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About Thomas McCutcheon Chambers
Thomas McCutcheon Chambers: Pioneer, Mill Owner, Pierce County Commissioner, and Statesman.
1795 - 1876
Thomas McCutcheon Chambers, his wife Latitia Delzell and two grown sons, David and Andrew, emigrated to the Oregon Territory in 1845. They brought with them nine wagons, 70 head of cattle and eighteen head of horses and settled the prairie southeast of Olympia which bears their name. Thomas and Latitia relocated to Steilacoom at the mouth of what is now known as Chambers Creek. There he built with the help of Frederick Meyer, a lumber and flour mill. His older children, David and Andrew, stayed on Chambers Prairie with their families and eventually owned 3000 acres of land.
Latita Delzell Chambers died around 1852. In 1853 at Steilacoom, Thomas wed Agnetta Larson (1830/34 - ), a native of Norway. Agnetta Larson was linked to Andrew Byrd, the builder of the dam that created Steilacoom Lake and supplied water power for Byrd's mills and slaughter house near Byrd Road, now known as Steilacoom Boulevard. Thomas died in 1876. Agnetta Larson Chambers married Frederick Meyer in 1881.
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Thomas McCutcheon Chambers's Timeline
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November 15, 1795
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Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
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| 1817 |
September 16, 1817
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| 1820 |
June 20, 1820
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Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
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| 1823 |
May 23, 1823
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Nashville, TN, United States
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November 23, 1825
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Gibson, IN, United States
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August 8, 1831
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June 11, 1834
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Kentucky Ave, Hendersonville, NC, United States
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April 5, 1837
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| 1876 |
December 28, 1876
Age 81
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Steilacoom, WA, United States
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