Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Miss Jennie ChamberIfn,s Family and
Hts Connections.
New York Times.

Mr.. William S. ChamberIin, the
father Of the young American lady,
whose beauty has won such publicity
for her in London social circles, is a
member of the well-known Chamber
lin family of Cleveland, and a nephew
of the millionaire Selah Chamberlin,
who so long held 81, 900, 900 worth of
valueless Minnesota bonds, and final
ly had them redeemed by the state at
about half their face value. But it
was not from the Chamberlin side
that the money came upon which the
present social distinction in England
is maintained. Mrs. Chamberlin is
the only daughter of the late Judge
Hiram Y. Wilson, and was his heir
ess. Wilson was one of the ablest
and most solid OF CIeveland's solid
men Of twenty years ago, being made
by President Buchanan, the first Judge
Of the United States Circuit and Dis
trict Court for the District Of Northern
Ohio, and holding his position until
death released him in the first term
Of President Lincon His successor
was Judge Charles Sherman, a broth
er Of the Senator.
Judge Wilson owned a very extern
sive tract of land lying along
what is now Wilson avenue,
one of the main thoroughfares of the
eastern section of the city. When
the purchase was made the price was
very low, but lately sections of it
have been sold for over $4,000 an
acre 1t was from this piece of land
that Kennard, the Englishman who
made SO great a display during the
early days of the old Atlantic & Great
Western Railway, purchased tract
where the High School Building now
stands with the purpose of building a
magnificent residence; but after one
load of stone had been hauled for the
foundation and before earth could be
broken some of his many difficulties
came upon him, and the land passed
into other hands
In 1861 or 1862 Mr.. Chamberlin,
who was lawyer, and afterward
Quartermaster under Gen. Hazen. in
the Fortv-first Regiment, Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, was married to Mary,
the only daughter Of Judge Wilson.
Two children were born to them, one
of whom is married to George Wick,
of Youngstown, and the other, Jennie,
IS the young lady who has won such
marked attention from the Prince of
Wales, and consequently from all the
fashionable persons of England and
their resident American imitators.
The yound lady has been away from
home for so large a portion of her life
that she is little known to the great
mass of CleveIanders, although there
are few who knew her intimately
and have kept up their acquaintance
since her departure.
One of her schOolmates, in speaking
of the young lady, said: ''Of course,
1t would be foolish for me to declare
that in her early girlhood any one
marked her as the foundation for
even so much of distinguished career
as that OF a fashionable beauty, but I
can remember that she was noted even
in those days for her beauty. She
was a very delicate blonde, not
with any prominent intollec-
tual marks, but possessing winning
features. She was q great deal pref
tier than the average. She was always
seen with her mother, and they all
lived quietly and apparently very hap
PLY IN the old homestead on Wilson
avenue. The young lady was never
an attendant of the public schools,
but received her education in Paris"