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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

S. S. CHAMBERLAIN, furniture and undertaker, Lockport; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y.,
Aug. 19, 1817; his father was among the earliest settlers in what is now Will Co.; he 
left New York in January, 1833, and on the 27th of February, arrived at the head of 
Hickory Creek, now in New Lenox Twp., Will Co.; Mr. S. S. CHAMBERLAIN, a boy of 15 Summers, 
rode the entire distance on an Indian pony; a detailed account of their journey will be 
found in the body of the history; in 1837, his father sold his farm and moved to Peoria Co., 
not far from the present site of Peoria City, in 1844, S. S. returned to Lockport and 
engaged in house carpentering; in 1857, he opened his furniture store and undertaker's 
business. He was married in 1841 to Elizabeth GRAY, a native of New York, sister of Charles 
M. and Capt. George M. GRAY, the latter connected with the Pullman Palace Car Line, and 
the former for many years general freight agent of the M. S. R. R.; has two sons - 
George M., Charles G. In connection with his son George M., has the only undertaker's 
establishment in Joliet, operated by an American or Protestant.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.