John Bennette Chambers

photographer Chambers (JB or BJ)
Brownwood, TX

John Bennette Chambers
(1870 - )

1870 May
Waco, Texas, US census, birth year agrees in all census reports, John Bennette Chambers is born
1896
Texas, state records, J B Chambers marries Alice Souther
1900
Abilene, TX, US census Chambers as photographer
1909
Abilene, TX, city directory Chambers NOT listed (earliest directory available)
1909, 1911
Brownwood, TX, city directory, J B Chambers and wife are NOT listed
1910
Snyder, TX, US census Chambers listed as real estate agent; Wife Alice listed as photographer
1920 27 Apr
Corpus Christi, TX, US census Chambers as real estate agent
1923
Bryan (TX) Eagle, news item, College Station, John Bennette Chambers JR receives BA degree

1935
Cameron, TX, US census of 1940 Chambers is living in Cameron, TX
1940
Cameron, TX, US census Chambers as farmer
1941 Jul 08
Temple, TX, J B Chambers dies at age 72

There were several citizens named J B (or B J) Chambers in Texas during the cabinet card era. Only one Chambers came up associated with photography and then only once. The 1900 US census, J B Chambers is listed as a photographer in Abilene, TX. All other documents show him as a real estate agent.

The US census of 1910 shows J B Chambers as 5eal estate agent and his wife Alice as photographer.

So if this is the correct Chambers as photographer for this unusual cabinet card, it must have been done around 1900.

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