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Louis Coleman Chamberlain (1872-1948) was the eldest son of John Tate Chamberlain (1845-1919) and Martha Jane Kincheloe (1853-1033), of Burnet Co., TX. (John Tate himself was the second son of James T. Chamberlain and Sarah Runnels Barton, who had moved to TX from TN and MO.) In 1898, Louis C. m. Mary Alma Orgain (1874-1951) and they had 5 children, the first of whom apparently died in infancy. In the same year, he and his brother Jas. Hardee Chamberlain (1875-1963) purchased the "Burnet Bulletin" newspaper. Louis became the paper's editor and publisher, a job he held for some 44 yrs. He was also a school teacher. Among the countless news stories, features, and obituaries written by Louis over the yrs. for the "Bulletin," several obits are included below in the tentative chronology, which was based mainly on on-line sources.
Louis Coleman Chamberlain: Chronology
(1872-1948)
1872: Born, Burnet Co., TX (15 Dec.)
1880: Census, Dewitt Co., TX
1898: Married Mary Alma Orgain (30 Mar.)
1898: Purchased, with bro Jas. Hardee Chamberlain, the “Burnet Bulletin” newspaper, Burnet Co., TX (became its editor and publisher, serving in that capacity for 44 yrs.; the paper remained in the hands of the Chamberlain family until 1960; also taught school)
1900: Birth of son Louis C., Jr. (Feb.; apparently d. in infancy)
1900: Census, Williamson Co., TX
1902: Birth of daughter Frances Louise (21 Mar.)
1906: Birth of daughter Martha Kate (Mart), Burnet Co., TX (31 Jan.)
1908: Birth of son Wm. Orgain (Bill) (17 Apr.)
1910: Census, Burnet Co., TX
1911: Birth of daughter Lillian Faye (Faye), Burnet Co., TX (15 Jun.)
1918: Registered for WWI Draft, Burnet Co., TX (12 Sep.; listed “editor and publisher” as his present occupation)
1920: Census, Burnet Co., TX; offices of “Burnet Bulletin” destroyed by fire
1924: Wrote obit of Jno A. Kinkead for the “Burnet Bulletin” (pubd. 5 Jun.)
1925: Served as pallbearer for A. G. Atkinson (Apr.)
1926: Wrote obit of uncle Thomas A. Chamberlain For the “Burnet Bulletin” (pubd. 17 Jul.)
1928: Listed, VP of the Burnet Nat’l. Bank
1930: Census, Burnet Co., TX
1939: Wrote obit of Hill W. Corker for the “Burnet Bulletin” (pubd. 14 Sep.)
1944: Wrote obit of Lt. Hal Duncan, killed in action in France for the “Burnet Bulletin” (pubd. 7 Sept; Duncan had been a friend of his son Bill)
1948: Died, Burnet Co., TX (28 Jul.; bur. Burnet Cem., Burnet Co., TX)
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