Robert H. Chamberlain

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]

Robert Horace Chamberlain
19th Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts
In office
1892 – January 14, 1910[1]
Preceded bySamuel D. Nye
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 bySamuel D. Nye
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
BornJune 16, 1838
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedJune 28, 1910
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Esther Browning[2]
OccupationLaw Enforcement Officer
Corrections Officer
Politician
Military service
Allegiance 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]
Rank Sergeant; (Company A) 51st Mass.
Lieutenant;[4]
Captain (Company F) 60th Mass.[2]
UnitCompany A; 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Company F; 60th Mass.[2]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Early life

Chamberlain was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 16, 1838.[2]

Family life

On January 10, 1865[3][4] Chamberlain married Esther Browning of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, they had two daughters[2] Flora B. (Chamberlain) Weatherby, and Mabel S. Chamberlain[5]

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 on June 28, 1910.[1][4]

Notes
  1. 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. Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 324.
  3. 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. 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. 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
Samuel D. Nye		 18th Sheriff of
Worcester County, Massachusetts
1892 – June 28, 1910		 Succeeded by
Benjamin D. Dwinnell
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