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FALLSTON PAPERS. 39 The Fallston and Brighton Gazette. This paper was started at Fallston August 5, 1835, by Dr. E. K. Chamberlain of New Brighton, and N. P. Fetterman Esq., of Beaver. It was a Muhlenberg paper, in opposition to the "Beaver Watchman" a Wolf paper, the respective heads of the Democratic factions. The "Argus" had the following notice of the new paper: "The gentlemen named are capable of publishiiig a spirited paper, worthy of the patronage of the party to which they belong." The "Gazette" was printed on a large imperial sheet, and was devoted to the support of Van Buren, Johnson and Muhlenberg. Dr. Ephraim Kirby Chamberlain was a prbminent man in the life of the community, was interested in some business enterprises, and was a valuable member of busi- ness and social circles. He was born in Colebrook, Conn., April 24, 1805. In 1815 his parents moved to Elbridge, N. T., where he was educated. He studied medicine with Dr. Elijah Kendrick who married his sister Minerva, and was graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, New York, January 1828. In early manhood he moved to New Brighton, where he entered into partnership with his brother Dr. W. H. H. Chamberlain in 1834. March 29, 1836, he married Susan Pennock Clark of Chester County, Pa. They began housekeeping in the old red brick house in Fallston, south of the Fallston bridge. The Doctor was six feet two inches tall, a fine looking gentleman, and very popular on account of his excellent and humane traits of character. In 1841 he moved with his family to Cincinnati, 0., where