Thomas Chamberlain 1854
As written by his daughter Ann Amelia Chamberlain Esplin
Ordained Patriarch by Francis M. Lyman September 8, 1895. (He was also imprisoned with Lyman in 1889).
Married to Elinor A. Hoyt and Laura Fackerell November 3, 1873 in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City.
Married to Ann Carling February 1, 1875 in St. George Temple.
Married to Ellen Alvira Carling (Annie’s mother) November 13, 1878 in St. George Temple.
Married to Chastie Ellen Covington October 25, 1883, in St. George Temple.
Married to Mary E. Woolley August 6, 1900.
Missions: Muddy Mission 1868. Indian Mission with Jacob Hamblin.
Characteristics: Height 5 ft. 10 in. weight 225 lbs. Eyes, brown, hair, dark brown, Health: Excellent until fifty-five years of age.
Special Interests: Thomas Chamberlain was especially interested in all public works, and all civic work. His eyesight was very good. At the age of fifty he had a film removed from one eye, and first began to wear glasses. His dark brown hair, always wavy, started to turn grey at age forty-six, and was white at his death. His hearing was good throughout life. He was broad shouldered, straight, full chested rather corpulent. By reason of applying himself to night classes, and taking courses while in the penitentiary, he gained a good practical education and was able to hold many important positions in later life as County Treasurer, Stake Tithing Clerk, Stake Clerk, Manager and bookkeeper of a general merchandise business in Kanab, known as Bowman & Co.
Thomas Chamberlain's house in Kanab, Utah
Thomas Chamberlain at Hidden Lake in Duck Creek Utah
Thomas Chamberlain had 6 wives, 5 of whom were living at the time of his arrest for practicing Polygamy which the U.S. Supreme Court had recently made illegal
The above photo was taken sometime between December 26, 1888 and May 18, 1899. Standing:
(L-R) Sylvester Frazer Jones, Simon Topham, Joseph S. Barney, Lorenzo D. Watson, Thomas Chamberlain, Henry Langford, Samuel Wooley (brother of Thomas’ 6th wife Mary Elizabeth Wooley), Nephi J. Bates, Francis Webster (mayor of Cedar City 1872-1876), Cornelius McGreavey, John Thonas Covington (father of Chastie Ellen Covington, Thomas’ 5th wife, also married to a sister of Thomas’ 2 wives Ann and Ellen Alvira Carling).
Sitting: Benjamin Perkins, William Butler, Francis M. Lyman, (at the time, member of the Quorum of 12 Apostles, later president of this Quorum -- also the person who ordained Thomas Chamberlain a Patriarch in 1895). On the steps, Center: George Q. Cannon (General Authority of the LDS Church). 
Translation of the above:
Second District Court
Yesterday six "Mormons" were brought before Judge Boreman. at Beaver to be sentenced for living with their wives. The vindictiveness which Judge Boreman has always exhibited toward anything "Mormon" has not abated in the least, as is apparent from the fact that in each instance he gave the full penalty of the law to the defendant- 6 months in jail and a fee of $300 and costs. Those sentenced were John Covington, Thomas Chamberlain, Cornelius McReavy, Andrew Anderson, J. Harvey Lanford, and George Perkins. They were brought to this city, arriving this morning, and placed in the penitentiary. The case against L.D. Watson and Simeon Topham still remain to be tried.
*Although he was arrested in November, according to the Deseret News Dec 26, 1888, he did not begin serving his sentence until the day after Christmas 5 days after the birth of his 27th child Amanda.
Thomas could have avoided the fine by serving the last 38 days but after such a long stint in the "pen" he was anxious to see his family and opted to pay the fine so he could be released.
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