The Chambers branch
This side starts with Dad, Dennis “Les” Chambers. His parents are William Lester Chambers and Evelyn Mary Boles Chambers. William leads to Joseph Mart and the older Chambers and More / Moore records. Evelyn leads into Boles, Wical, Higgins, Young, and Clark family material now on its own research page.
Recent connections are family knowledge while individual records are gathered. Follow the names-only family tree for a quick orientation.
Here is the Chambers path we are following. Recent generations include family knowledge and records still being matched. For S Luster’s parents, three records now fit together: the 1840 marriage index, the 1860 household, and Cynthia Ann’s death certificate. We still check each step on its own evidence.
William’s wife, Evelyn Mary Boles, connects this family to the Boles and Wical story.
Meet the people in the margins
Dennis “Les” Chambers
A construction career, a singing voice, woodworking, golf, and seven children who know there is more to Dad than a name on a tree.
Open profile →Generation 04Joseph Mart Chambers
The name and relationship supplied by Sandy; records are being matched carefully.
Open profile →Generation 05Silas Luster Chambers
The marker is real. The 1860 census reports Indiana as his birthplace and helps establish his parents; the worn marker still needs careful reading.
Open profile →Generation 06James & Prudence
Their 1840 marriage and 1860 household now connect to Silas; birthplace conflicts and the missing 1850 household remain.
Open profile →Indiana enters the story
Sandy reviewed the Indiana State Library index entry for James Chambers and Prudence More’s February 8, 1840 marriage in Martin County, Indiana. The 1860 Daviess County household lists them with Mary Jane, Silas L., Cynthia Ann, Charles R., Mana C., and Daniel M. Cynthia’s later death certificate names James and Prudence Moore as her parents. Together these records strongly support Silas’s place in their family. Strongly supported
Dates on the research board
Sandy reviewed the Indiana State Library marriage index: James Chambers and Prudence More, February 8, in Martin County, Indiana. This is an index entry, not an image of the original register. Documented index entry
October 24 is the family’s reading of the birth date on Silas’s worn marker. Its transcription remains provisional. Provisional
James and Prudence’s household has not yet been located. Baker and Brown townships, Martin County, have been searched manually without finding it; that does not establish where the family lived. Still researching
The Daviess County census lists James, Prudence, Mary Jane, Silas L., Cynthia Ann, Charles R., Mana C., and Daniel M. It reports James born in Tennessee, Prudence and the three older children born in Indiana. Documented census entry
Indiana and Granny ’Tilda
James and Prudence married in Martin County in 1840 and appear in Daviess County in 1860. The decade between remains open. Matilda Ellen Laughlin—Granny ’Tilda in family shorthand—appears beside Silas in the pension index as Matilda E. Chambers, his widow; further research on her own branch is paused.