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John Randolph Chambliss Sr.

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Born: March 4, 1809

Birthplace: Sussex County, Virginia

Father: James Jared Chambliss 1784 – 1848

Mother: Lucy Rives Newsom 1782 – 1858

Wife: Sarah Jane Rives 1814 – 1880

Married: December 6, 1830 in Greensville County, Virginia

Children:


Elizabeth Rives Chambliss 1831 – 1850​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
Sallie Louisa Chambliss 1835 – 1847​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
James William Chambliss 1837 – 1842​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
Robert A. Chambliss 1840 – 1842​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
Ida Dove Chambliss 1842 – 1843​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​
Lt. Walter Blow Chambliss 1846 – 1886​
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)​

Political Party: Whig Party

Religion:
Baptist

Education:

1828 – 1829: Attended College of William and Mary​

Occupation before War:

1830: Admitted to Greensville County Virginia Bar​
Attorney in Hicksford, Virginia – (Now Emporia, Virginia)​
Owner of Moderate Sized Plantation in Emporia, Virginia​
Helped with the founding of Main Street Baptist Church in Emporia, whose membership included both whites and blacks.
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First Superintendent of Schools in Greensville County, Virginia​
Served on local development Commissions in Virginia.​
1845 – 1849: Commissioner of Chancery in Greensville County, Virginia​
Commonwealth Attorney for Greensville County, Virginia​
1850 – 1851: Member of Virginia State Constitutional Conventions​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Virginia State Secession Convention​
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Virginia​
1862 – 1864: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1862 – 1864: Believed Conscription to be wrong but once in effect worked for as large of an army as possible.​
1862 – 1864: Felt the Army and War Department needed more flexibility for exemptions and promotions.
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1862 – 1864: Supporter of Confederate Control over production, currency, transportation and prices.​
1862 – 1864: Against the Suspension of Habeas Corpus​
1863: Withdrew his name from renomination after consideration.​
1864: Argued that Agriculture was flourishing and saw adoption of his proposition to end exemption of overseers.​

Occupation after War:

1865: Took the Oath of Allegiance soon as the war was over.​
Helped prepare instruction for the guidance of the County Police to restore law and order.​
Worked to build the economy of his home County in Virginia.​

Died: April 3, 1875

Place of Death: Chambliss Plantation, Emporia, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 66 years old

Burial Place: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia
 
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