Cassie Stevens with Thomas Augustus Chambers on her lap

Robert Chambers - (1802-1871)

Scottish publisher and popular writer whose anonymous
Vestiges created an international sensation in 1844.
Condemned not only by devout naturalists such as Agassiz
and Sedgwick, but by future evolutionists such as Gray,
Huxley, and Darwin himself. Much of his theory was based
on the teleological arguments of Lamarck and Geoffroy,
with its progressionistic overtones, grounding in an analogy
with ontogenetic development, belief in spontaneous
generation, and depiction of parallel, unbranched evolutionary
lineages. Unlike them, he gave the theory a religious sheen
that made it more acceptable.

Sir William Chambers - 1780

One of the leading architects of the day and
Comptroller in the Office of Works, might have expected to be first
choice for the Somerset House commission when it was awarded
in 1774. Instead, he was overlooked in favour of William Robinson,
Secretary of the Board of Works, but a man who had recent experience
of designing major government buildings.

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From left-to-right, front row: Percy, Wesley, Mamie Chambers Ensor
(my grandmother), Dixon, and Elisa

Back Row: Walter, Hattie (Bruce), Jo Ann, Tom, Marsiellas, Nelson

This was taken in front of the house at 708 North Waters Ave. and
Vena Street in Cookeville, TN

General Alexander Chambers