23rd Legislature, R.S., Memorial resolution by Wilson, 1/17/1893, p. 82; Committee report and biographical sketches of Hon. C.L. Wurzbach and Hon. B.G. Selman, 4/5/1893, pp. 866-867; Motion to add the name of Hon. A.J. Chambers, 4/10/1893, pp. 917-918; Memorial service and memorial page, 4/10/1893, pp. 918-923. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and drawing, Col. A.J. Chambers, 3/25/1893, p. 5. Funeral and resolutions adopted by the R.E. Lee Camp on the death of Colonel A.J. Chambers, "Col. Chambers Buried," 3/27/1893, p. 5; "The Lee Resolutions," 3/28/1893, p. 8. Fort Worth Daily Gazette.
Biographical sketch, p. 257. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Description of Confederate States Army service in Richmond, with "Hood's Texans" on the Mechanicsville Road on 6/21/1862, from resolution of the R.E. Lee Camp, "Col. Chambers Buried," 3/27/1893, p. 5. Fort Worth Daily Gazette.
Confederate States Army, Colonel, enlisted in Company C, 1st Texas Regiment. Born 3/13/1833 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Military records, Robert E. Lee Camp #158 of Confederate Veterans, Fort Worth. Tarrant County, TXGenWeb Project.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - Andy Chambers, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 45, born circa 1835 in Mississippi, farmer, wife S.M. Chambers.
Andrew J. Chambers marriage to Sarah M. Watts 5/28/1857 in Palestine, Anderson County. FamilySearch. 1880 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
Andrew J. Chambers (1835-1893), burial in Pioneer's Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave.
Death notice, "Mortuary," A.J. Chambers, Galveston Daily News, 3/27/1893, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Sarah M. Watts married Andrew Jackson Chambers, Sr. 5/28/1857 in Palestine, Anderson County. Anderson County Genealogical Society, The Tracings, Volume 20, Number 1, May 2002, p. 23. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. A.J. Chambers, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883
Constitutional Amendments
County Government and County Finance (Chair)
Educational Affairs
Judicial Districts
Public Lands and Land Office
Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Revenue and Taxation

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