 1905.
  Children	1. Alexander Murphy   2. Meldora Murphy
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2011
  Family ID	F6454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart