Re: Joel H. CHAMBLISS, 1846-1864
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In reply to:
Joel H. CHAMBLISS, 1846-1864
F. Keenan 12/16/11
Robert Chambliss and Ruth Bledsoe had a daughter named Roberta J. Chambliss. She was born Oct. 4, 1813, in NC and died May 13, 1861, Clay County, Illinois. She married Patrick Benjamin Keenan [1822-1896]. Roberta had four children: James Soloman Keenan [1847-1855], Eliza Ann Keenan [1850-1853], and two other children who died in infancy and whose vital statistics were uknknown. Roberta and the four children all perished in Clay County, Illinois, after an outbreak of cholera. Roberta and her four children were buried in the Golden Cemetery which is near to Louisville in Clay County, Illinois.