Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Miss Jennie Cllamberlain's r'amily
and Its Connections.
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Miss Jennie Cliamberlain's H'amily
and Its Connections.
From Cleveland Letter.
Mr.. William S. Chamberlain, the fathe,
of the young American lady whose
beauty has won such publicity for her in
London social circles. is member Of the
well-known Chamberlain family Of Cleve-
land, and a nephew of the millionaire
Selah Chamberlain, who 80 long held
81 ,000, 900 worth Of valueles, 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 III
England is maintained. Mrs. Chamber
| lain is the only daughter of the late Judge
Hiram V. Wilson, and was his heiress.
Wilson was one Of the ablest and most
solid OF Cleveland's solid men Of twenty
| years ago, being made by President Bu-
! chanan the first Judge Of the 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,
& brother Of the Senator.
! Judge Wilson owned very extensive
tract Of land lying along what is 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
OF It have been sold for over $4,000 an
acre. 1t WAS from this piece of land
that kennard, the Enelishman who
made SO great u display during
the early days Of the old Atlantic and
Great Western Rail way, purchased a
tract where the High School building
now stands, with the purpose Of build
| ing n1agn ticent 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 il passed into other
| hands.
In 1851 or 1862 Mr.. Chamberlain, who
was lawyer, and afterwards q Quarter.
master under Gen. Hazen, in the 4lst
regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. was
married 10 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
! FRINGE Of Wales, and consequently from
all the fashionable personages Of Eng.
land and their resident American iml-
tators. The young lady has been away
! from home for SO large portion Of her
life that she is little known to the great
mass of Cleavelanders, although there
are few who know her intimately and
have kept up their acquaintance since
her departure.
One Of her schooln,ates, in speaking
| Of the Young lady, said: "Of course it
would be foolish for me to declare that
in her early girlhood anyone marked
! her rs the foundation for ever 50 muci,
of a distinguished carr er as that Of a
fashionable beauty, but can remember
! that she WAS noted even in those days
| for her beauty. She was very del
icate blonde, not stamped with any
prominent intellectual marks. but pos
sessiug winning features. She was a
| great deal pret'ier than the average.
She was always seen with her mother
anI 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 hex education
! in Paris"