[p. 665] attorney-at-law at New Castle, and a member of the firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers, one of the leading law firms of the city, was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, in 1877, and is a son of Joseph B. Chambers.
James A. Chambers was reared at Eastbrook, Lawrence County, where his father followed his trade of stonemason. From the Eastbrook schools he went to Volant Academy, then to Westminster College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1900. Mr. Chambers taught school for three years in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and two terms in the Normal School at Indiana, Pa., and then entered upon the study of the profession in which he has met with a large measure of success. He was prepared for the bar in the office of Judge Aaron L. Hazen and was admitted in 1903. For a few months he retained a desk in the office of Judge Hazen and then accepted the position of secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and transferred his law office there, during his one year of service. He was subsequently associated for two years with W. Moffatt and then became a member of his present firm. He belongs to the Lawrence County Bar Association.
On June 28, 1906, Mr. Chambers was married to Miss Grace Elder, who is a daughter of James Elder, of Wilmington Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of the First United Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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