SIMON ELLIOTT CHAMBERLIN -- 118th INFANTRY, 25th CAVALRY, U. S.ARMYSOMETIMES THE OBITUARY IS ENOUGH*Washington Evening Star* - Tuesday, April 21, 1908Col. Chamberlin DeadVeteran of Civil War to Be Buried in ArlingtonThe death of Colonel Simon Elliott Chamberlin, a veteran soldier of theCivil War, occurred yesterday at Waterford, VA, and the interment willbe in Arlington at 3:45 o\'clock tomorrow afternoon.Colonel Chamberlin was born at Northfield, VT, June 8, 1834. At thebeginning of the war he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the118th NY Volunteer Infantry and later was promoted to a captaincy in the25th NY Cavalry, known as Sickle\'s Cavalry. For gallantry in the fieldhe received the brevet of colonel from the Governor of New York, ReubenFenton.Following the close of hostilities, he was commissioned a firstlieutenant in the regular Army and assigned to the 8th Cavalry. Whileserving with that regiment in Washington Territory in 1867, hecontracted rheumatism from which he suffered much during his life andfor the last three years he was confined to his bed.Toward the latter part of the Civil War he was Provost Marshal at Pointof Rocks, MD and while there, met Edith Matthews, a Virginia girl, whomhe afterward married. After resigning from the regular Army, he returnedto the home of his bride near Waterford, in Loudoun County, VA, where hedied.He became interested in politics in that state and was Chairman of theState Republican Committee and was succeeded by the late William Mahone.Later, he was appointed to a position in the government service and atone time was Special Agent of the Treasury Department, stationed atBaltimore, MD. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and of the Grand Armyof the Republic.His wife and six children survive him. His sons and daughters areJustine Morrell Chamberlin, a practicing lawyer of this city; CaptainPaul E. Chamberlin, of the United States Marine Corps, stationed at NewYork; Edward M. Chamberlin, Leroy Chamberlin, who is in business inPhiladelphia; Miss Eleanor Chamberlin and Mrs. William H. Clendenin,wife of Lieut. Clendenin of the 17th Infantry.
