The Dickinson press., 1883-10-27
AN ERR BEAUTY.
Miss Jennie CI.amberlatn,s Family
and Its Connections.
Fror q Glovo0opd Totfor

Miss Jennie Cllamberlain's Family
and Its Connections.
From . Cleveland Letter.
Mr.. WilliamS S. Chamberlain, 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 Chamberlain family ofCleve.
land, and a nephew of the millionaire
Selah Chamberlain, who so long held
81, 200, 900 worth of valueless Minnesota
bonds, and finally had them redeemed
by the state at about half their face val
ue. But it was not from the Chamber
lain side that the money came upon
which the present social distinction in
England is maintained. Mrs. Chamber
lain is the only daughter ofthe late Judge
Hiram V. Wilson, and was his heiress.
Wilson was II of the ablest and most
solid Of Cleveland's solid men of twenty
years ago, being made by President Bu-
chanan the first Judge ofthe United
States Circuit and District Court for the
District Of Northern Ohio, and holding
bis position until death released him in
the first term of President Lincoln. His
successor was Judge Charles Sherman,
a brother of the Senator.
Judge wilson owned a very extensive
tract of land lying along what's now
wilson avenue, one Of the n ain thor
oughfares of the eastern section of the
city. When the purchase was made the
price, was very low, but lately sections
off have been sold for over SIC, 600 an
acre. 1t was from this piece of land
that Kennard, the E%nglishman who
made SO great a display during
the early days of the old Atlantic and
Great Western Railway, purchased a
tract where the High School building
now stands, with the purpose of build.
ing a magnificent residence; but after
one lead of stone had been hauled for
its foundation and before earth could be
broken some of his many difficulties
came upon him and it passed into other
hands.
In 1851 or 1862 Mr.. Chamberlain, who
was a lawyer, and afterwards a Quarter
master under Gen. Hazen, in the 4lst
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was
married to Mary, the only daughter of
Judge Wilson. Two children were born
to them, n of whom is married to
George Wick OF Youngstown, and the
other, Jennie, is the young lady who
Aoo WIZ oulaA lAa1hSO dlLCllIiOu lFOll LlS
Prince of Wales, and consequently from
all the fashionable p%ersonages of Eng.
land and their resident American imi-
tators. The young lady has been away
from home for so large a portion of her
life that she is little known to the great
mass of C~leavelanders, although there
are a few who know her Intimately and
have kept up their acquaintance since
| her denarturn.
One of her scho olmates, in speaking
of the young lady, said: "Of course II
would be foolish for nue. to declare that
in her early girlhood anyone marked
her as the foundation for ever so much
of a distinguished car, err as that of a
fashionable beauty, but l can remember
that she was noted even in those days
for her beauty. She wa a very del.
icate blonde, not stamped with any
prominent intellectual marks. but pos.
sessing winning features. She was q
great deal pref Ter than the average,
She was always seen with her mother
and they all lived quietly and appar.
emily very happily in the old homestead
on Wilson avenue. The young lady
was never an attendant on the pub
lie schools, but received her education
in Paris"