Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-06
A BROTHER WAS FOUND.
He went 10 tho War when it Broke out
A Letter of Interest.

Brooklyn Times.
When the regiment known commonly as
the Hawkins Zouaves went to the seat OF
war IN 1882 1t took to the front boy,
barely eighteen years old, named John
Chambers. He was, besides being enthu-
siastlc and energetic, stalwart and strong,
and the enlisting officer ably entered
his age on the enrolment books as two
years more than 1t was. Young John
Chambers left behind him one brother
and two sisters TO the brother he had
not been heard from from the time OF his
enlistment until Saturday last. In the
meantime one of his sisters died. The
second sister, young lady named Mary
Chambers, had married Robert Brown, a
machnist, who was the foreman and chief
engineer in the Office of the New York
Sun, where he superintendent the running
OF the Bullock presses, on which the pa
pers before the war were printed. John
Chambers, previous to his entering the
army, lived with his sister, Mrs. Brown,
and so did his brother Mathew G. Cham
bers.
Matthew Chambers went to the front
after his brother did, and when the war
was ended settled In Pennsylvania, where
failed In that and came to this city, where
his natural mechanical ability made him
well known in short time, aud he is
now the superintendent OF the tin works
Of the Central Stamping company, with
factories not only In Brooklyn, but
In Newark, NsJ., and in Woodhayen.
He resides at 23l Hooper street, and on
returning home on Saturday night last
he found the following letter, the post
mark OF which has the stamp, "Bourland,
Nevada County, Arkansas" awaiting
him:
ROWLAND STORE POST OFFICE,I
ARKANSAS, Sept. Is, 1885.
Mr.. Matthew Chambersi
SIR; | wish to know If you have two
sisters and one brother. Their names
We're nary, Martha and John Chambers
Mary married Robert Brown. When |
was young my mother died IN New York
City. | lived with Robert Brown and my
sister and my brother, Matthew Chambers.
l left New York and went with the army
TO the war, but am still alive through the
the kind mercies of God, and am in hopes
Of hearing from my beloved brother. |
have written him but could never
get any news from him. II this letter does
not suit you as being my brother, please
answer at ance, and II you know any other
Matthew Chambers please let me know,
for have shed many tears and hope and
| pray that may hear from him. | hope
you are the man. Yours truly,
JOHN CHAMBERS.
Matthew G. Chambers said to-day:
"My brother, John Chambers, served
with the Hawkins Zouaves for two years.
He was then discharged, his time being
ur, and before 1t could reach him In any
way he enlisted in Massachusetts cav
airy regiment. AT the end Of the war, as
| afterwards learned, he Joined the regu-
lar army, and his company was employed
IN the skirmlsh that resulted in the death
OF Gen. Custer. My search for him ended
there, as could trace him no further,
though advertised for knowledge of him
10 many Western papers. II is twenty
1--WE years since saw my brother and /
long to see him. l have considered for
some time that he must have been dead,
though | never abandoned the idea that
should hear from him in some manner or
other