Biography of James N. Chamberlain, M.D., pages 854 / 855.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James N. Chamberlain, M.D., is a native of Cayuga County, N.Y., born March 22, 
1922. His father, Samuel Chamberlain, was a native of Adams County, Pa., near 
Gettysburg, and when a young man went to Cayuga County, where he met and 
married Mercy Cotton, a native of Vermont.  To them were born twelve 
children, nine of whom lived till maturity.  The father died in 1865, and 
the mother in 1881.  James N. was educated in the district school and than 
academy in Cayuga.  In 1844 he went to Ohio and taught school in Richland 
and Huron counties several terms. In the spring of 1845 he began the study 
of medicine, and subsequently attended the Western Reserve Medical College 
at Cleveland, graduating with honors in February, 1849.  He located in 
Seneca County, but soon after returned to Plymouth, Richland County, where 
he remained till 1852.  Then lived a year in Huron County, and in the fall 
of 1853 came to Indiana and located at Auburn, and in 1865 removed to 
Waterloo where he has built up a large practice.  He is one of the most 
prominent physicians of the county, and is held in high esteem, not only 
by the public, but by his brethren in the profession.  He is a member of 
the Northeastern and the De Kalb County Medical societies.  In 1860 Dr. 
Chamberlain was elected Sheriff of De Kalb County and served two years.  
In the early part of 1865 he entered the United States army as Surgeon of 
the One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Infantry and served till the close 
of the war.  Dr. Chamberlain has always taken an interest in local affairs 
outside his profession and has been an active member of the Agricultural 
Society; was the first President of the society, and served nine 
consecutive years.  He is a man of more than ordinary ability, and one 
capable of filling acceptably any position to which he may be called.  Dr. 
Chamberlain was married March 29, 1849, to Catherine H. Brink, a native of 
Ohio.  Two of their four children are living---Ida, wife of Judge R.W. 
McBride, and Ella E., wife of John W. Baxter, of Auburn, Laura married 
John M. Somers, of Waterloo, and died Aug. 27, 1884.  Mrs. Chamberlain 
died March 26, 1861.  She was an active member of the Presbyterian church, 
and was highly respected by all who knew her.  In 1862 Dr. Chamberlain 
married Sarah Thomas a native of Wayne County, Ohio.  They have two 
children---Harry D. and Nettie E.  Politically Dr. Chamberlain is a 
Republican.

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Arlene Goodwin 
Auburn, Indiana
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