Apollonia is a popular name with Germans; it's the feminine form of the Greek name, Apollo; other spellings are misspellings.

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 35):  Rowlesburg P.O., District No. 8, Preston Co., VA [WV], Roll M653_1372, p. 326, PN 326, 2275/2255, enumerated 31 Oct 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

John W Chambers	24	M		Farmer			Md
Epalona    "	18	F					Va
Emily      "	1	F					"

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 64):  Rowlesburg P.O., Reno Twp., Preston Co., WV, Roll M593_1697, p. 181B, PN 6, 37/37, enumerated 14 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

Chambers John W	36	M	W	Farmer	800	300	Maryland
________ Apalona	29	F	W	Keeping House			Virginia
________ Emily	11	F	W				Virginia
________ Anazala S	9	F	W				Virginia
________ Apalona L	6	F	W				West Virginia
________ Nancy D	4	F	W				West Virginia
________ William I	2	M	W				West Virginia

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 42):  Union Dist., Preston Co., WV, Roll T9_1411, p. 294A, PN 9, SD 1, ED 61, enumerated 7 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

13

21

23

24

25

26

68

73

Chambers John

W

M

46

/

Farmer

MD

IRL

VA

________ Epilonia

W

F

39

Wife

/

Keeping house

VA

VA

VA

________ Emily

W

F

21

Dau

/

VA

MD

VA

________ Ella

W

F

16

Dau

/

/

WV

MD

VA

________ Nancy

W

F

14

Dau

/

/

WV

MD

VA

________ Wm I

W

M

12

Son

/

/

/

WV

MD

VA

________ James

W

M

10

Son

/

/

WV

MD

VA

________ John

W

M

8

Son

/

WV

MD

VA

________ Estella

W

F

5

Dau

/

WV

MD

VA

________ Samuel

W

M

3

Son

/

WV

MD

VA

________ Amy

W

F

10/12

Jul

Dau

/

WV

MD

VA

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 31):  Union Dist., Preston Co., WV, Roll T623_1770, p. 216A, SN 15, SD 2, ED 111, enumerated 22 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

260

271

Chambers John W

Head

W

M

Oct 1834

65

M

42

MD

OH

PA

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

F

220

Epalona

Wife

W

F

Aug 1841

58

M

42

13

10

WV

WV

WV

Keeping House

Y

Y

Y

James

Son

W

M

Sep 1870

29

S

WV

WV

WV

Farm Laborer

0

Y

Y

Y

Amy

Dau

W

F

Jul 1879

20

S

WV

WV

WV

Y

Y

Y

Zorah F

Dau

W

F

Apr 1885

15

S

WV

WV

WV

At School

4

Y

Y

Y

Gower Claude

GSon

W

M

Dec 1885

14

S

WV

WV

WV

8.  1910

9.  1920

10.  1930

12.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

13.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).